Most years, club walks end in September, however, this year we had 2 scheduled in October. By November the weather can either be very nice or very nasty....
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James Tunney
aminitam
Nov 1, 2008 8:02 pm
I'm going to check out Frick Park tomorrow from about 11 to ? to see what's fruiting. If anyone wants to I'll be parking in the lots by where the soccer fields...
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sable_bp
Nov 3, 2008 12:27 am
Jim, How did your walk go today? What did you all find? How many people decided to join you on this beautiful day? Big John ... see what's fruiting. If...
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James Tunney
aminitam
Nov 3, 2008 11:53 pm
Hey John, I had a nice walk, by myself, just as well though it was very dry and I only found four kinds of mushrooms, Brick caps there was lots of Brick caps, ...
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jons2art
Nov 4, 2008 10:14 pm
There is still time to submit your favorite mushroom photos and enter the WPMC photo contest. The deadline has been moved up to November 17, 2008. Please send...
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jons2art
Nov 4, 2008 10:24 pm
We will have copies of the new 2008 book "Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern N. America" by Binion, Burdsall, Stephenson, Miller, Roody and Vasilyeva...
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jons2art
Nov 4, 2008 10:33 pm
Jim Strutz our stalwart newsletter editor for the past several years has decided to retire from his position. He has done a great job in getting this out for...
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James Tunney
aminitam
Nov 5, 2008 1:07 am
Hey John, that's great, John III showed me his copy at the Ohio foray at Little Beaver Creek. With all the Oak woods in our area this book is a good one for...
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randy danielson
rgd1856
Nov 8, 2008 4:57 am
Don't forget to mention that it is 467pgs 39.00 is a great price for a mushroom book if i can make the meeting i'll buy one. link to pub...
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sable_bp
Nov 8, 2008 9:58 pm
Randy, I wrote a book review and it will be in the next newsletter. It will have all the pertinent information. By the way Randy, John III, who you know is a...
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rsdme2005
Nov 11, 2008 1:19 am
Our November meeting will feature Joyce Gross, Workshop Chair giving a talk about Mushrooms and Art. Joyce is a great artist and has developed many of our...
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rsdme2005
Nov 11, 2008 1:23 am
There is still time to submit your great mushroom pictures for our photo contest. Send them via e-mail to Rebecca Miller, rmiller@.... The...
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rsdme2005
Nov 11, 2008 7:45 pm
Rebecca Miller has sent in further information on a new category for the photo contest. Her comments are: I think the new category would be a sub-category of...
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dickiephyls
Nov 13, 2008 3:29 pm
I need a good recipee for blewits. They look soooo good but try as I may, I can't think they are as good as I'm led to believe. Neither my wife norI have come...
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John Tadler
john_tadler
Nov 14, 2008 12:18 am
I don't know about anybody else, but I'm having a huge problem uploading photos to Rebecca's e-mail. Keep getting bounced back. John Tadler ... From:...
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aminitam
Nov 14, 2008 12:33 am
Hey Dick, They are good mixed Agaricus bisporus and oyster mushrooms, sauteed and served with steak. Blewits, oysters and button mushrooms are also good cooked...
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aminitam
Nov 16, 2008 9:06 pm
A couple of the blewit beds I made this spring have fruited, if you planted some check yours. I'll post some pics later. Cheers, Jim ... bunch ... end....
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John Stuart
jons2art
Nov 16, 2008 10:22 pm
Hello Dick, The spring 2008 issue of Mushroom ,The Journal of Wild mushrooming (p.35), has an article "Blewit39;s Blues" by Elisa Rubin-Mahon. "Edibility is...
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aminitam
Nov 17, 2008 5:03 am
I picked about 5 pounds of blewits, some pictures, http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/wpamushroomclub/photos/view/7e6f?b=10 ...
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jons2art
Nov 18, 2008 12:39 am
This is for all those who like to wait until the last minute to send your interesting photos now to Rebecca at rmiller@.... The photo contest winners...
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jons2art
Nov 19, 2008 7:54 pm
We had a very interesting meeting last night, the last of the 2008 season. The photography awards were presented and the pictures were of very high quality,...
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fungi_forager
Nov 19, 2008 8:06 pm
The Sept., 2008 Herb Companion magazine carried an article entitled "Boost Your Immunity with Gourmet Mushrooms." The article featured information about...
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sable_bp
Nov 19, 2008 10:49 pm
Carol, Nice post, very interesting. We miss you here in WPMC land. Hope the mushrooming is better next year in both Ohio and Western PA. Happy Holidays John...
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aminitam
Nov 21, 2008 1:44 am
Hey I brought an oyster into the meeting on Tuesday, anyway I called it Pleurotus Dryinus. It's not. It's Hypsizygus ulmarius, it didn't look quite right so I...
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John Tadler
john_tadler
Nov 21, 2008 2:34 am
Carol, did you happen to work at Kiski while my Dad Bill Tadler taught there? John T ... From: fungi_forager To: wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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jons2art
Nov 22, 2008 1:03 pm
Just found out I made a mistake. The winner of this year's Distinguised Service Award was Kim Plischke not Becky (although Becky is distinguised too). Kim has...
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jons2art
Nov 22, 2008 1:08 pm
Just caught another mistake from the last post. I can't spell "distinguished"....
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dickiephyls
Nov 25, 2008 10:39 pm
... of Marion now In the small village of Fredericktown,Ohio. We have an active society in Ohio that I started back in 1972. We'd like to have you join our...
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mata_15417
Nov 28, 2008 4:40 pm
Hi All, Towards the end of June, this past summer, my son and I did some hiking at Mingo Creek County Park, Washington County. It turned out to be a rather...
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Denise Binion
vesparia
Nov 28, 2008 8:03 pm
Hi Steve, Images 3, 4 and 5 look like myxomycetes to me. 3 & 4 - Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa. #5 looks a bit like Metatrichia vesparium, but I can't be sure from...