My family took a hike around the backside of Seven Springs today in the pouring rain. It was worth the soaked clothes and gear! What a wonderfully strange,...
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Theodore Hammer
ted_0612
Jul 7, 2009 8:38 pm
It is that time of year and I've found tons of Bitter Boletes in the mountains. Extremely dark chocalte cap with a white underside (spore surface) I taste it...
4047
Indiana County Chapte...
resvef
Jul 8, 2009 2:07 am
The Indiana County Chapter of the WPMC will hold the chapters inaugural meeting at Blue Spruce Park Lodge located near Ernest Pa. on July 8, 2009 beginning at...
4048
sable_bp
Jul 9, 2009 3:29 am
John III couldn't go to the first meeting of the Indiana County Chapter of the WPMC, so he asked me to go in his place. I did and boy was I glad I did. Bob &...
4049
rsdme2005
Jul 9, 2009 7:09 pm
W. PA Mushroom Club presents Drawing & Painting with Mushroom Pigments, Beechwood Farms Nature Center, 614 Dorseyville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Come on down...
4050
sable_bp
Jul 9, 2009 10:40 pm
July 11 - 10:00-12:00 Hartwood Acres, Allegheny County. Meet Shirley Caseman and Glenn Carr at the parking lot in front of the Mansion (on the opposite side of...
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Joyce Gross
n3gj
Jul 10, 2009 12:41 am
Ted, it sounds like you don't have the Bitter Bolete. They are intensely bitter raw as soon as you taste a small piece. Take a spore print. Maybe what you have...
4052
Indiana County Chapte...
resvef
Jul 10, 2009 1:24 am
The Indiana County Chapter of the WPMC will hold a walk at Blue Spruce Park on Saturday July 11 beginning at 9:00a.m. Meet Bob and Ginny Sleigh at the ball...
4053
Indiana County Chapte...
resvef
Jul 10, 2009 1:41 am
Ok, let me chime in on this. many people do not discern the bitterness when the mushroom is raw. My wife and I have tasted some Bitter Boletes that seemed fine...
4054
sable_bp
Jul 11, 2009 11:15 pm
July 18 – 10:00-12:00 Chanterelle Mania at North Park, Allegheny County. Meet Valerie and Jack Baker at Deer Browse #2 pavilion beside the Swimming Pool...
4055
sable_bp
Jul 12, 2009 3:14 am
For the last several weeks Becky and I haven't been out hunting mushrooms in western PA at all. We had some time this weekend, so we debated whether to go to...
4056
jons2art
Jul 12, 2009 7:36 pm
We had good weather and found that the chanterelles were up at Hartwood yesterday. Also added a new edible to my list, Lacterius volemus. It has a nice flavor....
4057
sable_bp
Jul 15, 2009 3:33 am
Is anyone finding anything? We have had no rain in Greensburg for a good while. Is anyone else getting the rain that is missing us? Big John...
4058
Cynthia and Walter He...
busybees719
Jul 15, 2009 4:24 am
found at www.wildliferanger.com , ( scroll down about 17 photos, it's on the right.) *Scaly Polypore (Dryad's Saddle) This attractive-looking Polypore is...
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Susan Baker
susanbbaker
Jul 15, 2009 10:21 am
Here in Chautuaqua Co NY (western NY) all we have is rain and cool weather. I'm still waiting for summer! I've seen a few boletes and amanitas.....nothing...
4060
Karen
flashie_1
Jul 15, 2009 10:30 am
Dear All, We have not gotten any rain and I have not found any mushrooms to write about. I found about 2 weeks ago a chicken mushroom and it was not of much...
4061
jons2art
Jul 15, 2009 12:22 pm
Chanterelle Mania is fast approaching this Saturday July 18, 2009. Meet Valerie and Jack Baker at the North Park swimming pool parking lot near the Deer Browse...
4062
rsdme2005
Jul 16, 2009 7:51 pm
Just a reminder about our next meeting at Beechwood Farms Nature Center, 614 Dorseyville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Joyce Gross will be getting attendees to...
4063
sable_bp
Jul 17, 2009 1:15 am
July 18 – 10:00-12:00 Chanterelle Mania at North Park, Allegheny County. Meet Valerie and Jack Baker at Deer Browse #2 pavilion beside the Swimming Pool ...
4064
Indiana County Chapte...
resvef
Jul 17, 2009 2:06 pm
The Indiana County Chapter of the WPMC will hold a walk at Pine Ridge Park near Blairsville on Saturday July 25 beginning at 9:00a.m. Meet Bob and Ginny Sleigh...
4065
bonnie davis
bonnie18davis
Jul 17, 2009 2:06 pm
Brian and I went out Saturday and found one boletus innixus in good shape, a stump with a bunch of oysters and a few black trumpets. The later two...
4066
Donna
donnadenoon
Jul 18, 2009 12:24 am
went out sunday and found one small bolete and seen one squirrel(a four legged squirrel) went out monday and found some black staining . some were just...
4067
sable_bp
Jul 19, 2009 2:26 am
July 26 9:00-12:00 Regional Environmental Education Center, Boyce-Mayview Park, Upper Saint Clair. Fee: $15 or $10 for mushroom club members with a current...
4068
sable_bp
Jul 19, 2009 3:52 am
How did Chanterelle Mania go today? Big John...
4069
sable_bp
Jul 20, 2009 3:48 am
Today we received an email from Bob & Ginny who started the Indiana County Chapter of the WPMC. As we said before, they are doing a wonderful job! They are in...
4070
randy danielson
rgd1856
Jul 20, 2009 4:27 am
There is really nothing up all of the chanties that started to pop are all shriveled and dead. A co worker of mine brought in a mushroom and asked me to...
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John Tadler
john_tadler
Jul 20, 2009 8:40 pm
I found about a dozen large chanterelles in North Park today! John T From: wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
4072
sable_bp
Jul 21, 2009 3:10 am
There are 2 forays in the country that are many times bigger than the Gary Lincoff Mid Atlantic Foray. One is the North American Mycological Association Foray...
4073
hollylindenfelser
hollylindenf...
Jul 21, 2009 10:22 am
I was out foraging a bit at Mingo and found a mushroom which I was able to identify as Oudemansiella radicata. The long, rooting stipe which snapped when...
4074
ya right
ravenhawkdr
Jul 21, 2009 8:47 pm
a lot of fungi that where once placed in Oudemanseilla and collybia have been changed especially the genus collybia. Some have now been placed in Xerula. New...