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,...
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...
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...
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 &...
W. PA Mushroom Club presents Drawing & Painting with Mushroom Pigments, Beechwood Farms Nature Center, 614 Dorseyville Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Come on down...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I found about a dozen large chanterelles in North Park today! John T From: wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wpamushroomclub@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
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...
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...
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...