The Alberta Mycological Society conducts several mushrooms forays each year. These forays can be anywhere from 1-3 days long and take place in the Rocky Mountain foothills, northern Aspen Parkland, and southern Boreal Forest ecozones of Alberta.
Exact locations of the foray sites are available only to current members of the Alberta Mycological Society. If you wish to participate at a foray but are not a member, please contact our Foray Coordinator via e-mail.
Foray attendance is voluntary and is undertaken at your own risk. Attendees are responsible for transportation and accommodation logistics.
Please download our Foray Guidelines (pdf 19k) to assist you preparing for a foray and to assure you’ll have a safe and enjoyable time looking for fungi.
Alberta Foray 2009
When: August 20 through 23 Registration Form Liability Release Form
Where: Lesser Slave Lake Area
Northern Lakes College, Grouard, Alberta
Click here for a description of the foray.
| Date | Location | Major fungi | ||
| May 23 | St Paul Grazing Reserve — Map above | Morchella, Verpa, spring agarics | ||
| Jun 20-21 | Poplar Creek Natural Area Campout | Volunteer Steward commitment | ||
| Jun 24 | Summer Evening foray | Edmonton River Valley — Exact Location TBA | ||
| Jul 18-19 | Lower Foothills — Bow Valley Privincial Park | Summer foray | ||
| Jul 22 | Edmonton River Valley — exact location TBA | Summer evening foray in lieu of regular meeting | ||
| Aug 1-2 | Mushroom Identification Course — Location Blue Lake west of Hinton | Cancelled — Combined with Alberta Foray | ||
| Aug 08 | Pre-Exposition Foray — Location your choice | Mushrooms to be collected for EXPO | ||
| Aug 09 | City of Champignons Mushroom EXPO at the Devonian Botanical Gardens | Bring your specimens from the previous day. | ||
| Aug 20-23 | Alberta Foray — Location Grourard, Northern Lakes Collage | Leccinum, Russula, Lactarius and other Agarics | ||
| Aug 26 | Summer Evening Foray — Devonian Botanical Gardens | Variety of Summer Mushrooms | ||
| Sep 05 | Summer Foray near Cochrane — Foothills Region | Leccinum, Russula and Agarics | ||
| Sep 11-13 | Foray NFLD and Labrador — Location Central NFLD | Boreal Forest Region | ||
| Sep 12-13 | Foothills Foray — Weald PRA — near Lambert Creek | Foothills Region — Wide variety of late summer mushrooms | ||
| Sep 25-27 | Sushwap Fungi Festival — Sushwap BC | Chanterelles, Red Lobster, Honey, Pine | ||