Devonian Botanic Gardens Expo
AMS EXPOsed in plot to show off! Found guilty! “City of Champignons” Mushroom Exposition is coming again this year to the Devonian Botanic Garden’s Pine Pavilion on Sunday, August 18 (11am – 4pm). We will definitely be guilty of exposing our fungi in a public place. This is truly The Greatest Show from Earth! This is […]
Kananaskis Parks Day — Bow Valley
Join us for this fun foray/expo in Bow Valley. We will pick mushrooms on Saturday July 20, and then displaying them for the Kananaskis Parks Day on Sunday July 21. Parks Day is meant to celebrate and demonstrate everything that Kananaskis has to offer, and it is an opportunity to educate/inform/entertain the public on a […]
Mushroom Photo Contest 2013
Submit your Entry Form via Mail: Please download, print, and complete our Photo Contest Entry Form (pdf) and mail it, along with payment, to: Alberta Mycological SocietyP.O. Box 1921, Standard Life Building 10405 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada T5J 3S2 … or, Submit your Entry Form Online: I understand that by entering this contest, AMS will […]
Indoor Monthly Meetings
We hold indoor meetings in the “off-season” to provide our members with interesting speakers, programs and discussions about mushrooms and upcoming events. Our indoor meetings will take place in the Don Wheaton YMCA the 4th Thursday of May, June, September, and October at 7:00 – 9:00 pm. They will be in Community Room #1 Please note that […]
President's Award
Each year Society members are chosen by the President to receive the “President’s Award”. The President’s Award was originally proposed by then President Peter Arabchuk when he presented awards to Bill Richards and Martin Osis for contributions to the Mycological Society. Since then both Martin and Bill have been awarded with Honorary Life memberships. In […]
Great Alberta Mushroom Foray 2013
August 30 — September 2, 2013. Castle Mountain in the beautiful Westcastle Valley, SW Alberta. Pick and learn about Alberta wild mushrooms. Which ones are edible, poisonous, or medicinal? Talk to and learn from the experts. Immerse yourself in the Kingdom of Fungi! Attend our annual “Great Alberta Mushroom Foray”, where we bring in expertise […]
Bill Richards : Ryan you Rock great web site. Thanks
I also found some today cut them into bite size pieces fried them in oil with a little butter and a… Read More… 1 week ago No, I have had no reports from any one else who has been looking at the burns. Let us know if you find more than you can handle. Read […]
Monthly Indoor Meeting — June 27
Category: Time Jun 27 2013 at 07:00 PM — Jun 27 2013 at 09:00 PM Location Don Wheaton YMCA, Edmonton Event Summary Event Admins Seats available Recent activities Event Details We hold indoor meetings in the “off-season” to provide our members with interesting speakers, programs and discussions about mushrooms and upcoming events. Our indoor meetings […]
«Foray in your Neighbourhood»
Recent activities Event Details «Foray in your Neighbourhood” is popular with those members keen to get outdoors, search for fungi and learn from others. Often long-time members attend and share their knowledge, but this is an opportunity to get together with others and learn to identify using your books. A few amateurs who each know […]
Welcome to Alberta Mycological Society Community
They are quite distinctive in being much more white and delicate than oyster mushrooms. I have never seen one in Alberta in 30 years of foraging mostly, I guess becasue they typically grow on fallen Hemlock trees which are not a native species in Alberta. As for the poisoning, it was in a year when […]