The Alberta Mycological Society conducts several mushrooms forays each year. What exactly is a foray? We search through a variety of habitats to find all types of fungi hiding there. Sometime we are out looking for edible mushrooms, sometimes medicinal mushrooms and sometimes – we’re picking all fungi to bring back for identification, photographs, and…
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 take place in the Program Room of the Riverbend Public Library every 4th Wednesday of the month in April, May, September, October and November at 7:00 – 9:00 pm. ***…
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 take place in the Program Room of the Riverbend Public Library every 4th Wednesday of the month in April, May, September, October and November at 7:00 – 9:00 pm. ***…
Here are some images from various events of the Alberta Mycological Society. These images are the property of the Alberta Mycological Society and may be copied and reproduced only with the expressed written consent of the Alberta Mycological Society. 2012 PHOTO CONTEST Due to the great success of previous year’s photo contests, we will once again have a…
Thank you to Sorrentino’s for providing the 1st Prize for our Mushroom Photo Contest – a dinner for 10 at Sorrentino’s! Sorrentino’s Mushroom Harvest Festival Sorrentino’s Bistro & Bar presents their annual Mushroom Harvest Festival every September. During this month, you will experience the incredible complexity of flavours and textures of wild mushrooms in an array…
President: Rosemarie O’Bertos Vice-President: Vacant Secretary: Vacant Treasurer: Michael Avenati Foray Coordinator: Bill Richards Membership Director: Diane Murray Past-President: Martin Osis Directors-at-Large Newsletter Editor: Aimee Gabriel Media Relations: Melanie Fjoser Director-at-Large: Robert Simpson Director-at-Large: Pieter van der Schoot Web Design: Ryan Armishaw Director-at-Large: John Samoil Director-at-Large: Honey Pell Director-at-Large: Paul Sinclair Regional Representatives: Peace River…
President: Rosemarie O’Bertos Vice-President: Vacant Secretary: Vacant Treasurer: Michael Avenati Foray Coordinator: Bill Richards Membership Director: Diane Murray Past-President: Martin Osis Directors-at-Large Newsletter Editor: Aimee Gabriel Media Relations: Melanie Fjoser Director-at-Large: Robert Simpson Director-at-Large: Pieter van der Schoot Web Design: Ryan Armishaw Director-at-Large: John Samoil Director-at-Large: Honey Pell Director-at-Large: Paul Sinclair Regional Representatives: Peace River…
The Alberta Mycological Society initiated several major projects in 2004, which are designed to bring attention to the diversity and roles of fungi in our ecosystems to the public. These projects are ongoing and are financially supported by the Alberta Mycological Society and grants from non-governmental organizations and provincial government departments. “PICK A WILD MUSHROOM,…
The Spore Print is the official newsletter of the Alberta Mycological Society. It is published two – four times a year. We welcome electronic submissions of stories, recipes, articles, news, pictures, etc. related to mycology for consideration for publication in an upcoming issue of our newsletter. Please submit to “Newsletter Submissions”, and put “newsletter submission”…
The Alberta Mycological Society has developed an educational poster (pdf 251 k) about our provincial mushroom, Leccinum boreale, which we hope will become Alberta’s next official provincial emblem. We have also developed a bookmark (pdf 27 k) that highlights this mushroom. This poster and bookmarks were developed with partial funding by grants from the Alberta Conservation…
