To keep a society like ours going, we rely on people like you to give as much as you take. Here are some opportunities to make our society more vibrant. If you can spare some free time, please do consider signing up as a volunteer for one, or several, of these committees. You will find…
This year we’re being honoured by the Devon Public library. We have our very own mushroom exhibit Now – August 28 2018. As you may know, for several years we’ve had annual Photo Contests, which have produced many beautiful photos. We use these photos for posters, educational presentations, and to add to our Alberta Database of…
The Red Deer Region was out tonight at the Innisfail natural area. We got lucky and caught a break in the thunder storms but the trees and grass were dripping. There were eight of us in attendance (and eight sets of wet soggy shoes to ride home in..). As suspected the recent hot dry weather…
Join us for this fun foray/expo in Bow Valley. We will pick mushrooms on Saturday July 18, and then display them for the Kananaskis Parks Day on Sunday July 19. 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…
Last weekend, I went to check two locations near Calgary. One place is in the Water Valley area, and the other place is near Sibbald Lake. Both areas are 100 KM apart, but the honey mushroom I found at both area were really old. It surprised me because the honey mushrooms normally come out after…
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…
“EMS/NAMA foray report” by Markus Thormann, Martin Osis, and Bill Richards “Medicinal lichens” by Robert Rogers “Boletes in Alberta” by Martin Osis “Microworld” by Ming Chen AMS-developed educational materials 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…
FREE MUSHROOM GOODIES: Please have a look at our provincial mushroom posterand bookmarks under “Resources”. These items are available free-of-charge from Alberta Sustainable Resource Development or from the Alberta Mycological Society. Our most recent poster shows some edible mushrooms of Alberta. It is not free, but please contact a member of our executive if you…
