Hello, I am finding these in quite a few places in a conifer forest. Typically growing in clusters of 3. Looking online brings of purple gilled laccaria? I am not sure that the purple is that vivid, though. The spore print is very pale. I could only see it on white paper after 24 hours.
This one is a tricholoma flavovirens, the man on horseback. There are two other mushrooms that look almost identical. Tricholoma suflurereum which stinks real bad and Tricholoma sulrurescens which just smells bad.
Ask any expert on animals, plants, lichens, or mosses about the number of known species in a region, and they will be able to give you a pretty accurate estimate. Ask this same question to an expert in fungi, and the answer will always be very vague and with a large degree of acknowledged variation,…
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…
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…
In 2026, medicine is finally stopping its game of catch-up with diseases and starting to act proactively. While the world was busy getting used to the idea that fungal infections were just an unpleasant side effect of a cold, scientists realized we are facing one of the most serious threats of the decade. For a…
July 29 – August 1 Lac La Biche, Alberta. Finally! After some delays after sorting out the Fort McMurray fire implications we are confirmed for our Lac La Biche foray. We will have Danny Miller, one of the Authors of Matchmaker, introducing one of the best mushroom ID programs available, giving us hands instruction on…
2015 marks the 28th anniversary for our Society. Our first event of the year will be the Annual General Meeting. (RSVP Required) As usual this is not a typical business meeting but focuses more on education and enjoying a weekend in the off season dedicated to the celebration of mushrooms. In that regard, we are thrilled…
The Edmonton Mycological society Polypore photos of Feb 16, 2002 by Loretta Puckrin Fomes fomentarius Inonotus obliquus Lenzites betulina Trametes versicolor Oxyporus populinus Daedalea quercina Phellinus tremulae Stereum hirsutum Phellinus laevigatus Twenty-one members of the EMS went on another of those winter polypore hunts. It was a beautiful sunny day and the best part was…
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