The President’s Dinner was a smashing success, as always! Kudos to the fine chefs at Ernest’s – they truly outdid themselves. If you couldn’t attend this year, you missed out. The night was filled with 5 courses of mushroom infused goodness (see photos below), great tales from our guest speaker Larry Evans, and plenty of…
EMS Photo Contest 2005 1st Place – Leccinum boreale fruiting body – Martin Osis 1st Place – Best image – John Plischke (Mycena leaiana – fruiting bodies from below) 2nd Place (tie) – Best image – John Plischke (Cantharellus sp. – fruiting bodies) 2nd Place (tie) – Best image – Chris Kolacz (Trametes hirsuta –…
The Wat Phra Ngen Plant Market is… Thanyasiri Plant Market – a major hub… Green-minded shoppers or plant lovers.. Plant Market at the Military Battalion… The Thewet Market is a market that… Green shoppers or plant enthusiasts…
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…
We are meeting in the Meeting Room of the Riverbend Public Library every 4th Wednesday of the month from April to October inclusively. Meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at about 8:45 p.m. The library is located in the stripmall at Rabbit Hill Road and Terwillegar Drive Non-members are welcome to attend meetings as…
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,…
Found these beautiful Pholiota’s growing in spruce woodchips along a maintained trail near Martin Mountain ( Slave Lake) First time I have encountered this species. Apparently they are apart of the P. spumosa goup of similar mushrooms, the main difference is the size of spores with P.subflaviida being considerable smaller. Measurement of 10 random spores…
This is very cool. It is a leucoagaricus naucina as mentioned before, it mean the white agaricus. But those of you familiar with the shaggy parasol, formerly known as macrolepiota rhacodes, see how similar they are in character including the stature, gills, spore colour and the reddish brown bruising on the stalk. I think that…
All images copyright by Ming Chen My training as a Plant Virologist and my interest with microscopy has guided my path to the Surgical-Medical Research Institute at the University of Alberta, where I am the supervisor of the Medicine/Dentistry Electron Microscopy Unit. This unique position allows me to pursue my hobby of collecting samples, such…
