Greetings to Alberta Mycological Society Members – Please note that this special event is coming up very soon, so forward this message, or print & post, to people you know who love mushrooms as much as you do – they won’t want to miss it! Mushrooms, mushrooms everywhere – and some are good to…
We have active members and mushroom activities happening all over the province. A number of weekend forays are planned that members can get out to. Hi-lighting this, every year we hold our Great Alberta Mushroom Foray in a different location in the Province. This foray is part of the real science we do investigating and…
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,…
Nice array of fungi, but if you want help identifying them post on at a time. The big single one is probably leucaopaxillus giganteus. but also would need something to properly reference the size, like a tape measure.
August 29 to September 1 Goldeye Centre, Nordegg, Alberta. Join us for a weekend immersion of mushroom education, fun and scientific pursuit as we survey the East Slope fungi in the Nordegg area. This weekend of mushroom picking includes: lectures, an Introductory Mushroom ID course, hands-on identification and rubbing shoulders with world class mushroom experts….
The Spore Print is the official newsletter of the Alberta Mycological Society. It is published four times a year. The editorial staff of our newsletter welcomes electronic submissions of stories, recipes, articles, news, pictures, etc. related to mycology for consideration for publication in an upcoming issue of our newsletter. The Current Spore Print is available…
Greetings to all members of the Alberta Mycological Society – Please note that this special event is coming up very soon, so forward this message or print and share it with people you know who love mushrooms as much as you do — they won’t want to miss it! Mushrooms, mushrooms everywhere — and some…
Aspen are hardwoods… But there are many different species of lyophyllum growing on different hosts and in different habitats and some maybe mycorrhyzal. And they are a difficult genus, many people can’t wrap their heads around them. We know we have the famous lyophyllum shimeji growing with pine in areas of southern Alberta. Often they…
Beauty! Polyporus umbolatus. Not sure exactly what they grow with but always in mixed wood. Delicious edible even though its quite uncommon. We get it in the Edmonton rvier valley in very wet years. I think it is saprophitic as I have seen it grow on ginger root people have thrown on the ground. I…
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”…
