Planting Trees – Wildmushrooms
The purple Tecoma flower is considered… Large white rose blossoms… Hydrangea is a plant… The Indian almond tree (Terminalia catappa) is a tree that… Sansevieria is one of the…
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Foray Etiquette
As our society grows, we see more and more people out on our official AMS forays. That is fabulous! The more the merrier! However, there is a downside to these increased numbers. We have more people competing for the same space and the same mushrooms. There are also some other problems that arise. With all…
Home – Edmonton Mycological Society
The Alberta Mycological Society is a non-profit organization that was founded by Prof. Randy Currah and Helene (Leni) Schalkwijk-Barendsen in 1987. From those modest beginnings and a small local membership comprised of professional and amateur mushroom lovers, the Edmonton Mycological Society has grown over the past 20 years and currently has about 170 active members…
President's Dinner – February 28, 2015
*** SOLD OUT *** The President’s Dinner will be held at NAIT this year. The dinner will be held in Ernest’s Dining Room, one of Edmonton’s best fine dining venues. Four courses featuring fungi will be offered. For mycophagists this is an occasion not to be missed! We do enjoy our edible fungi. We are…
AMS Forum: New Member (1/1)
I’m with Ryan. Learning is best done in the field. I found some identification books and started to identify all that I could. Eventually I managed to go on a couple of forays and went to the mushroom expo at the devon botanical gardens. It’s been an interesting adventure.
President's Award
Each year Society members are chosen by the President to receive the “President’s Award”. The President’s Award was originally proposed by then President Peter Arabchuk when he presented awards to Bill Richards and Martin Osis for contributions to the Mycological Society. Since then both Martin and Bill have been awarded with Honorary Life memberships. In…
About us
The Alberta Mycological Society is a non-profit organization that was founded by Prof. Randy Currah and Helene (Leni) Schalkwijk-Barendsen in 1987. From the modest beginnings of the Edmonton Mushroom Club with a small local membership comprised of professional and amateur mushroom lovers, we became the Edmonton Mycological Society. We changed our name in 2007 to…
Schedule of Mushroom Foraging and Hiking Activity / Event Program
Preliminary Schedule… Date Activity • February 13 – Board Meeting: 18:30–20:00• March 13 – Board Meeting: 18:30–20:00• March 23 – Annual General Meeting (AGM): 08:00–17:00• March 23 – Association President’s Banquet: 18:00–22:00• March 24 – Mushroom Foraging Hike in the Boreal Forest• April 17 –…
Membership – Alberta Mycological Society
The Alberta Mycological Society welcomes all new members. We offer annual student ($15, you will need a valid student identification card), individual ($25), family ($35), and corporate memberships ($35). Members will receive four newsletters during the year with interesting articles, mushroom recipes, program details, foray information, and maps. Please download and fill out the membership…
Resources – Alberta Mycological Society
“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…