President: Rosemarie O’Bertos Vice-President: Vacant Secretary: Deberah Kearns  Treasurer: Michael Avenati  Foray Coordinator: Bill Richards  Membership Director: Doris Schuh  Past-President: Martin Osis  Directors-at-Large Newsletter Editor: Aimee Gabriel Media Relations: Melanie Fjoser Director-at-Large: Robert Simpson Director-at-Large: Pieter van der Schoot Web Design: Ryan Armishaw Director-at-Large: John Samoil Director-at-Large: Honey Pell Director-at-Large: Paul Sinclair Regional Representatives: Peace…

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 take place in the Program Room of the Riverbend Public Library every 4th Wednesday of the month in April, May, September, October and November at 7:00 – 9:00 pm. ***…

We welcome new members! We offer annual student, individual, family, and corporate memberships. 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 form (pdf 14 k) complete both pages and mail with cheque, money order, or credit card information,…

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 “Contact Us”, and put “newsletter submission”…

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,…

Thank you to Sorrentino’s for providing the 1st Prize for our Mushroom Photo Contest – a dinner for 10 at Sorrentino’s! Sorrentino’s Mushroom Harvest Festival Sorrentino’s Bistro & Bar presents their annual Mushroom Harvest Festival every September. During this month, you will experience the incredible complexity of flavours and textures of wild mushrooms in an array…

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 to…

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 provincial emblem. We have also developed a bookmark (pdf 27 k) that highlights this mushroom. This poster and bookmarks were developed with partial funding by grants from the Alberta Conservation…

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 welcomes all new members. We offer annual student ($15, you will need a valid student identification card), individual ($25), family ($35), and corporate memberships ($40). 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…