Mushroom Harvest 2007 Sorrentino’s Bistro & Bar presented its 13th annual Mushroom Harvest event in September 2007. During this month, you experienced the incredible complexity of flavours and textures of wild mushrooms in an array of menu items. The Alberta Mycological Society once again participated in some of the special events associated with Sorrentino’s Mushroom…
Great! Thanks so much for the info Martin! …much appreciated! I had read about the Hemlock and came across one source that said a variety of conifers so I wasn’t sure about it showing up in Alberta – I am very glad to hear you haven’t come across one in your many years of experience!…
Came upon these roadside clusters of what I would normally just called Crowded White Clitocybe , probably C. dilatata . They had all of the ID features including being clustered , misshapen, white spores and typical elliptical to pip shaped spores. The big difference was that these Clitocybe smelled absolutely terrible almost rancid like, where…
“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…
The best and cheapest for sawdust is going to Canadian Tire and buy Hard Wood pellets, make sure their natural ones. Mix 2 to one (HWP 1,Water 2.2) They will puff up fast, then you can inoculate them. easy if their going outside. If your doing it inside then it has to be sterilized.
In the shade of ancient hazel groves on the Isle of Seil, where moss and lichen weave a fairy-tale web, lies a hidden world that could hold the key to saving the planet’s forests. Here, in the Ballachuan Hazel Wood, one of Britain’s oldest remnants, scientists are uncovering a secret rooted deep in the soil:…
15 people came to the foray. A total of 19 species, including bracket fungi from previous year(s). The fungi observed included gilled agarics, polypores, a jelly fungus, cup fungi and a rust. Also noted were the wildflowers Wild Clematis and Calypso Orchid. A big thank you to Suzanne Visser for identifying the specimens with acknowledgement…
Home / Projects 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…
Azim Roy Inspiration Beneath the blazing sun of the Chuy Valley, where steppe winds ripple through waves of wormwood, Chaldovar hides its secrets. Amid dry grasses and sparse shrubs, mushrooms thrive—not the kind that flourish in forest shade, but resilient steppe varieties, as enduring as Kyrgyzstan’s own spirit. From king oyster mushrooms to rare morels…
The only chanterelle we get in Alberta is the yellow foot, canterellus tubaeformis. They grow in bogey mossy areas but it maybe a bit early yet. We don’t get e yellow chanterelle in Alberta, like Saskatchewan or BC.
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