Forays – Alberta Mycological Society

The Alberta Mycological Society conducts several mushrooms forays each year. These forays can be anywhere from 1-3 days long and take place in the Rocky Mountain foothills, northern Aspen Parkland, and southern Boreal Forest ecozones of Alberta. Exact locations of the foray sites are available only to current members of the Alberta Mycological Society. If…

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Morel, Verpa & spring agarics

Category: Time May 25 2013 at 09:00 AM – May 25 2013 at 05:00 PM Location Event Summary First foray for morels and verpa. Event Admins Seats available Recent activities Event Details First morel hunt of the season. Join us East of Edmonton, in the Ministik area. Details to follow via email to members.

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Mushrooms Across The Province

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…

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Wildmushrooms

The Edmonton Mycological society Polypore photos of Feb 16, 2002 by Loretta Puckrin Fomes fomentarius Inonotus obliquus Lenzites betulina Trametes versicolor Oxyporus populinus Daedalea quercina Phellinus tremulae Stereum hirsutum Phellinus laevigatus Twenty-one members of the EMS went on another of those winter polypore hunts. It was a beautiful sunny day and the best part was…

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Microworld

. 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 as mushrooms, for my Microworld…

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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…

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