Learning Opportunity in Maine
Eagle Hill is a research and teaching institute on the coast of Maine near Acadia National Park that offers high-quality seminars in various aspects of natural history. For the past several years the BMC has offered a partial scholarship to a lucky BMC member.
The list of Eagle Hill seminars for 2010 is now available, including, among many others:
Mushrooms and Other Fungi
Aug 8 - 14. Rosalind Lowen and Dianna Smith
Lichens and Lichen Ecology
Aug 15 - 21. David Richardson and Mark Seaward
Toxic and Look-Alike Mushrooms and the Management of Mushroom Toxicities: A Seminar for Emergency Care and Health Care Providers
Sep 14 - 18. John Saucier, Tamas R. Peredy, and Lawrence Leonard
For more information, visit Eagle Hill's website: http://www.eaglehill.us/
Astraeus hygrometricus (earthstar). Photo by Bill Bynum.
NEMF 2009 a success
The Boston Mycological Club hosted the 2009 Northeast Mycological Federation (NEMF) Foray, bringing together 250 professional and amateur mycologists for 4 days of mushroom gathering, expert identification, photography, workshops, lectures by a faculty of experts from around the world, and fabulous feasting.
Our heartfelt thanks to the lead organizers, Tim Rose and Nina Roberts Rose, and their talented committee. Visit the NEMF website at http://www.nemf.org/files/2009/2009.html
Fall Beginner's Classes 2009
Mushroom Identification Classes
Three Monday evenings in the Harvard Herbaria Conference Room, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA
September 14th, 21st & October 5th at 7:00pm
Curious about those mushrooms you see popping up in woods and yard? Wondering what all the fuss is about wild mushrooming? The Boston Mycological Club will present three lectures on mushroom identification this fall. The schedule is shown below. Please feel free to bring a few specimens of fungi that you’d like to show or identify as we may have time after the lectures to look them over.
The Wonderful World of Mushrooms……………………………………September 14
Past BMC President George Davis will give an overview of amateur mushrooming, and an introduction to the various forms of fungi found in our fields and forests.
How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms…………………………………….September 21
BMC member Noah Siegel will introduce you to all those mushrooms with gills. We will discuss their distinctive macroscopic features and how to identify them step-by-step to family, genus and finally to species.
Boletes and Polypores……………………………………………………. …...October 5
Notorious mushroom vendor and forager of fungi for local restaurants - Ben Maleson, will present a lecture on boletes and polypores as well as a few other interesting fungi, with a focus on edible, potentially edible, and poisonous species. Ben promises an exciting and graphic tale of severe Bolete poisoning from his own personal experience (what they mean by "it won't kill you, but you'll wish you were dead"). A Q & A session will follow the lecture.
For information on how to register, click "full story", or simply show up at a class.
2009 NEMF Registration Closed!
The response has been spectacular, and there are no more spaces, even for commuter registrants.
The Foray committee says:
Thank you for all that you did to help us publicize our NEMF 2009 Foray. Registration exceeded the stated maximum of 200, but by reorganizing the meeting room space and securing additional rooms at the Ocean Park Inn Motel next door to the Sheraton, we have been able to increase the number of registrants to 240. Unfortunately, even after accepting these additional forty registrants, there are still a good number on the waiting list, and we have closed the registration. We will be updating the NEMF 2009 Foray website shortly with more information about the faculty, talks, walks, and workshops. A registration letter with more details about the foray will be mailed to all registrants before October 1.
2009 - a great year for Mushrooms so far
The 2009 walk list has been finalized and mailed to members. Non-members can email (address given above) for more information.