Boston Mycological Club

The BMC to host the 2009 NEMF Foray

Sam Ristich Foray 2009

33nd Annual Northeast Mycological Foray

Save the Date
Boston Mycological Club sponsors
Northeast Mycological Foray, October 15-18, 2009
Eastham, Cape Cod, MA

For the first time, NEMF offers beach and boletes in the same weekend. This Foray is an unusual opportunity to discover mushrooms in Cape Cod’s special ecological niche. Fall on the Cape typically yields an abundant harvest. You’re likely to find Laccaria trullisata poking through the sand or Suillus salmonicolor under pitch pine, a tree endemic to the Cape. In the forest, lucky foragers may stumble on the prized Rozites caperata (Gypsy), Boletus edulis, and edible Leccinums.

For non-mycological companions, or for a Cape-break, slurp up local oysters at the annual Wellfleet Oyster Festival just down the road from our hotel. Comb the beach for shells, observe shore birds, take in fall’s kaleidoscope, or cruise funky Provincetown. Fish for stripers or go whale-watching.

Registration will open in February. For foray details, visit the NEMF 2009 homepage at http://www.nemf.org/files/2009/2009.html. Gene Yetter’s excellent description of Cape mushrooming is posted at http://nemfdata.org/CapeCodbookreview.htm.

Parking at the Farlow

While some attenders prefer trolling Oxford Street and Mass. Ave. for parking places, some will find the following easier:

PARKING AT HARVARD FOR SESSIONS AT THE FARLOW HEBARIUM:
1. The parking lot at 52 Oxford St is conveniently located. However, it is not directly on Oxford. It's really a continuation of Everett Street, which crosses Oxford.
2. Parking after 5pm weekdays and on weekends is only $5.
3. You can ONLY park there by purchasing a pass on-line in advance (or by going to the Harvard Parking Office on Blackstone St.). You cannot pay at the parking garage.
4. The website address for ordering the permit is:
https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl
5. Also keep in mind that resident parking in Cambridge does not apply on Sundays.

PLEASE NOTE Oct. 11 ID Change

The October 11, 2008 I.D. Session has been moved to Willard Brook. We will be doing an ad hoc walk at 10:30, to be followed by IDing.

Willard Brook State Forest

Rte. 119, Ashby & Townsend
978 597-8802

Park Directions
Willard Brook State Forest is located in north-central Massachusetts.
From the northeast: Take Rte. 495 to Littleton; take the Rte.119 Exit. Follow Rte 119 West approx. 21 miles through W. Townsend to the campground on the left
From the west: Follow Rte. 2 East to Rte. 31 North in Fitchburg. Follow 31 North through Fitchburg to the Town of Ashby and the intersection with Rte. 119 East. Follow Rte. 119 East approx. .5 miles to the campground entrance on the right.
From the east: Rte 2 West to Fitchburg and Rte.13 North. Follow Rte. 13 North to Rte.119 West in West Townsend. Turn left onto Rte. 119. Follow Rte. 119 approximately 4 miles to the park entrance on the left.

Talk, Free to members!

Platypus, Pademelon, Python and Plenty of Fungi
A slideshow by award winning photographer Noah Siegel, reflecting 4
months of travels through various Australian ecosystems clicking away
at the eye-catching and unusual. The show features images of
Australian flora, fauna, and especially fungi.

October 11, 7:30 p.m. at the Farlow.

Second Annual Fungus Fair

Brought to us by member Noah Siegel, and central MA mushroomers!

Interested in mushrooms? The Millers River Environmental Center is putting the fun into fungus with the Second Annual Fungus Fair to be held on Saturday, September 27th from 10am to 4pm at 100 Main St. in Athol, Ma. Respected mycologists from throughout New England will be on hand to share their knowledge. There will be morning and afternoon expeditions into the local woods to identify and collect mushrooms. Regional authorities will give talks throughout the day on topics including beginners mushroom identification, edible and poisonous fungi and all about morels. At lunch time, enjoy a wild mushroom cook-up.

The schedule is as follows:
10:00am Welcome
10:15 Morning Forays leave
10:30 Beginners Mushroom Identification, with Noah Siegel
11:30 Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Southern New England, with Bill Yule
12:30 Get a taste of some wild fungi at our Mushroom Cook-up
1:00pm Afternoon Forays leave
1:15 Stories of Morel Mania -where and what to watch out for when hunting for morels, with Elinoar Shavit
3:00 Table walk through, discussing the day's finds. Prizes for the Finds of the day

The event is free to participants. Beginner and experienced mushroomers welcome. Please bring lunch, a collecting basket with paper or wax-paper bags, magnifying glass, small knife, bug spray. For more information and directions visit www.millersriver.net