Interesting finds included Albatrellus dispansus , A. confluens , and Climacocystis borealis , all of which are polypores. Meet at noon. Bring your favorite mushroom book, a collecting basket or bucket, a knife, wax paper or foil to wrap specimens in, and a lunch or snacks and drinks. This is an educational trip intended to expose you to and introduce the great variety of different kinds of fungi. After everyone has had a chance to go collecting, we'll assemble around some picnic tables and look at what we found.
Directions are in the printed edition of the newsletter.
Newcomers who signed up at the annual Wild Mushroom Exhibit are especially welcome. You think in terms of expeditions, and you wax eloquent about the noble quest for earthly treasure. You love forays, and you love to share your exuberance and your mushroom theories with fellow mushroomers. You like taxonomy, but tend to gloss over the details of identification in order to focus on the bigger picture of evolutionary relationships. Before eating anything, you would do well to check your identifications with a Gemini or a Virgo.