General Meeting — Thursday June 11th, 2009
Join us for our annual business meeting. This year it takes place on June 11th, 2009 at 7:00pm under the White Oak Pavilion of the Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Business includes electing the new board of the Cascade Mycological Society, socializing, brainstorming and pizza.
Members Foray and Campout — May 16th and 17th 2009
May 2009 — Meeting Cancelled
CMS won’t have a general meeting in the month of May this year, but stay tuned for updates regarding the June meeting.
General Meeting– April 9, 2009
Our April speaker will be Patrice Benson, from Puget Sound Mycological Society in Seattle. She will present an audio-visual program entitled “Colors from Mushrooms: The art and craft of mushroom dyes and pigments,” for the CMS general meeting on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 7 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene. Patrice will have many examples of the beautiful pieces she has created.
Please note: Tuesday April 7th, Patrice will also address NATS (North American Truffling Society) on the same subject in Corvallis. Please see Natruffling.org for details.
SPECIAL MUSHROOM DYE WORKSHOP
On Wednesday, April 8th, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, Patrice Benson of the Puget
Sound Mycological Society will conduct a workshop/demonstration of “The Art
and Craft of Mushroom Dyes and Pigments” the evening before the CMS
general meeting. This special event will be held in the same room CMS
usually meets in, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane
Community College in Eugene. Everyone is welcome; materials will be
provided; please call Molly Widmer at (541) 746-7548 if you have questions.
General Meeting - March 12, 2009
Our CMS speaker for March 12th is Jean Rand, who will discuss and demonstrate her work with Gusto, a certified Search and Rescue Dog she has cross-trained as a truffle dog! Jean and Gusto together have found Oregon winter white truffles (Tuber oregonense), Oregon spring white truffles (Tuber gibbosum), and Oregon black truffles (Leucangium carthusianum). Jean will share fascinating details about their training process and field methods, highlighting Gusto’s intelligence, and the discipline and flexibility of their partnership to find these underground culinary fungi. The meeting is Thursday at the LCC, 7pm.
NATS March Meeting: Tuesday, March 10, 7:30pm
The North American Truffling Society is hosting speaker Greg Bonito from Duke University, presenting “The latest insights into the genus Tuber.” The meeting will be held at the Corvallis Multicutural Literacy Center at 128 SW 9th street in Corvallis (the big yellow house between Monroe and Madison avenues; click here for a map). There is parking on 9th street and in the dirt lot at the SW corner of 9th and Monroe.
Mushroom Species Lists 2009
We have updated species lists for the Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Show, Hendricks Park and the Common Mushroom Check List:
Thanks to Bruce for providing this excellent resource! The lists now contain data for 25 years at the Mt. Pisgah.
Members Foray — Saturday February 7th, 2009
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. Members can expect an email with the details on time and place a week before the event. The most likely edible species to be encountered in this winter foray are hedgehogs and winter chanterelles.
Fungal Feast: Mark your calendars - February 12th, 2009 - 6:30pm
Welcome to the new year, 2009! This year, the Cascade Mycological Society is teaming up with the LCC Culinary Arts program and with a special renowned King Estate Winery guest Executive Chef Michael Landsberg to bring you the Fungal Feast dinner. We are stepping it up to the larger banquet room in a new location on the LCC campus, the Center for Meeting and Learning (take note: it is not the usual Fungal Feast building!) It should be fancier all around!
Thursday, February 12th, 2009. Cost this year will be $20 members, $25 non-members. Due to a high volume of pre-sold tickets, there is a very good possibility that the feast will become sold out. If you want to be guaranteed a spot, order your tickets now!
UPDATE: February 1st, 2009: Tickets are SOLD OUT.
UPDATE 2: The 2009 Menu is now available (pdf)