General Meeting — Thursday January 13th, 2011
Our Jan. speaker is Britt Bunyard, editor of Fungi magazine. He will give a talk titled “From maitake to morels, a regional look at the edible mushrooms of North America.”
Britt is a college professor who has taught a broad range of undergraduate and graduate Biology courses, including Evolution, Microbiology, Mycology, Invertebrate Zoology, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Environmental Science. The main focus of his research interests is on the coevolution of macrofungi and Diptera, the true flies. Scholarly achievements include publication of scientific papers in numerous research journals, book chapters, one patent, articles in popular science magazines, and one full-length book of travel essays from living in Southeast Asia. Until recently, he was Editor-in-Chief of NAMA’s journal McIlvainea and newsletter The Mycophile, and as a Subject Editor for the Entomological Society of America’s journal Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene
2011 Fungal Feast Dinner
SOLD OUT
Our 2011 Fungal Feast takes place at the King Estate Winery on February 4th, 2011 at 6:30pm
96 tickets will be available. The first offering of tickets will go on sale on January 1st 2011 to active CMS members only for $30.00 a person. Any tickets remaining on January 15th 2011 will become available for non-members to purchase at $40.00 a person. If you are an active member of Cascade Mycological Society (having renewed in 2010) check your email and mailbox for additional information on how to purchase tickets. If you have not yet received this notice and believe you are an active member of CMS please contact membership@cascademyco.org. If you are not an active member and wish to become one, you can submit your membership payment through http://cascademyco.org/become-a-member/.
For additional information on the King Estate Winery go to http://www.kingestate.com/
The buffet style Fungal Feast meal will include:
General Meeting — Thursday December 9th, 2010
December’s speaker is Charlie LeFever, Phd. co-founder of the Oregon Truffle Festival and propertier of New World Truffieres. Dr. LeFever will give a talk entitled “Diamonds under the Douglas Fir: an introduction to the wild and cultivated truffles in Western Oregon.”
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene
CMS Group Foray — Saturday November 13th, 2010
Our next group foray will be led by board member Joe Spivack, who will lead us into the forests in the coastal range west of Eugene. This foray will take place in BLM areas. No permit is required for small quantities of mushroom collection.
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. You can become a member on Saturday to join us!
Meet at the South Eugene High School by 8:45 for introductions and directions. We will leave at 9:00am sharp. An alternative meeting place will be the Lorane Post Office at 9:30.
General Meeting — Thursday November 11th, 2010
This month’s speaker will be Dr. Matt Trappe who will present a talk titled “Shaking the fungal tree of life: exploring relationships between truffles and mushrooms.”
Dr. Trappe is a research ecologist with over 14 years experience working in western forests. His specialties are disturbance ecology (particularly fire), mycology and soil microbiology, DNA and isotopic analysis, forestry, and botany. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and a M.S. in Forest Science/Forest Resources, both from Oregon State University
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene
CMS Group Foray — Friday October 29th, 2010
Correction: The meeting location needs to be moved since the high school parking lot is in use during the week. The new location is at the parking lot at the Springfield Depot at “A” St. and South 2nd at 9:00 AM.
Our final foray before the Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival will be happening this Friday. We’ll be collecting specimens for display at the show as well as for personal use. Will you be the one to collect the prize winning specimen for the festival?
This will be in the Willamette National Forest. For personal collection, a free permit is required and is available at Willamette ranger stations one of which is in Springfield. More information on permits is available on the Willamette NFS website.
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. You can become a member on Friday to join us!
CMS Group Foray — Sunday October 24th, 2010
NOTE: The Saturday foray has been cancelled, we will only have one on Sunday this weekend. We apologize for the change in schedule.
We plan on visiting the Coast Range in some BLM areas. No permit is required for small quantities of mushroom collection. We will be hunting for edibles as well as collecting for the upcoming Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival, only week after the foray!
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. You can become a member on Sunday to join us!
Meet at the South Eugene High School by 8:45 for introductions and directions. We will leave at 9:00am sharp.
Drift Creek Fall Mushroom Retreat — October 23rd, 2010
Here is another opportunity for exploring our state and learning about mushrooms.
Join Friends of Straub Environmental Learning Center at the Drift Creek Camp for a one-day
mushrooming retreat with a mushroom expert on Saturday, October 23, from 10:00-4:00. Participants
will learn to identify and collect a variety of local mushrooms, and will have the opportunity to enjoy
dinner (optional) as well as the option for an overnight stay in Drift Creek Lodge. The basic class is
$15/adult and $10/child (4-11). The optional dinner is an additional $10/adult and $5/child, and the
overnight stay is $20/adult and $10/child. Breakfast is also optional. All meals are contingent upon
having the minimum number of participants.
More information here.
29th Annual Mt. Pisgah Arboretum’s Mushroom Festival & Plant Sale — Sunday October 31, 2010
29th Annual Mt. Pisgah Arboretum’s Mushroom Festival & Plant Sale
October 31, 2010, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m
Cascade Mycological Society co-sponsors this spectacular celebration with Mt. Pisgah Arboretum and Lane Community College. CMS volunteers collect, identify and organize 300-350 species of mushrooms in a stunning display of colors, shapes, and sizes. Bring mushroom specimens to have identified at our “Ask an Expert” booth at the show. Visit our “Edible, Poisonous and Lookalikes” display to learn about some mushroom species to enjoy and some others to avoid! And don’t forget to visit the CMS booth, where t-shirts and other goodies will be for sale.
There is something for everyone at the mushroom festival, including hayrides, cider pressing, wine tasting, scarecrow contest, plant sale, craft sale, children’s activities, music, and raffle. Visitors can also take guided tours of the Arboretum to learn about the area’s ecology and history. To learn more, visit MPA’s website.
CMS Welcomes Taylor Lockwood for “Mushrooms of America” — Friday, Oct. 29th 2010
A presentation by Taylor Lockwood, October 29th at LCC Forum Auditorium, Bldg. 17, Room 308.
Taylor Lockwood has been traveling all around the world and now he is going to be in Eugene on October 29th 2010 to present his new video, “Mushrooms of America.” It is a mycological mushroom romp around the country. There will be time at the end for your questions.
In his latest DVD Taylor takes the best of ten years of his videos and weaves them with imagination, humor, and science into a travelogue, people log, and mycolog that is as entertaining as it is informative.
“Mushrooms of America” features some of the wildest, weirdest, and most wonderful mushrooms and mushroom hunters in North America. Travel with Taylor from Florida to Nova Scotia to Washington State to California and many parts in-between.
Seen through the eye of Taylor’s camera mushrooms provide a delicious display of form, texture, and color unlike anything you have seen in most books or videos. He includes mushrooms that have shapes that defy description.
Location: LCC Forum Auditorium, Bldg. 17, Room 308
Time: Friday, Oct. 29th, 7 PM
Cost: Suggested donation $5-10
General Meeting — Thursday October 14th, 2010
David Rust will present an Introduction to Wild and Edible Mushrooms, which will include mushroom basics, their role in ecology, how most people view the difference between cultivated and wild fungi, mushroom preparation and cooking techniques, and how to avoid eating poisonous mushrooms.
David is co-founder of the Bay Area Mycological Society. He has helped organize three All California Club Forays, coordinates the mycoblitz cooperative science forays at Point Reyes National Seashore, and is participating in the fungal survey at Yosemite National Park. His area of special concern is the devastating forest pathogen Phytophthora ramorum, which causes the disease known as Sudden Oak Death. David is a past president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. David is Region 11 Trustee and webmaster of the North American Mycological Association (NAMA).
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene
11th Annual Yachats Mushroom Festival
The Yachats Mushroom Fest will be Oct 15th – 17th Oct 16th – 18th 2010. Joe Spivak will be teaching a 4 hour workshop, “Intro to Mushrooming” from 10am to 2pm on Saturday Oct 16th. Other CMS members will be leading walks throughout the weekend.
For more information check out the web page for this event