Oakridge Hostel Weekend Foray — October 14th, 15th, 16th 2011
On October 14, 15, and 16th the Oakridge Hostel is hosting a new event called, ‘For the Love of Mushrooms, a Weekend Foray.’ Activities include lectures on mushroom ecology and sustainable harvesting practices, expert guided forays in the forests surrounding Oakridge, and a demonstration by a local chef on the culinary uses and preparation of mushrooms.
Oakridge, located in the foothills of the Cascades, approximately 40 miles southeast of Eugene is uniquely situated for great mushrooming according to local expert Peg Boulay.
Registration for the weekend includes all meals, lodging, guided walks to gather mushrooms, and evening lectures. For details visit the Oakridge Hostel event page.
Note: A group permit for collecting has been obtained that will let attendees collect for the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival. This will allow 5 specimens of each species to be collected for display purposes.
General Meeting — Thursday October 13th, 2011
Our October speaker is Jake Hurlbert, who will be giving a presentation titled ”Ecology of Mushrooms - The Essential Roles of Mushrooms in Our Environment”.
Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene.
Jake Hurlbert has a Masters in Science and Education and taught science for 28 years. He’s a member of several Mushroom Societies including the Oregon Mycological Society and is also a Member of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. He’s given numerous mushroom talks, and most recently gave a Mushroom Ecology presentation to the Small Woodland’s Association of Yamhill County. He’s taught classes on edible plants and mushrooms through Chemeketa Community College. Presently he is doing a 7-year study of the ecology of fungi and plants of Oregon, and currently is in Phase 5 of the study that includes the Mt Hood - Estacada region.
General Meeting — Thursday September 8th, 2011
Jessie K. Uehling will be giving a talk about her research - recipient of the Cascade Mycological Society 2010 Scholarship; Meet at 7:00 pm, room 115, Science Building (Building 16) at Lane Community College in Eugene:
Jessie Uehling, 2010 Scholarship Recipient
My name is Jessie Uehling and I grew up in Boise Idaho. I graduated high school in 2005 and moved to Arcata, CA where I started working on my degree at Humboldt State University (HSU). In 2010 I graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Botany and entered the Masters program in Biological Sciences Department, also at HSU. I am just starting the second year of my project which involves examining the systematics of the Cantharellales from the Guiana Shield. In particular I am interested in the ectomycorrhizal Basidiomycete genus Clavulina. My thesis will include range distribution record amendments and many new species descriptions based on traditional morphology based taxonomy, as well as comparisons of molecular sequences from described species using online databases. In addition to being a graduate student I am the research assistant on my advisor, Terry Henkel’s NSF funded project, “Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity of the Guiana Shield”. I have had the pleasure of participating in 3 month long research expeditions into extremely remote locations in the interior rainforests of the upper Amazon River basin. These experiences have provided me with material to complete my Master’s thesis, familiarity with structure and execution of ectomycorrhizal community composition studies, and also with a very different outlook on life.