CMS Keynote Speaker – Steve Trudell — Friday, October 28th
“Why Mushrooms Matter”
Come hear Steve Trudell’s important message Friday, October 28th, 7pm, at the LCC forum building.
Steve Trudell is a forest ecologist and educator who has been hunting, photographing, and learning about mushrooms for over 35 years. Author of “Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest” with Joe Ammirati, he has taught mycology, botany, and biology at the University of Washington, Evergreen State College, Bastyr University, and Santa Barbara City College, as well as workshops at many NAMA and local mushroom club forays. His particular interest is in understanding why there is such a tremendous diversity of mushroom-fungi and the roles that they play in forest carbon and nutrient cycling.
The PNW is home to a wide array of colorful, beautiful, bizarre, and edible mushrooms. Few realize that, without these mushrooms, there would be no forests. Come hear why and get a glimpse of some of the Northwest’s most popular edible and most dangerous toxic fungi. Donations accepted.
Also find Steve at the Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival, Sunday, October 30th. He will have copies of his book for sale, as will be helping with mushroom identification.
Upcoming Forays in Anticipation of the Festival
NOTE: Updated foray information. There will be one more foray before the festival on Friday the 28th. Since this is on a school day, the high school parking lot is not available and a new meeting place has been chosen. This is the Ray’s Food store in Pleasant Hill meeting at 8:45 AM and leaving at 9:00 AM sharp.
There are currently three forays confirmed.
The confirmed dates are Oct. 22nd, 23rd, and 28th.
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. You can become a member to join us!
Meet at the South Eugene High School by 8:45 for introductions and directions (except for the 28th, see the note above about meeting place). We will leave at 9:00am sharp. *General Foray Information*
NOTE: It would be very helpful for planning purposes if you RSVP’ed if you are planning on attending a foray. This allows us to better plan for group size. You can do this by emailing forays@cascademyco.org and telling us how many are attending.
Note that sometimes destinations are changed based on weather conditions and where we get reports of fungal activity, but here is a rundown of the planned destinations and forest districts. Please check back on this website the day before the foray for any changes or updates on foray details.
- Oct. 22nd – Florence coast area / Siuslaw Nat. Forest
- Oct. 23rd – Lower Cascades / Willamette Nat. Forest
- Oct. 28th – Lower Cascades / Willamette Nat. Forest
Permit Details
We have procured a group permit for the Willamette National Forest that will allow a foray attendee to collect up to 5 specimens for festival purposes. This does not allow for personal collection (e.g. for edibles), a separate (free) permit is required in the Willamette Nat. Forest.
For the Siuslaw National Forest, no permit is required for 1 gallon of mushrooms per person. A group permit for festival purposes is in the works.
NOTE: This permit can also be used outside a foray, provided that you have in your possession a copy of the permit letter and a map of the allowed picking areas for the Willamette National Forest. These were handed out at the CMS meeting, but email forays@cascademyco.org if you need a copy of the letter. The maps must be picked up at a ranger station.
Mushroom Madness Week! — Sunday, Oct. 30th – Sunday, Nov. 6th 2011K
Plus, Special Guest Appearance on KLCC’s “Food for Thought” from Peg Boulay – 12 – 1 PM
Mycological events are coming at us fast and furious. You’ll want to check back on our website frequently so you don’t miss anything!
On Sunday, Oct. 23rd’s “Food for Thought,” Peg Boulay will be talking about mushrooms, and a special upcoming event that is a partnership between the CMS and several local restaurants with a focus on local sourcing and mushroom cuisine.
The CMS is proud to announce that 8 restaurants have coordinated with us for the 30th anniversary of the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival to offer their own takes on delicious mushroom fare starting on the day of the festival, Oct. 30th and continuing through the following Sunday.
Celebrate the delicious diversity of Oregon’s wild mushrooms! Visit these fine restaurants (and brewery) to enjoy their fabulous featured mushroom dishes, created especially for Mushroom Madness Week.
King Estate with Chef Michael Landsberg: Wild Oregon mushroom ragout with Yukon gold potato gnocchi, lamb meatballs, roasted tomato leek vinaigrette with parmesan cheese and crispy artichoke hearts. 80854 Territorial Hwy, 541-942-9874.
Chef’s Kitchen with Chef Bruno: Mushroom medley of 5 or 6 mushrooms cooked in a sherry-cream reduction in a way that you can taste their distinct flavors. 3443 Hilyard St, 541-687-2433.
Holy Cow with Chef Anton Ferrara: Ricotta gnocchi with wild mushroom sauce. 2621 Willamette St only, 541-852-4659.
Cafe Soriah with Chef Pierce Kieffer: 3 course mushroom dinner: appetizer is a mushroom strudel with goat’s cheese and madeira reduction; salad of marinated chanterelles and spiced walnuts with frisee and sherry vinaigrette; main dish of porcini encrusted chicken with a wild mushroom butter sauce. 384 W. 13th Ave, 541-342-4410.
Cafe Zenon with Chef Cory Brader: Oregon wild mushroom savory pudding with chanterelles, porcini and truffle oil, along with grilled house baked bread. 898 Pearl St, 541-684-4000.
Friendly Street Cafe with Chef Mario Tucci: gnocchi with lamb meatballs and chanterelles in a light mushroom sauce. 2757 Friendly St, 541-343-3460.
Excelsior Inn & A Taste of Ristorante Italiano with Chef Mauritzio Paparo: pasta with 4 mushrooms; a dish that is called Pappardelli ai Quattro funghi in Italian. 754 E. 13th Ave, 541-342-6963.
Rogue Public House–Track Town Ales with Brewer Nate Samson: Porcini Scotch Ale. 844 Olive St, 541-345-4155.
30th Anniversary Photo Contest
LAST CALL FOR PHOTOS!!!
Deadline extended to Oct. 24th, last chance to send in your photos!
As some of you might know, this year’s Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival will be the 30th! The Cascade Mycological Society has been a big part of this festival from the beginning and we are excited to be bringing a number of special events and activities to celebrate.
The first of these we are proud to announce is a mushroom photography contest. Any and all are free to contribute photos related to mushrooms, mushroom culture, and our fungal pals in general. The best of the bunch will be selected for a special display at the festival and the winners will receive recognition and prizes from the CMS.
The rules are simple, just send up to 3 digital photos to photocontest@cascademyco.org. In your email include your full name as you’d want it to appear next to your prize winning photo and any details you might want us to know about the photo and what it means to you. Note that we greatly prefer digital files but if you have a picture that you must submit and don’t have in digital form, you can send us an email and we’ll try to help with other arrangements. Please send pictures as JPG files at full resolution, so that prints of the images look their best.
The photos need to be in by Oct 24th so they can be judged before the show.
Fine print stuff:By sending us your pictures, you grant the CMS a license to use your photo for contest purposes and to display your photo at the festival and at later dates in CMS communications including this website. If your image is used for CMS communication, you will be credited as the photographer.
30th Annual Mt. Pisgah Arboretum’s Mushroom Festival — Sunday October 30, 2011
30th Annual Mt. Pisgah Arboretum’s Mushroom Festival
October 30, 2011, 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 over 300 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.
Two Mushroom Excursions — Oct 21st – 23rd, November 4th-6th
Hemlock Ridge Excursions is offering two mushroom workshops this fall, a Cascades trip at Clear Lake Resort on October 21st-23rd, and a coast trip at Tugman State Park on November 4th-6th. These weekend workshops are hosted at beautiful sites selected for their proximity to great mushroom hunting locations. Participants are introduced to all aspects of “mushrooming” culture, from field identification techniques, family characteristics, wild edible harvesting, mushroom dyeing and cooking, and basic cultivation techniques.
Link below is a flyer with information on the dates and prices for the two weekend excursions:
For more information, see the Hemlock Ridge Excursions website
Yachats Village Mushroom Fest — October 21st – 23rd, 2011
Don’t miss the Keynote Speaker, David Arora, Friday, October 21!
Come savor autumn on the Oregon coast where the fun-guys go – to the Yachats Village Mushroom Fest! Enjoy wild forest mushroom cuisine, expert led mushroom walks, (many led by CMS members) talks and exhibits, culinary mushroom workshops, culinary mushroom markets, wine tasting, and live entertainment. Guided mushroom walks and exhibits are FREE and open to the public.
The Yachats Village Mushroom Fest is produced by the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce and is generously supported by the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center and Scenic Area, Gerdemann Botanical Preserve, the Yachats Commons, the Yachats Ladies Club, Forest Ecologist Marla Gillham, OSU Faculty, Students and Alumni, Cascade Mycological Society, North American Truffling Society, Lincoln Co Mycological Society, Yachats area businesses, Yachats Farmers Market, area naturalists, and many culinary mushroom enthusiasts.
For more information please or call 1-800-929-0477, 541-547-3530. Or see the Website at http://yachats.org/MFest2011.html
Eugene REI — Fun in the Fungal Kingdom! — Thursday, October 20th
As the rains start here in Lane County, opportunities for fun and learning about mushrooms abound.
Two of our founding board members, Peg Boulay and Bruce Newhouse, will be leading a free workshop at REI from 7:00 – 8:00. Spots are limited, preregister at REI’s event site if you’re interested in attending.
Introductory Identification Class — Saturday October 22nd, 2011
Here is another opportunity to expand your fungal awareness:
On Saturday, October 22nd as a part of the Yachat’s Mushroom Festival, one of our CMS board members Joe Spivak will be teaching a workshop titled “Introduction to Mushroom Collecting and Identification”. In this workshop you will learn:
- About fungi in general and how they evolved along with plants and animals
- How, when, and where to collect wild mushrooms
- How to use a dichotomous key and other techniques for identifying toxic mushrooms and safe to eat edibles
Finally, a guided walk, led by one of our knowledgeable experts, will bring life to the material covered in the classroom.
$3 Materials Fee payable at registration. Limited to 50 participants. To Pre-register, please contact the Yachats Visitors Center: Email info@yachats.org, Tel 541-547-3530; 800-929-0477
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.