November 2015

Interesting news from the Boston Mycological Society If you go to the website: Lost at e minor: Photographers pay tribute to the wonderful world of mushrooms, you’ll get some really gorgeous photographs of mushrooms chosen for weirdness and wonderfulness (if that’s a word). The NYTimes food section contained an article about a French company, Distillerie du Perigord, has produced two 36 proof elixirs (their word) of concentrated morel, porcini, and truffle flavors, which can be …

Our December 7th, 2015 meeting with be a potluck dinner and white elephant gift exchange with a silent auction. The dinner will start at 6:30 PM in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park. Please bring a cooked or cold dish and your own beverage. (Note: there will be no kitchen access) The club will provide plates, cups, napkins, and utensils, but feel free to bring your own. If your dish contains wild mushrooms, …

(From the Boston Mushroom Club, BMC): Dear Fellow Mycophiles, Two bits of unimportant but enjoyable myco-stuff to access on the web, and one important suggestion.. First, if you didn’t get Sunday’s NYTimes Magazine Section, there was an nice article about foraging for mushrooms by Helen MacDonald (author of “H is for Hawk”). It was called “Death Sex, and Mushrooms” Second, BMC member Gary Gilbert mentioned on the Club’s google group that he’d come across a …