2017

For the April 3rd meeting, Michelle and Jack Innis will present a slideshow on their experience with shitake cultivation. The meeting will start at 6:30 PM in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park.

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KPBS Broadcast on Poisonous Mushrooms with Elio Schaechter and Bonni Macintosh CBS8 Broadcast on Recent Rains and Mushrooms that can kill you with Les Brand

We had so much fun creating watercolor paintings of mushrooms at the Telluride mushroom festival that we decided to have a watercolor painting class for the March 6th meeting. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. The club will provide the painting supplies. Feel free to bring mushroom specimens to use a still life displays.

Feb 18th Foray and Potluck 10 am to 1pmish There will be a foray on Saturday Feb 18th, 2017 to collect specimens to be displayed at the fair. The foray is on private property in Santa Isabel and is for member’s only. All participants must complete a foray Release and Indemnification Liability Waiver. We will meet at 10 am and then collect mushrooms until noonish. Afterwards there will be a potluck and group identification session …

The guest speaker for our February 6th meeting is Lee Hamm. The meeting will be hosted in Room 101, Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park at 6:30 PM. Lee Hamm is the Recreation and Lands Officer for the Palomar Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest. Established in 1908, the Cleveland National Forest is the southern-most National Forest in California. Consisting of 460,000 acres, the forest offers a wide variety of terrains and recreational opportunities. …