Understanding winter mushrooms 101
The term “winter mushrooms” sounds like an oxymoron to most people and for the most part, they are correct. But if you’re “in the know” this is not always the…
First Deadly Mushroom Ever Found in Metro Denver Appears in Aurora
First Deadly Mushroom Ever Found in Metro Denver Appears in Aurora Colorado Mycologists Issue Warning about Deadly “Destroying Angel” Mushroom By Jason Salzman You can find scores of mushrooms in…
The Next Big Thing In Mycology | How To Play Your Role
ASSEMBLING A NORTH AMERICAN MYCOFLORA Speaker: Stephen Russell (Purdue University) Despite over 200 years of mycological progress, few regions have up-to-date surveys of the macrofungi (mushrooms) that occur in their…
Happy Hunting Tip | July 2018
Happy Hunting Tip By Karen Ryan With the approach of the Rockies mushroom season, and CMS forays gearing up, there are some basic tips for new foragers (and perhaps a…
HAPPY HUNTING TIPS
by Karen Ryan Rain, yahoo! Searching for Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster Mushroom) ... Scientific classification: Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Pleurotaceae Genus: Pleurotus Species: P. osteatus Binomial name:…
Mushroom Of The Month | Morchella
Morchella! April is often a good month for morels in Colorado. There are many different species of morels, and likely many more yet unidentified. The family Morchellaceae includes the genus…
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2006: A Banner Year for Rocky Mountain Mushrooms
By Debbie Viess Reprinted with permission from “Mushroom, The Journal of Wild Mushrooming”, Winter 2007, pp. 17-19. Ms. Viessʼ essay originally appeared Aug. 26-29, 2006, on the BAMS online discussion group, bayareamushrooms@yahoogroups.com. Last week,…
BRING EM BACK ALIVE!
By Vera Evenson, Curator RosaLee Brace, Volunteer Some suggestions for collecting mushrooms for further study and identification from the Herbarium of Fungi at the Denver Botanic Gardens. When you find…
Adopt a Mushroom
by Ellen Jacobson I would like to form small groups for the study of some of the genera of Colorado fungi. Many species have been poorly studied and documented and…