We have postponed this event scheduled for Friday (March 13) due to the anticipated size of the audience and the Shelter in Place currently in effect. David Arora will explore some of the many contemporary myths about wild mushrooms spawned and reinforced by the Internet. Davis Arora is an...
FORAGER’S REPORT – FEBRUARY 16, 2020 It is so very dry and, with no end to the barometric high around the California coast, we expected to find nothing or next to nothing. But then, mushrooms have a delightful way of surprising us and this foray turned...
Author Christian Schwartz will be presenting from his book which was written for beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms. Common and conspicuous species, delicious edibles, toxic and deadly species, and distinctive rarities are all covered in this user-friendly reference, which...
MycoMarin's "Wild in Marin" Fungus Festival is this Saturday! Festival goers will enjoy our exciting lineup of speakers this year at the Mill Valley Community Center, with David Arora, Else Vellinga, chefs Chad Hyatt and Todd Spanier giving cooking demonstrations, and don't miss John Getz and his truffle...
We're excited to bring the MycoMarin "Wild In Marin" Fungus Festival back for its 2nd season! This wonderful event will engage, entertain, and enlighten the community about the benefits, joys, and culinary delights of fungi! We have an exciting lineup of speakers this year at the...
Being a part of the Board of Directors of the Mycological Society of Marin County is tremendously rewarding, and includes being part of our annual foray. Once a year, we get treated to a very special foray. And so it was that the Past-President, President,...
Have you really paid attention to the polypores? My friend Colleen pointed out that, when there are so many other mushrooms in the woods, you did not. Since there were no other mushrooms to speak about at this time of the year, the polypores made...
Kevin Sadlier, founder of our Mycological Society of Marin County , went hunting last weekend. He went to the Sierra and spent two days looking in the places that last year produced a bounty of luscious porcini (an Italian speaking person informed us that it...
This year has been a “first time ever” for Mycomarin. At the beginning of the year we had our Fungus Festival and last weekend we had our first camping trip. It quickly filled up with enthusiastic members of our society as soon as it was...
Oh what a day! Although it drizzled a little on our way up, there were road closures we ignored because we had looked at the Google maps, by the time we arrived the rain was gone and the sun showed up for a few minutes...