I recently had the privilege of leading a mycology field walk for a class of students learning to be naturalists. It was such a joy to share my modest mushroom knowledge with a group of people so excited to learn about the natural world. We were at Broadmeadow Brook, a Mass Audubon sanctuary perched on the southeast edge of Massachusetts' second- ( Read more... )

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The word "epic" is overused on the internet, but this thread that I started on the FUNGI magazine Facbook page regarding the identification of this mushroom:


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Back in October I took a mushroom class and took some notes. I'm writing them here--maybe not too interesting in this format but maybe there's something useful here for you.

Clitocybe robustus is an all-white mushroom with a thick stalk and a "nasty smell" (which I couldn't detect) that grows in pine duff and leaf litter (pretty sure I know of two ( Read more... )

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Fifth Annual Fungus Fair, Saturday, September 17th 10:00am-5:00pm ( Read more... )