Good foray today. Well attended and lots of fungal finds.

The Snohomish County Mycological Society (SCMS) presents their annual
wild mushroom show on Sunday, October 28, 2018 from 10 am. until 5:00
pm. The event is held in Floral Hall in Forest Park, 802 East Mukilteo
Boulevard, Everett, WA 98203.

Hosted in cooperation with Everett Parks and Recreation, the annual
show features a display of wild mushrooms collected by SCMS members,
mushroom kits, a free class on mushroom identification at 1 p.m.,
books, videos, and raffle. The event is free (donations accepted).

Learn to distinguish more than 100 different species of wild
mushrooms. Bring your own mushroom samples for identification.

Please e-mail Pi at pikosarot@gmail.com to find out how YOU can help!
All help is greatly appreciated.

Hello all SCMS members:
It has been a busy 2 months of camping and visiting friends back in Portland, Oregon for me as well as trying to get my bearings as SCMS President. I hope you have all had some fun and maybe found a mushroom or two during our time off from the meetings. Our next meeting will be Sept. 12, 2018 from 7:30 to 9:30 with Danny Miller giving us his presentation on “Mushroom Prejudice” An entertaining take on human bias in mush-rooming. Danny first got interested in Mushrooms in 2007 after seeing strange colourful creatures in the forest all the time while hiking and skiing off trail, and finally decided he had to find out what they were. The more he learned, the more interesting they seemed, and it just hasn’t stopped. Danny is the Education Chair for the Puget Sound Mycological Society, helping to design and teach the curriculum for the club’s mycology classes. He is also the club Librarian, and ID Committee co-ordinator and emergency poisoning point person for King County Washington Poison Control. Danny also belongs to the PNW Key Council, a group of amateur and professional mycologists and is a co-author of MatchMaker with Ian Gibson, the free PNW mushroom ID program for the PC and MAC. He has a big interest in taxonomy and figuring out where all of the mushrooms fit into the fungal tree of life. Memberships end on Aug. 31, 2018 so don’t forget to renew your membership. If anyone is interested in volunteering with any of the committees please bring it to my attention. If anyone has any foray or camping ideas or any ideas at all please pass them on at the September meeting. Your membership, attendance and involvement in your society is important to it’s success, I hope to see you all at the next meeting. Let’s get busy, Get involved and have some fun.
Thank You
Steven Faulkner
SCMS President.

Hello Mushroom Enthusiasts & Members of the Mushroom Community,

It is with a heavy heart that I share with you the news of Gene Butler’s passing. Not only was Gene the SW WA Mycological Society’s esteemed honorary adviser, but he was the founder of the local Club 5 years ago. He also helped found the Snohomish County Mycological Society 35+ years ago. Through his countless hours of volunteerism with developing educational programs, keying out the specific genera in a published book, and the willingness to share his vast technical knowledge on mycology, the mushroom community is forever grateful.

Just the other day when he was bit frustrated with his recalling of a specific uncommon specimen, I had jokingly told him, he has forgotten more about the taxonomy of mushrooms than most of us will ever learn in a lifetime & not to fret. I think we’re all in agreement with that statement. His passing has left a giant chasm in the mushroom community. Gene became an integral part of the mushroom community beginning in the 1970s with assisting the original Pacific Northwest Key Council stretching over several states & spanning over 40 plus years. Gene was a well known & respected member of the local community through his involvement of various organizations & Lewis County has lost a great citizen.

We will share with you as more details become available regarding Gene’s celebration of life ceremony. Please feel free to share this within the mushroom community as Gene Butler was a very well known & highly respected mycologist. Our hearts are saddened by the loss of our dear friend.

Sincerely,
Heather Loose

Those were the biggest jelly mushrooms I have seen, and the most on one tree. Although, I am a novice so they may not be as remarkable I I thought.

Rosanne

Their first ever International Truffle Expo given by Alana McGee and Kristin Rosenbach wowed many people. This fabulous and delightful event brought enthusiasts from different regions of our US continental.

Friday, Bonnie and I attended the Hunter -Gatherer Dinner at Novelty Hill-Januik winery, a charming place.

Daniel Winkler entertained us for awhile as we knew no-one.

Executive Chef Seth Fernald (L) and Sous Chef Jeff Zanatta along with their staff skillfully prepared our meal with care.

Sous Chef Jeff Zanatta playful entertained us.

Toppings on Duck breast

A load of Oregon Black Truffle (Leucangium carthusianum) dug up by the truffle dogs that day, hours before our divine meal.

Alana McGee came over to slice black truffles over our enchanting meal.

Pictures shown are the starter, Bonnie’s short ribs, my Mushroom en Papillote, all topped with sliced black truffles, and the lovely dessert.

Starter: Cavatelli Pasta topped with black truffles.

Bonnie’s short ribs topped with more black truffles.

My medley of mushrooms were: yellow chanterelles, baby Helvella lacunosa, and Craterellus tubaeformis, topped with more black truffles.

Many rich flavors in this delicious dessert. Porcini and a small slice of pickled matsutake mushroom were part of it.

Each table of eight received a piece of black truffle to be grated or sliced onto our meal. Our truffle was dug by DaVinci, a Belgian Tervuren.

Bonnie and I sat at the best table, our group were engaging wine connoisseurs dominating the wine, and we happily monopolized the black truffle;-)

Booth set up took place at the Columbia Winery. Having Bonnie was a huge plus! she was able to hang our banner without any trouble.

An attractive, educational display.

There were many vendors sharing all kinds of tasty truffle samples.

Alana McGee with her truffle dog, a Lagotto Romangnolo named Lolo.

Other breeds of truffle dogs.

It was truly an enjoyable one night, a productive, and exciting two days.

Seventeen diehard mushroomers showed up braving the huge raindrops Saturday. They are truly true ‘Washitonians’; my kind of foragers. 😃 Nope, I did not miscount, several left early.


Although cantharellus cibarius was not abundant, there were a little to take home for the pot.

Edibles found:

1. Cantharellus cibarius /yellow chanterelle
2. Cantharellus subalbidus /white chanterelle
3. Craterellus tubaeformis /winter chantrelle/yellow foot (this has been renamed from: Cantharellus tubaeformis)
4. Boletus zelleri (not the Boletus mirablis)
5. Rozites caperata (gypsy)
6. Clitocybe nuda or Lepista nuda/blewit
7. Lactarius rubrilateus /bleeding milk cap
8. Cortinarius violaceus
9. Armillaria mellea/ honey mushroom
10. Russula Xerampelina/shrimp mushroom
11. Sarcodon fuscoindicum

A HUGE thank you to Margaret for those delicious cupcakes to end the day with.

Many non edibles were found, sharing a few of them…

Laccaria bicolor

genus unknown

nope, not a Lactarius rubidus or candy cap. Candy cap caps are not sticky, slimy, or shiny which these were, and L. rubidus also releases white milk liquid when caps are cut which these do not.

Another angle of the Laccaria bicolor.

Genus: Hygrophorus aka waxy caps. A large diverse genus

Underside of the Hygrophorus piceae

top of Hygrophorus piceae

Tricholomas, the two yellow ones are: Tricholoma zelleri

Hygrophorus bakerensis aka ‘Starbucks latte’ excellent delicious strong scent of almond

Lepiota clypeolaria NOTE: This and and other small species should not be eaten!

Laccaria amethystio-occidentales

Grown up Laccaria amethystio-occidentalis

Tricholoma equestre, T. flavovirens aka ‘man on horseback’. Although David Arora’s text: All that the Rain Promises and More…states that it is edible, recent poisoning has been recorded.

A cute dainty Myxomphalia maura, grows on burnt wood.

Chondostereum purpureum, a fungus that attacks trees, ugh!

Thank you to both Judi DuBois, and Jim Smith for hosting our annual cultivation workshop at their home. A wonderful time socializing with members, participating in rolling of the straw and blue oyster spawn, learning about the mushroom life cycle, filling our bags and jam packing it fully, and of course, enjoying all the delectable potluck dishes that everyone brought.

And a huge thank you to Kurt for an educational presentation of cultivating blue oyster mushrooms. We’ve learned a lot! And we anxiously look forward to seeing them popping out of the kit to throw in the pot.

Thank you to all our members who attended this fun event, and we look forward to seeing you again.

Thank you, Jim and Cindy Goodwin for taking this great pictures.

Thanks to all of the members who turned up today for the foray lead by Rosanne Hansen!

Alana Mc Gee, our October 2015 presenter on Truffles will be hosting her FIRST EVER truffle international expo. Read all about it, and maybe I’ll see you there.