Fall Beginner's Classes 2009
Mushroom Identification Classes
Three Monday evenings in the Harvard Herbaria Conference Room, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA
September 14th, 21st & October 5th at 7:00pm
Curious about those mushrooms you see popping up in woods and yard? Wondering what all the fuss is about wild mushrooming? The Boston Mycological Club will present three lectures on mushroom identification this fall. The schedule is shown below. Please feel free to bring a few specimens of fungi that you’d like to show or identify as we may have time after the lectures to look them over.
The Wonderful World of Mushrooms……………………………………September 14
Past BMC President George Davis will give an overview of amateur mushrooming, and an introduction to the various forms of fungi found in our fields and forests.
How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms…………………………………….September 21
BMC member Noah Siegel will introduce you to all those mushrooms with gills. We will discuss their distinctive macroscopic features and how to identify them step-by-step to family, genus and finally to species.
Boletes and Polypores……………………………………………………. …...October 5
Notorious mushroom vendor and forager of fungi for local restaurants - Ben Maleson, will present a lecture on boletes and polypores as well as a few other interesting fungi, with a focus on edible, potentially edible, and poisonous species. Ben promises an exciting and graphic tale of severe Bolete poisoning from his own personal experience (what they mean by "it won't kill you, but you'll wish you were dead"). A Q & A session will follow the lecture.
For information on how to register, click "full story", or simply show up at a class.
The Wonderful World of Mushrooms……………………………………September 14
Past BMC President George Davis will give an overview of amateur mushrooming, and an introduction to the various forms of fungi found in our fields and forests.
How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms…………………………………….September 21
BMC member Noah Siegel will introduce you to all those mushrooms with gills. We will discuss their distinctive macroscopic features and how to identify them step-by-step to family, genus and finally to species.
Boletes and Polypores……………………………………………………. …...October 5
Notorious mushroom vendor and forager of fungi for local restaurants - Ben Maleson, will present a lecture on boletes and polypores as well as a few other interesting fungi, with a focus on edible, potentially edible, and poisonous species. Ben promises an exciting and graphic tale of severe Bolete poisoning from his own personal experience (what they mean by "it won't kill you, but you'll wish you were dead"). A Q & A session will follow the lecture.
$10 per class, per person for BMC members, $15 for non-members. OR $25 for the entire series for BMC members, $40 for non-members.
To pre-register, please send the information below with your check payable to: “Boston Mycological Club” to Marcia Jacob 118 Presidents Lane, Quincy MA 02169
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Please check: ____The Wonderful World of Mushrooms…….September 14
____How to Know the Gilled Mushrooms……..September 21
____Boletes and Polypores…………………….. October 5
*Note parking may be difficult to find. To purchase a parking ticket, please visit: https://www2.uos.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/permit/purchase.pl
posted 2009-09-13 16:25:06