SSMC: South Sound Mushroom Club

Events - 2005

12/??/05 Meeting "Club Potluck"

Presenters: None

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes


Thick fog marring a full moon didn't hamper the merriment and business of this, our last meeting of the year. But we missed the absentees! A full slate of officers was presented and unanimously approved. Mushrooms were included in some of the entrees - - chanterelles and Agaricus bisporus. A charming table decor featured a candle and moss embedded with fresh specimens of Hygrophorus conicus, Helvella lacunosa and Stropharia ambigua. Other fungi on display were a piece of Ganoderma annularis (related to the artist's conk) and spore prints of the rare Stropharia squamosa.

In a review of the past year, most thought it was fairly good. Marie, a veteran picker, thought it was getting like mall shopping - - many more people out there picking.

11/??/05 Meeting

Presenters: Jim Pruske

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

10/??/05 Meeting "The Character of Mushrooms"

Presenters: Eugene Butler

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes

 

Members could be better at recognizing mushrooms after hearing our speaker, Eugene Butler, give a learned talk on the character of the many mushrooms. Some features that can be seen with the naked eye are veils, rings, odors (smell), spore color, and the different gill attachments to the stem. There are dangerous look-alikes so knowing the different characters is important.

The full moon seemed to predict good things - - and we had two tables full of mushrooms that Tom, Bonnie, Helen and Richard were kept busy identifying. Including:

  • Amanita calyptroderma (Coccora)
  • Amanita muscaria (Fly Amanita)
  • Armillaria mellea (Honey Mushroom)
  • Boletus chrysenteron (Yellow-fleshed Boletus)
  • Boletus zelleri (Zeller's Bolete)
  • Cantharellus cibarius (Chanterelle)
  • Cantharellus subalbidus (White Chanterelle)
  • Clavulina cristata (Crested White Coral)
  • Coprinus lagopus (Hairy Coprinus)
  • Cortinarius phoeniceus var. occidentalis (Western Red-dye)
  • Ganoderma applanatum (Artist's Conk)
  • Gomphidius subroseus (Rosy Gomphidius)
  • Gomphidius oregonensis (Pink Gomphidius)
  • Helvella lacunosa (Fluted Black Elfin Saddle)
  • Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
  • Hygrophorus conicus (Witch's Hat, Hygrocybe conica)
  • Inocybe sp. (Fiber Heads)
  • Ishnoderma resinosum (Shelf-like Fungus, grows on hardwoods)
  • Laccaria bicolor (Laccaria)
  • Laccaria laccata (Common Laccaria, Lackadaisical Laccaria)
  • Lactarius rubidus (Candy Cap, Lactarius fragilus)
  • Leucopaxillus albissimus (White False Paxillus)
  • Naematoloma fasciculare (Clustered Woodlover)
  • Phellinus igniarius (Hard Wood Conk, False Tinder Polypore)
  • Rhizopogon occidentalis (False Truffle, Western Rhizopogon)
  • Russula albonigra (Black and White Russula)
  • Russula brevipes (Short-stemmed Russula)
  • Russula emetica (Emetic Russula)
  • Russula densifolia (Rigid Russula)
  • Russula rosacea (Rosy Russula)
  • Russula xerampelina (Woodland Russula)
  • Suillus caerulescens (Blue-Staining Boletus, Fat Jack)
  • Suillus lakei (Lake's Boletus, Matte Jack, Western Painted Suillus)
  • Suillus luteus (Slippery Jack)
  • Stropharia ambigua (Questionable Stropharia)
  • Tricholoma saponaceum (Soapy Tricholoma)
  • Tuber gibbosum (Oregon White Truffle)
  • Xylaria hypoxylon (Candlesnuff Fungus, Carbon Antlers)


Specimens were found at Grayland beach, Capitol Forest, Priest Point Park and neighborhoods. As Tom picked up the name tags to make a specimens list, he quipped an old Russian saying, All mushrooms are edible - - some only once.

10/15/05 Foray "Priest Point Park"

Leader: Jim Pruske

 

Meet in the upper parking lot at 9 AM. This is under the auspices of the Black Hills Audubon Society. Please call their office at 352-7299 to sign up.

10/1/05 Foray "Capitol Forest"
Leader: Willie Baker


Meet at the Mud Bay Park and Ride at 9 AM. We will carpool as much as possible, passengers chipping in for gas. Bring a lunch and the usual essentials for mushroom hunting.

 

Foray Notes

Submitted by: Tom & Karen Keller

Attendees: Willie Baker, Al Stover (Willie's friend), Karen Keller,Tom Keller,Gloria Ford, Jim Pruske Richard Glass, Marie Strobl

We met our foray leader, Willie Baker at the Mud Bay Park and Ride at 9:00 am. From there we carpooled to the Rock Candy Mountain entrance and then followed Willy in the lead car (Dodge truck). He took us to several areas near Capitol Peak; all were around the 2,000ft level. We had a successful hunt with everyone finding Chanterelles. We ended the foray about 1:30 pm. The weather was cool and cloudy, raining just as we were ending the outing.

Species found:

  • Cantharellus cibarius (Chanterelle)
  • Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (False Chanterelle)
  • Suillus lakei (Matte Jack)
  • Boletus mirabilis (Admirable Bolete)
  • Naematoloma fasciculare (Sulfur Tuft)
  • Coprinus atramentarius (Alcohol Inky Cap)
  • Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel Wings)
  • Russula brevipes (Short-stemmed Russula)
  • Russula xerampelina (Shrimp Mushroom)
  • Lactarius rufus (Red Hot Milk Cap)
  • Laetiporus sulphureus (Sulfur Shelf, Chicken of the woods)
  • Ganoderma applanatum (Artist's Conk)
  • Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail)
  • Hypomyces lactifluorum (Lobster Mushroom-Russula brevipes)
  • Amanita muscaria (Fly Amanita)
  • Lycoperdon pyriforme (Pear-shaped Puffball)
  • Clavulina cristata (Crested Coral)
  • Nidula candida (Bird's Nest Fungi)
  • Tremella mesenterica (Jelly Fungus, Witch's Butter)


Submitted by Willie Baker:

 

I had a great time taking the club members to some of my favorite mushroom spots. I feel bad that some of the best spots were a little hard to access for some, but everyone picked some edibles.

What sticks out in my mind was an exchange between Jim and myself. We were picking on a South East slope about 40 yards apart and Jim tells me that "there is something between us" and I answer, "What?". Jim says that there is a "large animal in between us" and that he can't see it, but he can hear it. I answer back that I always see deer in this area and that I noticed alot of fresh coyote scat on the way in. Jim says he noticed the scat as well. I continue picking for another ten minutes and then head to the upper road where Gloria, Marie and Al are chatting. When I reach the top Al pulls me aside to tell me that we "kicked out" a bear and it was heading right toward him and Marie until it heard them and decided to head down hill and away from the group.

I would also like to thank Al Stover for allowing me to share "our patches" with the club.

9/21/05 Course "Mushroom Identification"

Instructor: Tom Keller

 

South Puget Community College

9/21/05 - 10/5/05, Wednesdays

7:00PM - 9:00PM


To register call: 360-754-8489 x11
Course Cost: $50.00

9/??/05 Meeting

Presenters: Richard Glass

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors

510 Stoll Rd SE

Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes

 

Richard Glass gave a great presentation on "Mushrooms Around the Globe". He provided us with fabulous photos and great comentary on how we may be closely related to fungi.

We also had a few new faces at this meeting.

Richard Gaines will be conducting 3 mushroom foraging workshops. Click here to see flier


The cost of these seminars is $100 per participant. A $ 20 deposit will assure you a spot.


Club members will get a $20 discount.
To register call: 360 753-2947

8/21/05 Meeting "Club Picnic"

Presenters: None

 

Meeting Notes

 

Club Picnic. The annual potluck picnic was held August 21 at the Yates. It was a beautiful summer day. Those of us who came had a very pleasant afternoon and plenty of delicious food.

5/??/05 Meeting "Morel Foray"

Presenters: Joe

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

4/??/05 Meeting

Presenters: Melodie Gates

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes

 

Because this was the 25th anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption, Karen had many old newspapers from her school, printed during that time. A survivor of that terrific blast is one of our members, Bonnie Hayford. She recalled fleeing the campground near Clear Lake, 50 miles east of the volcano, while on a morel hunt with Dr. Michael Beugs mushroom class.

The ID table: A few members found Morels. Richard Gaines brought several dried specimens from the foray; especially interesting was a blue hygrophorus, found by Cody Matson. Roslyn hunters had found 12 different agarics (gilled), 9 different polypores, 6 different gastromyces (spores in a stomach puffballs) and 7 different ascomyces (spores in microscopic sacs, morels). Local fungi: Collybia, Marasmius creades (fairy ring), toxic Inocybes, toxic Amanita pantherina, Peziza badia, and a slime mold, Fuligo septica.

Roslyn trip is on the weekend of the 7th & 8th.

The weather around Roslyn was great! Great people, great food, great fun! Lot's of wildlife to be seen like Elk, Deer, Coyotes, all kinds of birds and even a black bear cub.

A special thanks to Jim, Richard, Karen and Tom for helping the newbies out. We also enjoyed Richard Glass's using his laptop to show mushrooms at the foray, scenes at the Inn and dryers working as the hunting was good.

Attendance was low at the Roslyn foray so there will be another foray the weekend of May 21. Contact Joe Tillman or Melodie Gates for details.

3/??/05 Meeting "Slide Show"

Presenters: Gloria Ford

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes

 

After socializing and inspecting specimens, Pres. Karen introduced the clubs sole charter member (year 1974), Gloria Ford. Gloria has been president more than once and led several forays while teaching and now is in retirement. We shared her slides of successful hunts, shown by basketfuls of edibles and other fungi just interesting to look at.

We were presented to Ranger Kelly Burke of Millersylvania State Park by Richard Gaines. She wanted to discuss possible rules for picking mushrooms in the park. Parks Rule Change can be viewed here!

Member William Baker made good on his publicity work. Wow! William senses the club will decline without advertising.

The Roslyn trip is being reconsidered due to the drought. More on this as time and weather go by.

The program was given by our able treasurer, Melodie Gates. She was introduced to the club by a friend in the late ˜70s. Being a natural out-of-doors person, she rapidly has become one of our Mighty Hunters. In the˜70s Alexander Smith was the top authority and Melodie recommends his books, especially "A Field Guide to Western Mushrooms". She gave out copies of Kit Scates Simplified Picture Key to 55 Genera of Gilled Mushrooms.

2/??/05 Meeting

Presenters: Damein Pack (Fungi Perfecti)

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes

 

Damien Pack of Fungi Perfecti moved from Virginia to Washington because of all the fungi here. He talked about duplicating Mother Nature using kits to grow mushrooms, and how to use spawn plugs in logs to grow "Oysters" in the garden. The ID table had interesting postage stamps featuring fungi from the South Pacific island of Vanuatu.

1/??/05 Meeting "Election of Officers"

Presenters: 

 

Olympia Thurston County Association Of Realtors
510 Stoll Rd SE
Olympia, WA 98501

7:00PM - 9:00PM

 

Meeting Notes

 

Club elections - present slate endorsed (still need vp). Tenative meeting agendas and forays set (ideas include Ocean Shores, Capitol Forest, Ostroms, Fungi Perfecti). Watched Dr. Beug's video on non-gilled fungi.