Welcome!
Welcome to the home page for the Ohio Mushroom Society. This is the
place to come to keep up with the latest information on the club. Just
follow the links on the left to find the information you need, or feel free
to contact any of the club volunteers for answers to questions not found
here.
Upcoming Events
Events Sponsored by the Ohio Mushroom Society:
| July 12th (Sat) |
Mini-Foray - Get full
details here. |
| July 19-20 (Sat-Sun) |
Summer Foray - Dawes Arboretum - Get full
details here. |
Events Sponsored by Other Groups:
July 31-August 3
(Thu-Sun) |
NorthEastern Mycological Federation,
Inc. (NEMF)
Northeastern Mycological Foray, Connecticut College, New London CT.
See their website at www.nemf.org
for details.
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New Mushroom Finds Section of the Website
We are adding a new section to the website to chronicle interesting mushroom
finds from Ohio and surrounding states. If you have any photographs from a
recent find and would like to have them hosted here, please contact us using the
Feedback Form and we will contact you make arrangements to get the photographs
and a short write-up hosted on this site. The new section of the website
is available on the navigation bar on the left, or
from here.
Morels, Morels, Morels
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This year's morel season is upon us so it seems appropriate to provide some
information related specifically to morels. The following two articles
appeared in our newsletter and are being reproduced here as a service to our
members and the mushrooming community.
Please consider coming to one or more of the club's sponsored forays.
These are always fun and you get to meet other fun and knowledgeable
people too! See the Events Page for more
details.
Featured Mushroom
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Scientific Name: |
Laetiporus Sulphureus |
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Common Name: |
Chicken of the Woods |
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Photographer: |
Walt Sturgeon |
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Additional Information: |
@MushroomExpert.com |
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For Beginners
One of the veteran members of the club, Dick Grimm, has graciously written an
Easy Approach to Mushrooming
tutorial which has been a popular download. The file is about 1.9MB and is
in PDF format for easy printing. If you have any comments or suggestions
regarding the tutorial please feel free to provide them using the Feedback Form
available on the left navigation bar.
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