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Calendar of Events for 2008

Ohio Mushroom Society Events:

FORAYS:

May 3 (Sat) - Morel Mini-Foray - Get full details here.

Calcutta McDonalds next to the Ogilvie Plaza.

Meet  9am, leave 9:30 am.

Must RSVP Sharon Greenberg (330) 457-2345.  Leave her your phone number so she can contact you if it’s canceled (no morels!)

Directions:  Exit OH Route 11 onto OH Route 170.  Go north for about 1-1.5 mi.  McDonald’s is of left and meeting area is Ogilvie parking lot just before McDonalds.

May 10 (Sat) - Morel Mini-Foray - Get full details here.

Mt. Gilead State Park  - 9AM

We will eat lunch in Mt. Gilead, and if anyone wants to do more hunting, we may explore Alum Creek State Park in the afternoon.

Contact Hugh Urban for more info: (614) 447-0706 or urban.41@osu.edu (Hugh Urban, host)

Directions:  From I-71 take exit 151 onto OH-95 toward Mt, Gilead.  Drive 6.5 mi west to Mt. Gilead S.P.  We will meet at the last parking lot to the left of the park office.

July 12 (Sat) - Mini-Foray - Get full details here.

Mt. Gilead State Park  - 9AM

Dick Grimm (740) 694-0782 / Tom Sampliner (216) 371-4454

July 19-20 (Sat-Sun) - Summer Foray - Get full details here.

Dawes Arboretum - 9AM

Walt Sturgeon, (330) 426-9833, mycowalt@comcast.net

The summer foray this year will be held at Dawes Arboretum on July 19-20. Dawes has a wonderful collection of gardens, trees, and landscapes. You might want to save time to see the Japanese Garden, the Cypress Swamp or roam about the grounds to learn to identify trees and birds, especially if the weather turns arid.

Dawes Arboretum is located 35 miles east of Columbus, OH on Ohio St. Rte. 13, 3 miles north of I-70 (Exit 132) or 5 miles south of Newark.

August or September (Impromptu) - Mini-Foray

Chance Creek, Lorain Co. Metroparks

Dave Miller (440) 774-8143.

October 5 (Sun) - Mini-Foray

Grove’s Woods, Trumbull Co.

Pete & Pauline Munk. (440) 236-9222.

October 11-12  (Sat-Sun) - Fall Foray

Little Beaver Creek Nature Center,
Beaver Creek State Park, near Calcutta OH.

Details to be announced.

DICK GRIMM BANQUET:

November 15th (Sat) - Annual Dick Grimm Banquet.

Buckeye Lake Yacht Club.

Details to be announced.

Contact for more info:

Jerry Pepera at (440)-354-4774 or g_pepera@sbcglobal.net

OPEN INVITATIONS:

Anyone who wants to mushroom hunt in Fredericktown should feel free to call Dick Grimm at (740) 694-0782, and if he’s available and there are mushrooms in the woods, he will go.

Regional Events:

April 26-27 (Sat-Sun) - Western PA Mushroom Club (WPMC)

Morel Madness, Mingo Creek.

See their website at www.wpamushroomclub.org

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.

August 10 (Sun) - Outdoor mushroom hike and mushroom display.

Scenic Vista Park, Wayne Bridge Rd., just west of Lisbon

No Registration or Fee Required.

Conducted by Walt Sturgeon from 2:00PM to 4:00PM

September 13 (Sat) - 5 hour mushroom workshop.

Beaver Creek State Park, at the Nature Center.

Registration and Fee Required.

Contact the Nature Center or Park Office at (330) 385-3091.

Conducted by Walt Sturgeon.

September 20 (Sat) - Western PA Mushroom Club (WPMC)

7th Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray, North Park PA. 

See their website at www.wpamushroomclub.org

National Events and More:

September 18-21 - North American Mycological Association (NAMA)

Foray in McCall, ID.

See their website, http://www.namyco.org, for details.

 


 

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