At the October 18, 2011 meeting, new officers were elected for 2012.
They are:
President--John Tadler
Vice-President--Todd Kaufmann
Recording Secretary--Cecily Franklin
Treasurer--Barbara DeRiso
Corresponding Secretary--John Stuart
Let's congratulate them and give them our support in 2012
Jeff Berkowitz Hen of the Woods Recipe

Could any of you that have photos taken at this year's Lincoff Foray send any you particularly like to Ginny for inclusion in our next Newsletter. If you know of any friends who have good pics, could you pass this message on to them too.

Announcements

WPMC is pleased to be a sponsor of "Intimate Science," an Exhibition to be held at the Miller Gallery on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University from January 21 through March 4, 2012.

One of the artists is Philip Ross of San Francisco, who uses fungi as a medium for sculptures and structures ("mycotecture"). He is currently experimenting with using reishi mushrooms as a sustainable construction material.

The Exhibition is free and open to the public, along with three events on Friday, January 20: A lecture by Phil Ross and another artist from noon to 2:00 p.m.; an Exhibition tour with the Curator and artists at 5:00 p.m.; and a Reception from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

For more information, use this link to the Exhibition website:

http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu/exhibitions/intimatescience/

HELP WANTED!!

Hospitality Co-Chair: Are you willing to help prepare snacks for our club meetings? A Co-Chair would be wonderful. However, if you are able to help even with one month, contact Shirley Caseman at 412- 871-0185 or email her at pbft1@verizon.net.

Sales Chair: To sell club merchandise at monthly meetings and Lincoff Foray in September. You would also keep inventory up to date and order new merchandise. If you aren't willing to Chair the Sales Committee, you could still help by selling club merchandise at one or two monthly meetings. For more information, call Mary Ellen Dougall at 412-486-7504 or e-mail at marielled@verzion.net.


Newsletter Submissions Welcome

As the editor of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club newsletter, I encourage and welcome submissions, ideas, requests, suggestions and photos from any of our members.

All submissions, etc., for the newsletter should be emailed to me at iccwpmc@comcast.net. By doing so you give the WPMC permission to publish your submission.

Ginny Sleigh