THE SEVENTH ANNUAL
GARY LINCOFF

MID-ATLANTIC MUSHROOM FORAY

Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008

7:30-8:15   Registration, 8:30-7:30   Program

Featured speaker will be Gary Lincoff, author of the Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms.  Gary is the nation's best known mushroom expert. He is past president of the North American Mycological Association (NAMA). He is a very charismatic and entertaining speaker and has a way of making learning about fungi fun and interesting. His end-of-the-day table walk discussions are not to be missed.

Coleman McCleneghan, Ph.D., Speaker mycology education at Humboldt State University, CA and University ofTennessee. she has taught numerous mushroom and lichen courses at Appalachian State University. she has beeninvolved in biodiversity Studies through the Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont Tennessee.

John Ellifritz, Speaker, President of the Mushroom Association of Washington, DC.  Jon has been a regular at the Lincoff Foray serving as a speaker and identifier.  He has a wide knowledge of the natural world with emphasis in fungi, plants, and ecology.

Join us for an exciting day of fungi, fun, and friends and mushroom exploration.  It’s a day filled with foraging, learning, feasting and fun!

Fungi Fun Friends

Foray Fees:  $25 for members registered & paid by Sept. 1st; $50 at door, for non-members, and for members paying after Sept. 1st. (Membership fees:  Individual $15, Family $20, Student $10)

For more information, contact foray co-chairs: Dick Dougall, 412-486-7504, rsdme@imap.pitt.edu; John Stuart, 724-443-6878, jstuart@nauticom.net

Location

This all day foray will be headquartered at Parish Hill, North Park just north of Pittsburgh, PA. The habitats for the foray walks have resulted in well over 100 species each year.

Directions to Parish Hill http://www.wpamushroomclub.org/directions.htm/

Registration, event signup, sales table, and program talks will be located on the upper floor of the building. Mushroom display and mushroom cooking preparations will be on the first floor. NO alcohol is permitted on the premises. NO food is allowed on the second floor of the building. There is limited parking adjacent to the building which will be used for drop-off of people and mushrooms and for handicapped parking.