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Walks & Forays

We request that no one hunt mushrooms in a walk or foray location for at least two weeks before a walk or foray. It is only through your cooperation that we can have successful walks and forays. You can find last minute additions or changes on Yahoo Groups.

For all walks and forays:

  • Walks generally start on time. Please come 15-30 minutes early and socialize.
  • Bring water and food, since we are often out for several hours.
  • Dress for the weather. Layers are particularly useful.
  • Bring a basket or something to carry the mushrooms in, and wax or paper bags to store them.
  • Other useful items include a whistle, compass, chair, hand lens, and books for identification. Bring your membership card and a friend or two.

Spore Print Your Mushrooms!
If Dr. Sam Ristich and Gary Lincoff still spore print their mushrooms, you should too. It may save you from a fatal mistake. If you don't, here is the number for the Poison Control Center. We suggest keeping it handy on the fridge. 1-800-222-1222.

Need help remembering mushrooms from a walk or foray?
Check the club's Species List. It will tell you all the species of mushrooms that were found on a particular walk or foray. Mycological Recorder Bob Lucas has done an excellent job with this. He has also created a club Life List that lists all the mushrooms that the club has found since its beginning. Click on the camera icon and it will show you pictures of that particular species of mushroom.

Walk & Foray Chairman, John Plischke III holding a basket of morels.

April 26 - 27 – 11:00 am Morel Mushroom Madness Weekend, Mingo Creek, Washington County. 

Meet John Plischke and John Plischke III.  Registration 11 am, program at 12:00 sharp. This is the biggest morel slide show and hunt in the eastern US.  There will be an evening program on Edible Wild Mushrooms & How to Prepare Them.  Sunday morning we will hunt morels.  Camping will be available for $5.  I 70 to Exit 9 Eighty Four/Glyde. Take Rt. 519 N for 2 miles.  At a red light turn right onto Rt. 136.  Go 4.4 miles and turn left at a sign to Mingo Creek Park.  Follow signs to the park. Check in roadside near Henry House.  TO PRE-REGISTER WITH THE PARK.  CALL 724-228-6867.    We found morels at this program last year.    http://www.washpatourism.org/parks.html

Schedule Of Events

  • Check-in and registration for this year's huge event will be on Saturday, April 26 from 11:00 am to 12:00 at the roadside near the Henry House.
  • At 12:00, welcome, instructions and agenda review.
  • At 12:15 nationally known mycologist John Plischke III will give a slide show on Morel Mushrooms and Their Poisonous Look Alikes.
  • There will be a short break at 1:00.
  • At 1:15, morel hunting excursions by yourself or with an experienced group leader.
  • At 5:00, morel madness roundup, return to shelter 8 for show and identification.
  • 5:30, free time, dinner, camp set up (on your own).
  • At 8:00, evening slide show, Edible Wild Mushrooms and Their Preparation.
  • At 9:00, campfire social time at shelter 8 fire circle. Many will be tent camping for the weekend.
  • We will again hunt morels on April 27. Continental breakfast at 8:00.
  • Morning morel hunt at 9:00, meet at shelter 8.

May 3 - 2:00-? Pine Ridge Lodge, Indiana County. 

Meet John Plischke and John Plischke III for a Morel slide show and hunt.  Take Route 22 east past Blairsville to Route 119 North exit; turn left after exiting then turn left toward Chestnut Ridge Inn.  Pass the Inn and veer right onto Strangford Road, as you round a sharp curve, turn left onto Chestnut Ridge Road.  Go about 1 mi. look for Pine Lodge sign on the left.  Meet at the lodge.   http://www.indiana-co-pa-tourism.org/recreat.html This is a site that my dad, Robert Boice and I have hunted morels in the past.

May 3 – 10:00 am

Meet the West Virginia Mushroom Club for their first foray at Stuart’s Park in Elkins, WV, rain or shine.  The foray fee of $10 per person or $15 per family includes lunch.  Please bring an item to share, such as a covered dish, cookies, chips, etc.  Contact Shelly Conrad at geezerex@aol.com   for more information

May 10 -- 10:00-12:00,

Return to Mingo Creek, Washington County.  Meet John Plischke III and Kim Plischke.  I 70 to Exit 9 Eighty Four/Glyde. Take Rt. 519 N for 2 miles.  At a red light turn right onto Rt. 136.  Go 4.4 miles and turn left at a sign to Mingo Creek Park.  Follow signs to the park. Turn right then cross a covered bridge that’s just before the Park Office. Meet at Shelter 4.

May 17 -- 10-12am May 17, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.  Sewickley Heights Borough Park, Allegheny County.  

Walk in the Park with Park Ranger Thad Jones Winter presents unique opportunities to identify trees and shrubs by bark, form, buds, fruit, etc.  Join Thad for a walk that will shed some light on our wonderful diversity of native trees and shrubs and how to identify them at any time of year, even in winter.  Please meet in upper parking lot of Sewickley Heights Borough Park.  Free to the public.  In the event of severe weather, call 412-716-5520 to check walk status.  Directions: Take I-79 to Mt. Nebo exit.  Turn Left onto Blackburn Road.  Follow Blackburn Road through the countryside until you come to a stop sign.  Make right at stop sign onto Fern Hollow Road.  You will pass Sewickley Boro Building on your right and the park entrance is immediately after that on right. Follow the drive all the way to the parking lot at end.

May 24 - 10:00-12:00 Moraine State Park, Butler County.

 Meet Jim Tunney.  From Butler take US 422 west 8.7 miles to PA 528 N and turn right, then an immediately left just before a lawn & garden store with a John Deere sign.  Go about .8 miles to the parking lot at the end of the road near the boat launch by the lake.  OR take I-79 N to 422 E for about 4 ½ miles and turn left on PA 528 N, follow the directions above.  We will drive to a secret location.

May 31 – 10:00 – 2:00 McConnell’s Mill, Butler County. 

Meet Joyce & George Gross.  From the North or South: Take I-79 to the PA 422 exit.  Go West on 422 for about a mile, turn left at the sign to McConnell's Mill onto McConnell's Mill Road. The sign is not obvious and is immediately at the turn. Follow this road to the parking lot and picnic area at the end.  This area has been very productive on past walks. 

Upcoming Events

Morel Madness -- Mingo Creek Park, Washington County

Saturday & Sunday, April 26th & 27th

Chanterelle Mania

Saturday, July 19th from 10:00 am to 12:00 to be followed by a picnic.

This event will be held at the Deer Browse #2 Pavilion, beside the swimming pool parking lot, in North Park. Jack Baker will be the walk leader.

The Seventh Annual Gary Lincoff Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray

Saturday, Sept. 20th 2008

Archived Walks:

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2007

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