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	March 8, 2010

	Food & Mushrooms by Pete Marczyk
	We will have a talk by CMS member Pete Marczyk of Marczyk Fine Foods fame; a locally owned full service grocery. The Marczyk family travels the globe (literally and figuratively) to find the finest everyday items for their loyal neighborhood shoppers and hard to find specialty goods for Denver foodies. Marczyk Fine Foods earned a Rocky Mountain News "Top of the Rocky" Best Specialty Food Shop..."We love Marczyk's for its fine meats, international cheeses...but the biggest reason is its people." He will speak on "Culinary fun with wild mushrooms. An open discussion of favorite uses for fungi in cuisine."

	We are hosting the North American Mycological Association foray August 12-15, 2010
	at the YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch near Granby. We have a faculty of 14 professional mycologists from a wide variety of specialties, from all around the country. It is the 50th Anniversary celebration! Register and volunteer today for a learning opportunity second to none!

Meeting Location for CMS in 2010
The Colorado Mycological Society has a new meeting location for 2010! At the end of the 2008 season the Denver Botanic Gardens notified CMS and other plant societies that we would not be able to meet there in 2010 because of the extensive construction work being carried out at the Gardens. CMS therefore appointed a committee to come up with a new meeting location. In 2010 the Colorado Mycological Society will be meeting in the Asbury Event Center at 3011 Vallejo Street in historic North Denver (map). The Asbury Event Center is in the old Asbury Methodist Church (built in 1890) complex which is today privately owned and no longer functioning as a church. We are quite excited about the new meeting location. The main meeting room is large and will comfortably accommodate our members. There are also adjoining rooms where we can hold Board meetings and conduct classes. And a very big plus for us: CMS will have use of a kitchen adjoining the main meeting room. There is also off street parking in a lot across the street from the Center. Directions: To reach the Asbury Event Center from east of I-25 take Speer Blvd. north. After crossing I-25 turn right on Zuni Street. Proceed north to 30th Street. Turn right and go two blocks to Vallejo Street. Asbury Event center is on the northwest corner of 30th and Vallejo. From I-25 take the Speer Blvd (north) exit and proceed to Zuni Street. Turn right on Zuni Street. Proceed north to 30th Street. Turn right and go two blocks to Vallejo Street. Asbury Event center is on the northwest corner of 30th and Vallejo. Entrance: There are several entrances into the facilities. The door to our meeting room is at the northeast corner of the building. We look forward to seeing you in our new location of the Colorado Mycological Society.

2010 meetings to be announced soon!

CMS Meetings: Until further notice CMS will not meet at the Denver Botanic Gardens (posted Feb. 2010) — Meetings are held on the second Monday night of each month, from March through October, at 7:30 PM. Next year we should be back at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York street (map). The meetings are in Mitchell Hall. There is no charge to get into the Botanic Gardens to attend a CMS meeting. CMS meetings provide an informal opportunity to socialize and exchange information with others interested in mycology. Each meeting features a lecture and/or slide presentation on mycology or a related subject. Speakers include nationally known mycologists, outside specialists and knowledgeable members Visitors & members are encouraged to bring the mushrooms they find to the meetings. Knowledgeable members will be happy to help you identify the mushrooms you have found.

Highlights

Montana State professor hopes to help high elevation pines grow — News about Cathy Cripps who was Chief Identifier at the CMS Mushroom Fair in August.

I ate the smelly mushrooms in my yard and survived — For years I tried to ignore the stinky mushrooms in my yard, but this year I did something different. I ate them.…More from Jason Salzman in Your Hub (8/6/09).

Call for Mushroom and Soil Samples — Marc Donsky is pleased to announce that Ms. Christy VanCampen will be
joining his research group at the University of Colorado Denver as a Master's student this fall semester. Christy currently works for Environmental Resource Associates. She will be working on collecting data about heavy metal accumulation in Colorado mushrooms.

You can assist this effort by obtaining samples of mushrooms and the substrates
they were collected from (growing in). Christy is especially interested in mushrooms collected near old mines as well as city collections and pristine environment collections.

Please contact Marc Donsky at 303-556-3201, email: marc.donsky@ucdenver.edu with any questions or for more information.

Thank You for Your help!

A Call for Volunteers for CMS — The Colorado Mycological Society depends on volunteers from the membership to deliver its services to the general membership. Many, if not most, of the volunteer positions do not require extensive knowledge of mycology. What they do require is enthusiasm and a willingness to devote a few hours each month to the position.

Although most of the committees currently have chairpersons assigned to them, there are still a few that require a chairperson. If you would like to volunteer for one of these "open" committee positions, contact the CMS Secretary (Karen Ryan by phone at 303-355-5966 or by email).

If you would like to serve on a committee that is currently chaired or obtain more information about the activities of the committee, contact the chairperson directly.

CMS committees and active volunteers (PDF - 48kb)

Meeting Location for CMS in 2010