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JUNE MEETING: Monday June 10
7:30 pm at the Denver Botanic Gardens

How and Where to Collect Mushrooms

By - members of CMS

Mushrooms are colle

cted for all sorts of reasons - for food, for photography, for identification, for medicinal properties. We will talk about where to go in Colorado to find them, and what to do with your collections to figure out what you have. The right equipment will make collecting easier and more productive, and we'll show you what to bring along on a foray. What you do with the mushroom after you collect it will help you identify it, and we'll walk you through those steps. After the talk we'll have members at the identification tables to demonstrate what what we talked about.

We are lucky in Colorado to have such a variety of habitats, with the Rocky Mountains rising to over 14,000 feet from the praries. There are grasslands, shrublands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, montane forests, subalpine forests and tundra, each with its own mushroom flora. Usually our season lasts from mid-April to mid-September, with some urban mushrooms fruiting any time of the year depending on the weather. August is the peak of our season in the mountains, with the large fruitings of most of our favorite edible mushrooms and the largest variety of interesting species.

We are meeting at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street. (Map)

Next foray: Sunday, June 9, 9 am - Boulder meeting place - leaves from Safeway parking lot northeast side at Arapahoe and 28th. Free for members, $10/person for nonmembers. Please read this page. Membership is $25/household.

PHOTO CONTEST 2012 RESULTS - click on photos for higher resolution file. Click back button to return to this page.

ARTISTIC	DOCUMENTARY	ANYTHING GOES
First Prize - Ellen Jacobson Phyllotopsis nidulans	First Prize - Lee Barzee Rust on Juniper	First Prize - John Walker Melting Coprinus


Second Prize - Ellen Jacobson Chlorophyllum rachodes cap	Second Prize - Zachary Cram Mica Cap	Second Prize - Ellen Jacobson Cortinarius trivialis


Third Prize - Marilyn Shaw Chlorophyllum rachodes caps	Third Prize - Marilyn Shaw Panaeolus foenesecii gills	Third Prize - Candace Johnson Germany

CMS Meetings:

Meetings are held on the second Monday night of each month, from March through October, at 7:30 PM. The doors open at 7:00. This year we are back at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street (Map). The meetings are in Mitchell Hall. There is no charge to get into the Botanic Gardens in the evening 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.

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 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.

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