FFSC News & Stories

We are incredibly fortunate to have this collecting resource available to us.  Mushroom gathering is by permit only.  Due to increased demand, only a limited number of permits will be issued, so get yours soon, before the permits are all taken.

Time lapse of chicken-of-the-woods growing over 11 days.

Phil Carpenter, FFSC Science Advisor, has been awarded the 2023 Harry and Elsie Knighton Service Award by the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) !

Once more we will not be doing our normal fair at the London Nelson Community Center. Instead we will do a series of local forays with culinary events, Zoom talks, and an iNaturalist project during January 2023, similar to the event we held in 2022. All of these events will be open to FFSC club members and the general public.

I was fortunate to be able to attend the annual North American Mycological Association (NAMA) foray that was held at a beautiful YMCA camp just outside of Granby, Colorado from August 12th through the 15th. This camp is located in the traditional summer residential valley of several native American tribes, the Utes, Arapahoe, and Cheyenne among others.

I was in full mushroom frenzy. Those of you who have seen me hunting know what that means.  Porcini, hawkwings, chanterelles, milk caps and many assorted other fungi.