New Mexico Mycological Society - May 2000
May Meeting
Tuesday, May 2nd, 7:30pm at the Natural History Museum Annex
(east across 18th St from the main Museum bldg)
I will be bringing a slide projector and empty carousel to the
meeting. I propose for the program that members bring around 10 slides
which show mushrooms, or folks caught in the act of mushrooming. I
suggest that those bringing slides mark them somehow to facilitate
returning them to the proper owners. If, at this meeting, we decide that
we don't have enough slides to warrant calling it a program, we will try
again next month, and I will show a video instead. The one I have in mind
is Jozseph Schultz' crazy mushroom chef
film that we watched a year ago.
Voting Results
At the meeting on Apr 4th, we concluded the vote on whether to retain
Full Affiliation with NAMA or to change to "partial" Affiliation. 2/3 of
those voting preferred to change. This means that those now joining
NMMS or those who have yet to renew for 2000 will pay $10 dues for
NMMS membership and have the option of joining the North American
Mycological Association (NAMA) for an
additional $32, to be paid concurrently with the NMMS dues.
The NMMS Board will meet to discuss a dues increase, but the
$10 amount stated above is valid until the Board determines otherwise.
Field Trips
We held our first Field Trip on Saturday, April 8th, during which we
visited the Cañoncito, Cole, and Tree Springs areas on the east side
of the Sandias. Mushrooms were scarce, but the weather was great and we
had some nice hiking. The specimen of note was Peggy Gorresen's obligatory
annual find of an
Auriscalpium vulgare, growing, of course, out of a small spruce
cone.
I have not heard from Sharon yet about the success of her Field Trip
in Italy, so this is all the field trip news for now. Remember to check,
if you can, the Field Trips page on our Website:
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/members/ft00.htm.
Annual Foray
I had hoped to have some news by now concerning this year's Foray. So
far I have nothing to report. I will get the word out as soon as there is
one. I will also post information for the Foray (as soon as I have it) on
our Website:
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/foray. (The page currently at that
address is the flyer for last year's Foray.)
Other Forays
Below is basic information on some other Forays which might interest
some members. Included are links to Webpages providing more information.
Upon member's request, I will mail printed details for these events
(contact David Wallis).
NAMA
Foray
Beaumont, TX - 8-11 June, 2000
http://www.namyco.org/events/nama2000.htm.
Mushroom Tour - Tlaxcala, Mexico
13-20 August, 2000
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/pdf/e00-tlax.pdf
(PDF File)
Telluride Mushroom
Conference
Telluride, CO - 24-27 August, 2000
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/events/co-tell.htm
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/news
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