Urban Mushrooms You don't always need to drive far out of town to find fascinating fungi. They're all over Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer, even the edible ones.Long time member of our Society, Martin Osis is putting together a video series about urban mushrooms. He's just released the second
Morels can be found in Alberta starting in mid May. They tend to disappear by mid June in most of the province, but can still be found at higher elevations from end of June and even into July. These black morels were found June 26, west and north of
One of our fungi fanatics found this growing on a tree in St. Albert. Any thoughts on what it might be and if it is harmful to the tree?
One of our fungi fanatics mentioned his cattle ate this very large mushroom. While we don't have many details, feel free to comment on the post if you have any ideas!
One of our fungi fanatics found these mushrooms last weekend near Garrick, Saskatchewan - please see message below and comment on the post if you have any ideas! "(The mushrooms) look yellow in the photos, but I think they were white on Saturday, and on Sunday, after
One of our fungi fanatics found something in their yard - please see message below and comment on the post if you have any ideas! "This fungi was found in a small city front yard. Does anyone have any idea what it is? Children play in the yard and
One of our fungi fanatics found something in their yard - please see message below and comment on the post if you have any ideas! "Hi mushroom enthusiasts of Alberta My husband and I have noticed mushrooms popping up in our yard. They are dark brown. They seem to
In 2015, one of our members submitted these mushrooms from a cedar-hemlock forest near Revelstoke, BC. Without additional information such as smell, spore print, etc, our best guess is that the longer stemmed fungi looks like Boletes mirabilus while the other one could be either Boletus coniferatum or Boletus
One of our members submitted these mushrooms from Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta in 2016. Without additional information such as smell, spore print, etc, our best guess is that it looks like Leucopaxillus giganteus - the gills of which should peel off fairly easily.
One of our members sent in this photo of a mushrooms cluster he encountered on a foray in Bragg Creek. The cap is 4 cm in diameter and the stalk is 12 cm long and 1 cm thick. It was growing in moss in a pine / spruce forest.
