Calgary Area Foray June 15
2021-06-15 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton)
Foray for Morel Mushrooms (Hopefully)

Leader(s): Barb Shworak & Christine Costello
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Time: 06:30PM to 08:30PM
Location: McLean Creek
Other Details: Members only event. Registration will be required with limited number of participants. Event registration details will be emailed to all members with registration information closer to the foray date.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Calgary Area Foray - Cancelled due to Increased Bear Activity
2021-06-19 - 2021-06-20
Foray for Oyster Mushrooms

Leader(s): Barb Shworak & Christine Costello
Date: TBD Saturday, June 19 or Sunday, June 20, 2021
Time: TBD
Location: Our location in Water Valley has had an increased amount of bear activity. In particular, 2 young grizzlies have been photographed in the area. Due to safety concerns, and the recent death of a landowner due to a grizzly, this foray will have to be cancelled.
Other Details: Members only event.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Edmonton Region / Poplar Creek - Stewardship (Revised Date)
2021-06-27
Poplar Creek Stewardship Foray

Leader(s): Robert Simpson / Karen Slevinsky
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021
Time: 11-3pm
Location: Near Bretton, AB
Other Details: Members only event. Registration is required with limited number of participants. Details will be emailed to all members with registration information closer to the foray date. Bring beverages and a lunch!
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Red Deer Area Foray
2021-06-27 11:00 - 13:00
Red Deer area foray for early summer mushrooms.

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Sunday, June 27, 2021
Time: 11am-1pm
Location: 40 mins drive outside of Red Deer
Other Details: Members only event. Registration will be required with limited number of participants. Registration details will be emailed to all current AMS members.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Edmonton Region Foray - Cancelled due to weather conditions
2021-07-03
Edmonton Area Foray

Leader(s): Joshua Smith
Date: Saturday, July 3, 2021
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Other Details: Members only event has been cancelled due to extreme hot weather conditions and lack of rain.

Calgary Region Foray - near Longview
2021-07-10 10:00 - 14:00
Foray in new area for mushrooms

Leader(s): Barb Shworak & Christine Costello
Date: Saturday, June 10, 2021
Time: 10 AM – 2 PM
Location: Southwest Alberta near Longview. This is a new area to discover for mushrooms. It is privately owned land and the number of participants is limited to 20. Details will be sent in an email to all paid AMS members.
Other Details: Members only event.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Calgary Area Foray - cancelled due to weather
2021-07-17 - 2021-07-18
Calgary Area Foray for summer mushrooms.

Leader(s): Barb Shworak & Christine Costello
Date: Cancelled for either Saturday, July 17 or Sunday, July 18, 2021
Details: Due to the heat (few mushrooms), the increasing numbers of bears in the Water Valley area and provincial payment requirement for Kananaskis country, we will have to cancel this planned foray until foraging conditions improve in southern Alberta.

Red Deer Area Foray - cancelled due to weather
2021-07-18 13:00 - 15:00
Red Deer Area (east) Foray for late Oysters and Leccinums.

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Sunday, July 18, 3022 (cancelled)
Time: 1-3 pm (cancelled)
Location: Red Deer area
Other: Members only event. Unfortunately due to the heat and lack of rain, this foray is cancelled.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Red Deer Area Foray - Cancelled due to dry weather conditions
2021-07-25
Red Deer Area / Innisfail/ Foray for Hericium and Amanita

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Sunday, July 25, 2021
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Details: This members only event has unfortunately necessitated cancellation. Candice is not able to find a safe area with an adequate amount of mushrooms to forage due to the lack of adequate rain in the Red Deer area.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Red Deer Area Foray - cancelled due to lack of rain
2021-08-11
Red Deer Area / Pine Lake/ Foray

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Other Details: Members only event. Unfortunately due the lack of rain, dry conditions and large number of wasps, this event has been cancelled.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Calgary Area Foray
2021-08-21
Calgary Area Foray for late summer mushrooms.

Leader(s): Barb Shworak & Christine Costello
Date: Saturday, August 21, 2021
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Location: Approximately 1 hour NW of Calgary
Other Details: Members only event. Email will be sent to all paid members regarding registration procedure and location. Limited number of participants.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Medicine Lake - Clearwater County Foray
2021-08-22 13:00 - 15:00
Medicine Lake (Clearwater County)

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2021
Time: 1-3 PM
Location: Medicine Lake area
Other Details: Some rain has finally fallen on our parched hiking grounds! Let’s get our feet in the forest and see what we can find. I was in the region a week ago and though they were not numerous, fungi were found. Often we learn even more when not inundated with massive amounts, being able to focus on a dozen species instead of 50 is always easier…lol! only event.
Registration may be required with limited number of participants. Details will be emailed to all members with registration information closer to the foray date.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Edmonton Region Foray
2021-08-28 13:00 - 15:00
Edmonton Area Foray

Leader(s): Rob Arthur / Elizabeth Lakeman
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2021
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: Lac Ste Anne area
Other Details: Members only event. Location and registration details will be sent by email to all paid AMS members.

GAMF Mushroom Microscopy Course (Lac La Biche)
2021-09-03 08:00 - 18:00 | Portage College, Lac La Biche, 9531 - 94 Ave, Lac La Biche, Alberta, T0A 2C0, Canada
We kick off 2021 GAMF with a One-Day Mushroom Microscopy Course!

Mastering the Mysteries of Mushroom Microscopy
Take your mushrooming skills to the next level! Under the microscope, the fungal world mushrooms into a whole new world of spectacular spores, crazy cystidia, amazing asci, and more! Many mushrooms cannot be identified with certainty without microscopic examination, but learning these skills takes time, practice, and some help getting started. Join microscope guru, Mike Schulz, to learn and practice deciphering the key microscopic features of gilled mushrooms, boletes, polypores, and ascomycetes. No microscope experience required.
Note: you can bring your own microscope, or one will be provided (please let us know if you are bringing your own). Be prepared by bringing your own fungal identification book, writing materials or computer/personal devices. Some mushrooms will be provided, but students are encouraged to bring some of their own as well. The more diverse types, the better!

Instructor: Michael Schulz
Date: Friday September 3, 2021 @ 8:00AM
Cost: $150/person (all meals are included). If you are a student, please show your current student identification upon arrival, and you will be refunded 50% of the registration fee.

Location: Lac La Biche Portage College, Environmental Sciences Building. Refer to the Campus Map here to find the Environmental Sciences building.
Directions: Take Hwy 28 north through Gibbons and Smoky Lake; 30 km east of Smoky Lake, turn left onto Hwy 36 and head north; and continue north as Hwy 36 becomes Hwy 55 all the way to Lac La Biche, about 74 km. Once in Lac La Biche, turn right onto 91 Ave and take a left onto 99 Street, where Portage College will be on your left.
All GAMF-Microscopy and GAMF participants must agree to abide by Portage College’s COVID-19 requirements to mask or maintain a social distance of 2 metres while indoors. Otherwise AMS will abide by the province of Alberta’s COVID-19 requirements as presented: COVID-19 info for Albertans | Alberta.ca
Registrants will receive an email with details prior to this GAMF special workshop.
Happy Foraging!We would like to thank Portage College for hosting this fungastic event!

GAMF in Lac La Biche! Reservation Req'd!
2021-09-03 18:00 - 2021-09-06 14:00 | Portage College, Lac La Biche, 9531 - 94 Ave, Lac La Biche, Alberta, T0A 2C0, Canada
Registration for the 2021 Great Alberta Mushroom Foray (GAMF) is open!
The Alberta Mycological Society has planned an amazing weekend of forays, lectures, presentations and mushrooming activities with passionate fungi enthusiasts, distinguished mycologists, and local experts on September 3, 4, 5, and 6, 2021, in Lac La Biche, Alberta, and hosted by Portage College. Listen and discuss all things fungi with mycologists, such as Roland Treu, Athabasca University Professor and researcher of fungi diversity and their ecology; Michael Beug, former President of the Pacific Northwest Key Council and writer of macroscopic keys for fungi identification; and Michael Schulz, mycologist, ecologist and resident microscopist from Portage College! This event uses a citizen science approach to collect, sort, identify and record exciting fungal finds.

Leaders: Karen Slevinsky, President AMS and Michael Schulz, Vice-President AMS and Martin Osis, former Past President AMS
Dates: Friday, September 3 @ 6:00 p.m. – Monday, September 6, 2021 (finish time tbd)
Cost: Registration fee is $150. If you are a student, please show your current student identification upon arrival, and you will be refunded 50% of the registration fee.
Location: Portage College, Lac La Biche. Please visit the campus map for location details.
Directions:Take Hwy 28 north through Gibbons and Smoky Lake; 30 km east of Smoky Lake, turn left onto Hwy 36 and head north; and continue north as Hwy 36 becomes Hwy 55 all the way to Lac La Biche, about 74 km. Once in Lac La Biche, turn right onto 91 Ave and take a left onto 99 Street, where Portage College will be on your left.
Accommodations: This year the AMS asks all registrants to arrange and reserve their accommodations at Campgrounds or hotels/motels in Lac La Biche.
Tentative Schedule of Events:
Friday, September 3, 2021

Registration opens at 6:00 p.m.
Evening socials

Saturday, September 4, 2021 & Sunday, September 5, 2021

Mushroom Identification Course by Martin Osis
Forays to special permitted nearby sites
Identification
Lectures from local, national and international experts
Evening socials
All meals included

Monday, September 6, 2021

Open House of Identified Fungi found during GAMF
Mushroom tasting event
Breakfast

More details will be emailed to registrants a couple of days prior to GAMF.
All GAMF-Microscopy and GAMF participants must agree to abide by Portage College’s COVID-19 requirements to mask or maintain a social distance of 2 metres while indoors. Otherwise AMS will abide by the province of Alberta’s COVID-19 requirements as presented: COVID-19 info for Albertans | Alberta.ca
Please read and familiarize yourself with the What to Bring to Forays and AMS Foray guidelines.
Happy Foraging!We would like to thank Portage College for hosting this fungastic event!

Calgary Area Foray
2021-09-08 19:00 - 20:00
Calgary Area Foray for late summer mushrooms.

Leader(s): Barb Shworak & Christine Costello
Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Time: 7 – 8 PM
Location: NW Calgary (within city limits)
Other Details: Members only event. Email will be sent to all paid members regarding registration procedure and location. Limited number of participants.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Burnstick Lake
2021-09-11 14:00 - 16:00
Foray Red Deer Region for Polypores and Armillaria

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2021
Time: 2-4 pm
Location: Burnstick Lake
Other Details: Members only event. Registration information will be emailed to all members closer to the foray date. Limited numbers for registration.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Edmonton Region Foray
2021-09-17 18:00 - 20:00
Edmonton Region Foray

Leader(s): Josh Smith
Date: Friday, September 17, 2021
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Location: NW of Edmonton – approximately 1 hour drive
Other Details: Members only event. Registration details will be sent by email to all paid AMS members. Numbers may be limited.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Edmonton Region Foray
2021-09-18 11:00 - 13:00
Edmonton Region Foray

Leader(s): Josh Smith
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Location: NW of Edmonton – approximately a 1 hour drive
Other Details: Members only event. Registration details will be sent by email to all paid AMS members. Numbers may be limited.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

SW AB Foray near Caroline in Clearwater County
2021-09-19 10:00 - 12:00
Foray South of the town of Caroline in Clearwater County

Host: Katie Arbour
Leader(s): Christine Costello / Barb Shworak
Date: Sunday, September 19, 2021
Time: 10 am – Noon
Location: 1.5 hours NW of Calgary / 1 hour SW of Red Deer
Other Details: Members only event. Registration information will be emailed to all members closer to the foray date. Limited numbers for registration.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Red Deer Region - NW of Sylvan Lake
2021-09-19 13:00 - 15:00
Foray Red Deer Region for Polypores and Armillaria

Leader(s): Candice Cullum
Date: Sunday, September 19, 2021
Time: 1-3 pm
Location: Red Deer Region – NW of Sylvan Lake
Other Details: Members only event. Registration information will be emailed to all members closer to the foray date. Limited numbers for registration.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

SW AB Foray near Dickson Dam in Red Deer County
2021-09-19 13:30 - 15:30
Due to popular demand an afternoon foray has been added in Red Deer County

Leader(s): Christine Costello / Barb Shworak
Date: Sunday, September 19, 2021
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Location: 1.5 hours N of Calgary
Other Details: Members only event. Registration information will be emailed to all members closer to the foray date. Limited numbers for registration.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

Red Deer River Naturalists Present Fungi in the Environment with Dr. Heather Addy
2021-09-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Fungi in the environment: from decomposition to the “world-wide web” with Dr. Heather Addy
The Red Deer River Naturalists are hosting an amazing Fungi zoom presentation with Nature Alberta to kick off their season’s Nature Network Speaker Series! This Zoom presentation will be sure to help everyone understand and appreciate the crucial role of Fungi in our ecosystem. The presentation is free and make sure to check out Red Deer River Naturalist’s website and Nature Alberta’s website. In the meantime, save this date in your calendar!

Edmonton City Foray
2021-09-26 14:00 - 16:00
Edmonton Area Foray

Leader(s): Lisa Oishi and Mel Hohn
Date: Sunday, September 26, 2021
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: City of Edmonton
Other Details: Members only event. Location and registration details will be sent by email to all paid AMS members.
Please read and familiarize yourself with the AMS Foray guidelines.

ZOOM Presentation by Robert Dale Rogers
2021-10-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Details in Event Description, Canada
Presenter: Robert Rogers
Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 hr.
Location: ZOOM
Topic: Psilocybin Mushrooms:
The Magic, Science and Research
The history of magic mushrooms from ancient civilizations up to the present. Includes the resurgence in human clinical trials for anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD and other mental health concerns.
Robert Rogers has been an herbalist for over 48 years and is a professional member of the American Herbalist Guild. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta, where he is presently an assistant clinical professor in Family Medicine. He is also an adjunct professor in Graduate Studies at York University in Toronto. He presently teaches plant and mushroom medicine, aromatherapy and flower essences in the Earth Spirit Medicine faculty at the Northern Star College in Edmonton, Alberta. Robert is also a faculty member of the School of Western Herbal Medicine at Pacific Rim College. The author of 52 books on medicinal plants and fungi of the boreal forest, Robert authored The Fungal Pharmacy, A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle, Mushroom
Essences, and Herbal Allies that documents his journey with plant medicine.
His latest book, Psilocybin Mushrooms: The Magic, Science and Research was published in October 2021.

AMS ZOOM (c/o Nature Alberta)

ZOOM link will be sent to all paid AMS members.

ZOOM Presentation by Nature Alberta - featuring AMS past president Martin Osis
2021-11-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Details in Event Description, Canada
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Zoom Opens at 7 PM and Begins at 7:15 PM
Join us for our very first Nature Alberta Chit Chat Zoom presentation on Tuesday, November 9. Meeting opens at 7 PM and begins at 7:15 PM. Six speakers will present in a PechaKucha* storytelling style.
Storytellers include:
Steph Weizenbach, Nature Alberta;
Geoff Holroyd, Beaverhill Bird Observatory
Dave Ealey, Wagner Natural Area Society
Martin Osis, Alberta Mycological Society
Laureen Fie, Boreal Avian Research & Conservation Association
John Acorn, Nature Alberta Patron.
Sign up details will be sent to AMS paid members by email, approximately 2 weeks before the event.

ZOOM Speaker - Sean Campbell / Re-scheduled
2022-03-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Details in Event Description, Canada
Due to unexpected ZOOM interference – this presentation required re-scheduling.
Presenter: Sean Campbell
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 hr.
Location: ZOOM
Topic: Mycelium Material Revolution
Sean A. Campbell is The Founder and current Director of LeShroomery Inc., a fungus-based start up located in Calgary. Sean grew up on a fungus farm located just outside Bradwell, Saskatchewan. The family-owned company, GNC Bioferm, is best described as a biotechnology company that harnesses fungus for enzyme production. Sean’s official education falls in the categories of experimental architecture and computational design. After completing a Masters of Architecture at the University of Calgary, Sean pursued a Masters of Science at the University of Stuttgart. The focus of this degree was computational design, digital fabrication and integrative technology. Sean’s research focus in stuttgart was fungus-based building materials. This research was presented at the eCAADe Regional International Symposium ( June 2017 ), in a paper entitled, “Modular Mycelia: Scaling Fungal Growth for Architectural Assembly.”
AMS ZOOM (c/o Nature Alberta)
ZOOM link will be sent to all paid AMS members closer to the date of the event.

2022 AMS Annual General Meeting
2022-03-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
Virtual Annual General Meeting via ZOOM
Dear Members of the Alberta Mycological Society,
The AMS welcomes its members to attend the virtual 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM). This year, we’re excited and honoured to have Alan Rockefeller as our guest speaker. He’ll be presenting:
Being an Amateur Mycologist
Using the tools and resources available to develop your skills as an amateur mycologist and how this can contribute to the advancement of mycology.
Alan Rockefeller is a citizen mycologist based in Oakland, California. Rockefeller started studying mushrooms in 2001 and has since traveled around the world to find and classify them. He studies and teaches microscopy and fungal analysis techniques at Counter Culture Labs, an open-science, community laboratory in Oakland. He analyzes his regional mushroom collections at the lab using DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction.
Rockefeller discovered and named Psilocybe allenii, a psychoactive mushroom (magic mushroom) from the West Coast of the United States. He co-authored a 2020 publication characterizing five Psilocybe species. Mycological and psychedelic organizations around the country have invited Rockefeller to present his research. He is esteemed in online communities including the Shroomery, Mushroom Observer, and iNaturalist, where he helps to identify fungi. (Edited from Psychedelic Science).
Here are some important things to note:

Registration opens Monday, February 28.
A day or so prior to the meeting, an email with the Zoom link will be circulated to all registrants.
You can view this AGM agenda and last year’s AGM minutes:

Agenda
Minutes of the 2021AGM

If your membership is expiring prior to the AGM, please renew your membership before March 19, 2021.

The AMS is a non-profit organization committed to learning about mycology in Alberta and providing knowledge and great mushroom foray experiences to the public. The AMS Graduate Award was created to inspire university students to pursue fungal research to foster an appreciation for fungi and their role in our ecosystem. We encourage all AMS members to donate by clicking here or the picture of Alberta’s Leccinum boreale mushroom below to donate. No donation is too small, and a tax receipt will be issued.

We look forward to seeing you there!

ZOOM Speaker - Sean Campbell - New Date
2022-03-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Details in Event Description, Canada
Presenter: Sean Campbell
Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Time: 19:00 – 20:30 hr.
Location: ZOOM
Topic: Mycelium Material Revolution
Sean A. Campbell is The Founder and current Director of LeShroomery Inc., a fungus-based start up located in Calgary. Sean grew up on a fungus farm located just outside Bradwell, Saskatchewan. The family-owned company, GNC Bioferm, is best described as a biotechnology company that harnesses fungus for enzyme production. Sean’s official education falls in the categories of experimental architecture and computational design. After completing a Masters of Architecture at the University of Calgary, Sean pursued a Masters of Science at the University of Stuttgart. The focus of this degree was computational design, digital fabrication and integrative technology. Sean’s research focus in stuttgart was fungus-based building materials. This research was presented at the eCAADe Regional International Symposium ( June 2017 ), in a paper entitled, “Modular Mycelia: Scaling Fungal Growth for Architectural Assembly.”
AMS ZOOM (c/o Nature Alberta)
ZOOM link will be sent to all paid AMS members closer to the date of the event.

Calgary Area Members' Meeting
2022-04-28 18:30 - 20:45 | Brentwood COOP in Calgary, 4122 Brentwood Rd. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2L 1K8, Canada
All AMS members are welcome for a spring meeting in Calgary.
Hosted by Christine Costello, Barb Shworak, and Sean Campbell.
Agenda: Presentation on Edible Mushrooms for novice ‘mushroomers’, discussion on Foray Guidelines, upcoming season, sales of books and t-shirts and Q&A.
Please register below via RSVP in order to attend.
(Brentwood COOP has a limit of 50 attendees)

Venue Information:
No elevator – must use stairs from main floor to basement.
No alcohol / no smoking / no outside food however you can purchase food and beverage at the venue grocery store.
