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FORAYS

 

FORAY PREREQUISITES

 

  • Participants are current members of Manitoba Mushroom Society (view the Members page to join) and
  • Preferably are prior attendees of a Mushroom Discovery Workshop hosted by Manitoba Mushroom Society, Nature Manitoba, Assiniboine Park Conservancy/The Leaf

 


 

PLANNED FORAYS

 

To sign up for a foray email foray@manitobamushroomsociety.ca

 

  • Saturday 2025 Pending; Snowshoe for Chaga, Turkey tail

 


 

FORAY PARTICIPANT GUIDELINES

 

  • Read/sign Foray Waiver form prior to each foray and SIGN OUT at end of foray
  • Adhere to Manitoba Mushroom Society Code of Conduct available here
  • If you have any concerns or health issues, identify them to the Foray Leader
  • If you are sick with Covid, the flu or other contagious illness, stay at home
  • Follow foray leader instructions; otherwise you may be asked to leave the foray
  • Respect property regulations as identified by the foray leader
  • Do not wander off on your own
  • Be prepared for environmental conditions, poison ivy, insects, animals, etc.
  • Bring food, water, nutritional needs, medications, whistle, compass, mobile phone
  • Bring baskets or mesh bags for collecting specimens (not plastic buckets)
  • Children must be properly monitored and cared for by their legal guardians
  • Dogs or pets are not permitted on forays, unless they are support animals, are under control of their owners and do not threaten other participants; do not leave pets in vehicles
  • Do not spontaneously eat species you find or collect
  • Do not overcollect; forage sustainably, leave some for other beings and species propogation
  • When finding specimens, allow other foray participants to see them prior to picking them
  • Share what you find with other foray participants
  • Be sure to positively identify what you find, check with the leader, resources
  • The only political and religious topics will be those of fungi, plants and their allies
  • For identification and sharing of species you find, in addition to book references and mushroomexpert.com:
    • Post photos (top and bottom) on iNaturalist to get proper ID confirmations
    • Send photos to foray@manitobamushroomsociety.ca to be added to the foray report
    • Avoid other social media for identification of species; wrong IDs may not be moderated
  • If you ever feel ill (vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion) after eating wild foraged mushrooms go to Emergency with a sample of the species you ate; especially if symptoms appear 6 to 8 hours after eating the mushrooms; your pets can also be poisoned from eating mushrooms; refer to the North American Mycological Association Toxicology webpage.

 

THIS PAGE WILL NOT INDICATE EDIBLITY

NEVER CONSUME A MUSHROOM THAT YOU ARE NOT SURE OF

 


 

PREVIOUS FORAYS

 

Listed below are examples of Manitoba Mushroom Society forays.
Members can access all foray reports from the Members Only page.

Members Only Link © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc.

 


 

2024 10 06 Sunday morning, Private Property, Springfield Municipality

  • Cool (5C) windy morning, conditions moist; the previous day and night had rain, recent frost.
  • Thanks to the host, Ron, and his wife Anne, for coffee and morning glory muffins after the foray.
  • We planted a winecap bed after the foray, for the host to nurture.
  • Seven participants.
  • Searched for any species
  • Dried yellow morels, burn morels, chanterelles (donated by Josh on previous foray), were shared with some of the participants and host
  • Fungi
    • Elm oyster, Hypsizygus ulmarius on a Manitoba maple
    • Aspen bracket, Phellinus tremulae
    • Other species to be added as well as photos.
  • Plantae
    • Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis
    • Highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum
    • (Western) Poison ivy, Toxicodendron rydbergii
    • Trembling aspen aka white poplar, Populus tremuloides
    • Cottonwood, Populus deltoides
    • American elm, Ulmus americana
    • Bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa
    • Spruce species, Picea spp
    • Manitoba maple aka box elder, Acer negundo
    • Willow spp, Salix sp
  • Animalia
    • Back-billed magpie, Pica hudsonia

 


 

2024 09 21 Saturday morning, Birds Hill Park

  • Cold, windy, overcast, rainy day following several days of heavy rain
  • Beautiful double rainbow at rendezvous
  • Five participants.
  • Searched for any species.
  • Fungi
    • Blue stain fungus aka Green stain fungus aka Green elfcup, Chlorociboria aeruginascens (photo below)
    • Carbon antlers or candlesnuff, Xylaria hypoxylon (photos below)
    • Aspen bolete, Leccinum insigne (photo below)
    • Aspen bracket, Phellinus tremulae
    • Shaggy mane, Coprinus comatus in deliquescence state (1' tall) (photos below)
    • Horses hoof or Tinder polypore, Fomes fomentarius
    • Bay-brown polypore, Polyporus badius
    • Red-banded polypore, Fomitopsis pinicola
    • Gemstudded puffball, Lycoperdon gemmatum aka L. perlatum
    • Pearshaped puffball, Lycoperdon pyriforme
    • Birch polypore, Fomitopsis betulina aka Piptoporus betulinus (photo below)
    • Hedgehog mushroom, Hydnum repandum ?
    • Comb tooth, Hericium ramosum (tooth fungi) (photo below)
    • Lactarius piperatus
    • Delicious lactarius, Lactarius deliciosus (buff spore print, blue staining)
    • Phyllotopsis nidulans (verified pink spore print) vs Crepidotus crocphyllus (brown spores)
    • Flat crep, Crepidotus applanatus
    • Smoked oysterling, Resupinatus applicatus (possibly) (tiny dark mushroom cap with no stem) (photo below)
    • Cinnabar polypore (possibly), Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (taken by Janna)
    • Chaga, Inonotus obliquus
    • Lycogala epidendrum (small pink balls that oozed goo, a slime mold, Myxomycota)
    • Dog vomit, Fuligo septica (plasmodial slime mold, it can move, Myxomycota)
    • Dog sick slime mold
    • a number of unknown fungi species, LBMs and LWMs
  • Plantae
    • (Western) Poison ivy, Toxicodendron rydbergii
    • Bear berry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
    • Nanny berry, Viburnum lentago
    • Highbush cranberry, Viburnum opulus
    • Choke cherry, Prunus virginiana
    • Pin cherry, Prunus pensylvanica
    • Prairie sage, Artemesia ludoviciana
    • Wild sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis
    • Common horsetail, Equisetum arvense
    • Ground cedar, Lycopodium complanatum
    • American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens
    • Beaked hazelnut, Corylus cornuta
    • Paper aka canoe aka white birch, Betula papyrifera
    • Eastern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis
    • Trembling aspen aka white poplar, Populus tremuloides
    • Cottonwood, Populus deltoides
    • American elm, Ulmus americana
    • Bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa
    • Balsam fir, Abies balsamea
    • Black spruce, Picea mariana
    • Manitoba maple aka box elder, Acer negundo
    • Willow sp, Salix sp
  • Animalia
    • Garter snake, Thamnophis sp

Xylaria hypoxylon  © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc. Shaggy Mane 12 Shaggy Mane deliquescing  © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc. Comb tooth, Hericium ramosum  © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc. Blue stain  © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc. Mushroom ID 20240921 © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc.

 

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