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Winter 2025 January Issue 1
Includes reviews of Entangled Life book
and mycology Board Games.

 

Review of NAMA Fungi Film Festival 2024

 

Newsletter Application Link © Manitoba Mushroom Society Inc.

 

Be    F U N G I   S A F E  

FUNGI SAFE Mnemonic copyright 2025 Donna Kurt

 


 

 

LINKS

 

CANADIAN MYCOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION LINKS

 

Alberta Mycological Society Website
Excellent fungi society with a great newsletter and many resources.

Cercle des Mycologues de Lanaudiere et de la Mauricie Website

Foray Newfoundland and Labrador Website

Le Cercle des Mycologues de Montreal Website
Great resource with many links to regional Quebec mycology groups.

Manitoba Mushroom Society Website
Community of fungi and plant lovers sharing mycology and botany knowledge, community, mushrooms, spawn and spores.

Mantario Mushrooms and Plants Website
5 day canoe trip to Nature Manitoba's off-grid Mantario Cabin, sharing canoeing fungi and plant knowledge.

North American Mycological Association Website
Fungi experts, advocates and novices sharing knowledge, community, webinars, forays.
Membership discount for Manitoba Mushroom Society members.

Nova Scotia Mycological Society Website

Ottawa Mushroom Society Website

Robson Valley Mushroom Festival Website

Saskatchewan Mycological Working Group Facebook

Sicamous Fungi Festival Website

South Vancouver Island Mycological Society Website

Toronto Mycological Society Website

Vancouver Mycological Society Website
Great fungi resources, newsletter, community.

Winnipeg Mycological Society Facebook

 

 

MYCOLOGICAL INFORMATION LINKS
In addition to information at above links.

 

Fondation Miron Royer Website

iNaturalist Website
Upload your fungi photos to identify species, contribute to citizen science, obscure location if you want.

Modern Forager Website
by Trent and Kristen Blizzard
Burn morel maps, apps, information, news primarily oriented to US, but info of value to Canadians and Manitobans.

Mushroom Expert Website
Great resource for fungi identification, techniques.

Mushroom Observer Website
Great resource for fungi identification, techniques, reporting.

Mycologue Publications Website

Pacific Forestry Centre Website/App
Great app and online tool for identifying mushrooms in Pacific Northwest.

Pacific North West Pictorial Key Website
Great resource for fungi identification in Pacific Northwest.

 

 

SYMBIOTIC LINKS

 

Canada Sticker King Website
Provided Society logo stickers for Members and supporters.

Herb Society of Manitoba Website

Mountain Equipment Company Website
Provides 15% off regular and clearance price in-store discount on Club Days for Manitoba Mushroom Society members.

Myco Boutique Website

Nature Manitoba Website

Wilderness Supply Company Website
Provides 10% off regular price in-store discount for Manitoba Mushroom Society members.

 


 

REFERENCES

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

We recommend to learn how to use reference books to identify fungi you find, rather than relying solely on Artificial Intelligence driven apps (eg. Photos, Google, DeepSeek, ChatGPT) or social media platforms (eg. Facebook, Instagram, etc.). This also pertains to posting photos of species and having someone else identify them for you, possibly erroneously and dangerously.

Repetitive exposure to images and text in your reference books and using dichotomous keys to identify species you find improves your memory retention of mushroom images and taxonomical naming and familiarizes you more with commonalities and differences within and between groups of fungi species. It's like painting a scene versus photographing it, it's more of an art, and you learn.

Do not consume mushrooms you are not absolutely sure you have identified using a few references and have verified you are not allergic to them.

These reference books are useful for identifying mushrooms found in Manitoba; currently there is no reliable single reference book for mushrooms found in Manitoba; always use at least two references when identifying mushrooms.

The following list will continue to expand, so come on back!

 

Mushrooms of Western Canada Book Cover

Mushrooms of Western Canada
Reference field book by Helene M.E. Schalkwijk-Barendsen
Link to review of field guide book that provides information on fungi pertinent to Western Canada including Manitoba. Also published as Mushrooms of Northwest North America by the same author. The author is a founding member of the Alberta Mycological Society. There are no photos in this book, all illustrations are colour paintings by the author, drawing attention to important morphological features of the fungi.
Organized by morphology, Class, Order, Genus with a General Key and a Key to Colour Illustrations.


 

Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada Book Cover

Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada
Reference field book by George Barron
Link to review of field guide book that provides information on fungi pertinent to Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Organized by Class, types, spore colour with a Photo reference guide beginning on Page 8, a Photo Key beginning on Page 30, and a Key at the start of most sections in the book.


 

Mushrooms Demystified Book Cover

Mushrooms Demystified
Reference book by David Arora
A large book with an extensive analysis (the "bible") of fungi pertinent to North America that has much humour and valuable information, cross-referenced to by the pocket companion All That the Rain Promises and More by the same author. Excellent reference for any mycologist's library.
Organized by morphology, Class, Order, Genus, with a dichotomous key starting on Page 52 and at the start of each section (Class or Order).


 

All That the Rain Promises and More Book Cover

All That the Rain Promises and More
Reference field book by David Arora
Small pocketbook with a limited variety of fungi pertinent to North America that has much humour and valuable information, cross-references to the Mushrooms Demystified book by the same author.
Organized by morphological similarities, types - with pictorial flowchart dichotomous keys on the insides of the front and rear covers.


 

Mushrooms of North America Book Cover

Mushrooms of North America
Reference book by National Audubon Society
Large book that provides valuable information on a wide variety of fungi pertinent to North America, compatible with the Audubon Society Mushrooms App if you were fortunate enough to download it while it was available on App sites.
Organized by Order, no key.


 

All That the Rain Promises and More Book Cover

Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada
Reference field book by T.J. Baroni
Field guide book with a large variety of fungi pertinent to Manitoba that has much valuable information.
Organized by Class, morphology, spore print colour, Genus with a Key that is colour-coded, generalized to Contents on Page 5.


 

Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada
Reference book by J. Walton Groves, Agriculture Canada
Large book that provides information on fungi pertinent to all of Canada, dated but very pertinent information.

 

Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America
Reference field book by Roger Phillips
Field guide book.

 

Mushrooms of North America
Reference field book by Orson K. Miller, Jr.
Field guide book.

 

Wild Edible Mushrooms of Ontario
Reference book by Tom Cervenka
Compact field guide book.

 

The Fungal Pharmacy
Reference book by Robert Rogers
Large reference book on medicinal aspects of large range of fungi pertinent to North America. Little species identification, few illustrations and often fungi are grouped by Genera or Family. Interesting worldwide ethnomycological observations.

 

Medicinal Mushrooms, The Essential Guide
Reference book by Christopher Hobbs
Reference book on medicinal aspects of a select range of fungi pertinent to North America, with information on how to harvest and use. Some species identification is provided. Interesting worldwide ethnomycological observations.

 

Mycelium Running
Reference book by Paul Stamets
Reference book on fungi science, and how to culture and grow mushrooms. Pertinent to North America. Some species identification is provided. Interesting worldwide ethnomycological observations.

 

Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parklands Book Cover

Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland
Reference field book by Derek Johnson, Linda Kershaw, Andy MacKinnon & Jim Pojar
Link to review of field guide book that provides information on hosts of fungi, pertinent to Manitoba and Saskatchewan.


 

Field Guide to Trees of Manitoba Book Cover

Trees of Manitoba Field Guide
Book by Manitoba Government
Link to PDF of field guide that provides information on hosts of fungi, pertinent to Manitoba.


 

Edible and Medicinal Plants of Canada Book Cover

Edible & Medicinal Plants of Canada
Reference field book by MacKinnon, Kershaw, Arnason, Owen, Karst, and Chambers
Link to review of field guide book that provides information on hosts of fungi.


 

Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest

Aboriginal Plant Use in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest
Reference book by Marles, Clavelle, Monteleone, Tays, and Burns
An excellent reference book by anthropologists and biologists on various boreal forest plants and fungi used by indigenous peoples of Northwest Canada. Includes various ethnological and medicinal uses of various plants, their financial value and potential, ethnobotanical methods used to collect the data, local names used in pertinent indigenous languages.


 

Burn Morels, A Modern Forager's Guide to Finding Mushrooms
App by Trent and Kristen Blizzard
PDF reference guide useful for foraging for burn morels and other mushrooms.

 

Entangled Life
Book by Merlin Sheldrake
book review
Fungi are diverse and complicated as they have existed significantly longer than our species so has adapted to many more life forms.
Read the book review by Society member Karen Clements in the first Newsletter of the Manitoba Mushroom Society, available above.

 

Mushroom Board Games review
Not a book, but games that are fun ways to learn mycology. We all play games one way or another, but with mycological board games you can have fun and learn at the same time!
Read the Mycological Board Games review by Society member Janna Michel in the first Newsletter of the Manitoba Mushroom Society, available above.

 

 

FORAGING RESOURCE APPS

 

AdventureSmart
App by BC Adventure Smart
Mobile app with excellent resources for participating in outdoor activities safely. The AdventureSmart Trip Plan App is a great tool to have in your mobile device.

 

GeoForager
App by Trent and Kristen Blizzard
An mobile app that, while limited in capabilities for Canada (only British Columbia now), will be developed in the future for the rest of Canada to help identify optimal foraging opportunities for morels, and is pertinent to a number of States in the US.

 


 

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