The Gary Lincoff Memorial Foray
The Gary Lincoff Memorial Foray will be held on Saturday, September 12th : Walks, presentations, auction, book signing, sales, table-walk, mushroom feast. The Lodge, N Ridge Drive, North Park, McCandless Township, PA, 15101. We plan to combine this with a… Read More
About the Club
The Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club was created to promote the enjoyment, study, and exchange of information about wild mushrooms. Everyone who has an interest in wild mushrooms is welcome to become a member. Activities include regular meetings, projects… Read More
Bolete Filter
The Bolete Filter is a triage (A Synoptic Key) for North American Boletes developed by Scott Pavelle with lots of input from other club members and country wide experts and hosted by the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club. Tradition… Read More
Newsletter
March to April newsletter has been published
Welcome to the 2019 mushroom season. The first newsletter of the year has been published and members should have received a copy by email or through the post. The March to April newsletter has lots of information about… Read More
Species list from Bird Park on 02/02/2020
WPMC Groundhogs day walk with James Tunney as walk leader. Walk was lovely, the weather was a bit warmer and the sun was shining. Found a decent variety of mushrooms today! One of our member found a fossil… Read More
Species list from Black Friday walk at Hartwood acres on 11/29/2019
Over 20 people joined us for a walk on Black Friday hunting for a different sort of bargain. This year the first of the non winter walks was held at Hartwood acres at the end of April. Eight… Read More
Species list from Mckinley Park on 10/24/2019
Species list entered by Jim Tunney. List of species found on the walk at Mckinley Park: Auricularia americana (Tree-ear / Wood Ear), Holwaya mucida (), Ischnoderma resinosum (Resinous Polypore), Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken Mushroom; Sulphur Shelf), Peniophora albobadia (Giraffe spots),… Read More