The Gary Lincoff Memorial Foray
The full 2020 Foray experience has been postponed to 2021. Guest Mycologist Michael Kuo (mushroomexpert.com) has already committed to appearing next year. Leon Shernoff (Mushroom the Journal) will still present Fall Mushrooms (virtually) at our monthly WPMC meeting… 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
Newsletter archive completed.
Last year I received two separate donations of printed copies of old club newsletters. I would like to thank John and Kim Plischke plus Caroline Plazek and her father, for their donations. This pile of newsletters then sat… Read More
Species list from Lincoff Foray at North Park on 09/12/2020
This years official foray was split between three walks in the morning and an online interview with Long Litt Woon due to the ongoing pandemic. The normal events were sorely missed especially the mushroom feast and the gathering… Read More
Species list from Walk at Wingfield Pines with Allegheny Land Trust on 09/26/2020
Our group of ten walkers investigated the slopes on the Eastern side of Wingfield Pines. Conditions were dry as you can probably tell from the species list. We had a lot of interested questions. E.g. What made the… Read More
Species list from Cook Forest State Park on 09/11/2020
This years walk at Cook forest were split between shelters 1 and 2 with walk leaders Richard Jacob and Adam Haritan respectively and a roughly equal number of participants. Unfortunately due to the short notice that participants received… Read More