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 Todd Nature Reserve on 10/18/2020
We had a wonderful time on our Todd Nature Reserve walk! Found so many interesting fungi, and spent some time with some great people. Species list entered by Cara Barkley. Species identified by Cara Barkley. List of species… Read More
Species list from Barking slopes on 11/1/2020
It was a wet Sunday morning but four mushroom hunters were not to be deterred. As far as we are aware this is the first WPMC walk at Barking slopes, an Allegheny Land Trust property. We took the… 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