When

06/19/2018    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Where

Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
614 Dorseyville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA , 15238

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Guest speaker Walt Sturgeon from the Ohio Mushroom Society will be giving a presentation on Edible Wood Rotters of Western Pennsylvania.

Walt Sturgeon is a nationally recognized field mycologist who has 40 years of experience with wild mushrooms, primarily in eastern North America. He has served as President of the Ohio Mushroom Society, and Vice President and Foray Chairman of the North American Mycological Association. An award-winning photographer with photos in numerous field guides, he is also the author of Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America and  Mushrooms and Macro Fungi of Ohio and the Midwestern States. His latest book is Mushrooms of the Northeast: A Simple Guide to Common Mushrooms. Walt has received the North American Mycological Association’s Award for Contribution to Amateur Mycology and the Northeast Mycological Forays Friend of the Amateur award.