FFSC News & Stories

Time lapse of chicken-of-the-woods growing over 11 days

I was fortunate to be able to attend the annual North American Mycological Association (NAMA) foray that was held at a beautiful YMCA camp just outside of Granby, Colorado from August 12th through the 15th. This camp is located in the traditional summer residential valley of several native American tribes, the Utes, Arapahoe, and Cheyenne among others.

We didn't have much rain, but we found many smaller mushrooms.

Before going, Noah Seigel was saying it was going to be a banner year for mushrooms in Alaska... I was getting excited and checking the weather of Soldotna months before the trip. My palms were sweating.

With the warmer weather and rain, it looked like a good time to check out the Sierras. Here are our findings.

It was a beautiful day for exploring the Soquel Demonstration Forest last Saturday 2/6/2016, and though the weather was amazing, the fleshy fungi were few and far between...