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Our September 9th General Meeting will feature PSMS member and author Daniel Winkler who will be speaking about "Fruits of the forest from the Cascades to the Himalayas". This meeting will also be available on Zoom (link posted at the bottom of this event and on our website homepage). This meeting is free and open to the public!Posters and postcards for our annual show October 25th & 26th will be available for members to help hand out to publicize our show.
Some of the best edible mushrooms in the world can be found in the Pacific Northwest. Interestingly many of these choice edible mushrooms like Porcini and other boletes, Chanterelles, Hedgehogs, Matsutake, Bear's Head/Lions mane, Cauliflower mushroom, Oysters, Saffron Milkcaps. All of these choice edibles are fairly easy to identify, helping one to overcome fungophobia and truly appreciate wild mushrooms. Interestingly all these mushrooms are also collected and highly esteemed elsewhere, like in the Rocky Mountains, European Alps and the Himalayas. And, yes there are many other good edible mushrooms out there much more difficult to identify. Daniel’s stunning images taken while Mushroaming far and wide document the appreciation of these delicious mushrooms. In addition, Daniel will share his experience on how to forage, identify, process and prepare these delectable mushrooms. Key in finding prime mushrooms is getting to know their preferred habitat and their seasonality. Daniel will share lots of new insights from his book “Fruits of the Forest – Handbook to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. In addition, Daniel is mixing in some fungal fun & facts from his ethno-mycological research and Mushroaming adventure travels.
Daniel grew up collecting and eating wild mushrooms in the Alps and is sharing his enthusiasm as a mushroom educator, photographer and guide. The Puget Sound Mycological Society, which he joined in 1996 was instrumental in exposing Daniel to mycology and inspiring him to bend his career towards mushrooms. Daniel served on the PSMS board, as vice president and is spearheading PSMS's Bridle Trails State Park Funga study. Daniel published his “Fruits of the Forest – Field Guide to Pacific Northwest Edible Mushrooms” (available at mushroaming.com), a product of a life time of mushroom hunting, the last twenty-nine years in the PNW. Previously he published a series of fold-out field guides: Edible Mushrooms of the PNW, Edibles of California (both Harbour Publishing), Amazon Mushrooms, and Medicinal Mushrooms of North America, as well as MycoCards "Boletes of Western North America". As an ecologist and geographer Daniel focused on High Asia towards researching Tibet's enormous fungal economy. His ethno-mycological Cordyceps research has been featured in National Geographic, New York Times, The Economist, NPR, BBC World Service etc. In the last decade Daniel started exploring neotropical fungi. With his travel agency MushRoaming Daniel is organizing mushroom focused eco-adventures since 2007, current destinations are Bhutan and Colombia.
PSMS September General Meeting
Time: Sep 9, 2025 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98105
