NAMA Forays
NAMA Annual Foray 2012
December 13-16, 2012 | Scotts Valley, California
The next annual foray will be held in Scotts Valley, California, December 13-16, 2012. For more information about the foray, follow this link...
Southwest Regional Foray
August 31- September 3, 2012 | Portal, Arizona
We are sorry to announce that the NAMA southwest regional foray has been canceled.
Due to the extensive loss of habitat from last year's fires, most of the higher elevation conifer forest in the region burnt in extremely hot fires and have been slow to regenerate due to lack of rain.
We have decided that holding a foray at the Southwest Research Station this year would not be in the best interest of our foray goers.
15th Annual Wildacres Regional Foray
September 20-23, 2012 | Wildacres, North Carolina
2012 marks the fifteenth year we have held the Eastern Regional Foray at Wildacres Retreat. With the backdrop the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains, the foray will be held this year from September 20-23, 2012. Registration is limited to 40 NAMA members at $225 per person, double occupancy.
Dr. Coleman McCleneghan will serve this year as Chief Mycologist. Dr. Brandon Matheny will also attend the foray as mycologist.
The ambiance of Wildacres is unsurpassed. Early registration is advised. For more information and to register, contact Glenda O'Neal by email or by phone at 423-246-1882.
Note: NAMA membership is required to attend annual and regional forays.
Other Regional Forays, Workshops, and Events
GSMS Summer Foray
July 6-8, 2012 | Crawfordville, Florida
The Gulf States 2012 summer foray will be held at the Wildwood Resort and golf course located in Crawfordville, Florida, 30 miles south of Tallahassee. This has been a wet spring and we hope for good collecting.
Our Guest Mycologist is Dr. Gregory Mueller, formerly with the Field Museum of Natural History, and currently with the Chicago Botanical Garden. We also plan to host a student, as we do every summer.
Cost of the foray is $235 single/$320 double, including lodging and four meals. More information and a registration form can be found on the GSMS website. For questions contact Patricia Lewis by phone at 409-423-3776 or by email [at] dandplewis (at) gmail.com. For more information, follow this link...
Northeast Mycological Foray 2012
August 2-5, 2012 | East Strousburg, Pennsylvania
The Northeast Mycological Federation will hold the 36th Annual Samuel Ristich Foray in East Stroudsburg, PA. Chief Mycologist will be Else Vellinga. The foray is hosted by: New Jersey Mycological Association, Eastern Penn Mushroomers, Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club, and the Delaware Highlands Mushroom Society. East Strousburg is close to the beautiful Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Worthington State Forest, Hickory Run State Park, Promised Land State Park, Appalachian trails, the Pocono Mountains and many PA Game Lands. The mixed forest of hemlocks and oaks offers diversity and abundant fungal life. For the registration form and more information, follow this link...
NMMS/4cmc Foray
August 23-26, 2012 | Pagosa Springs, Colorado
This year the New Mexico Mycological Society joins the Four Corners Mushroom Club (4cmc) to host a Mushroom Conference/Foray in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Twenty miles north of the New Mexico-Colorado border, Pagosa sits along the San Juan River and offers impressive views of the San Juan Mountains.
NMMS and 4cmc welcome and encourage members of NAMA and other NAMA-affiliated mycological organizations to enjoy the company and tutelage of our Foray Mycologists Steve Trudell and Britt Bunyard. Field trips will take us into the San Juan National Forest, where we'll visit elevations from 7,500 feet to over 11,000 feet.
For the registration form and more information, follow this link...
COMA’s 34th Clark Rogerson Foray
September 13-16, 2012 | Hebron, Connecticut
The Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association will be in Hebron, Connecticut at Camp Hemlocks located on 100 acres of unspoiled woodlands surrounding Jones Pond. Foraging on the campus and in nearby state parks is reliably outstanding. We usually harvest over 300 species, and baskets of choice edibles.
Enjoy our outdoor mycophagy, prepared by Kathy and Joe Brandt. Gary Lincoff will be our Chief Mycologist. Walk and learn with Gary, ascomycete specialist Dr. Roz Lowen, fungi identifier and award-winning photographer John Plischke III, Connecticut mushroom expert Bill Yule, and Leon Shernoff, editor of Mushroom The Journal. For more information and to register, follow this link...
The Newfoundland Mushroom Adventure (NL Canada)
September 27- October 6, 2012
Please join us for nine days/nights at our Newfoundland Foray. The program includes a strong mycology focus with sightseeing, history, culture in this huge, forested, fungi-rich island in the Atlantic. Premium lodgings, food, foray transport. All inclusive cost is $2,780 per person double occupancy. Organized by NAMA affiliate MycoAficionados of Mexico and Mexican Mushroom Tours. For details, contact Gundi Jeffrey and Erik Purre by email or go to www.mexmush.com.
Mycology Workshops at Eagle Hill 2012
The Eagle Hill Foundation at the Humboldt Institute, located on the Maine coast between Acadia National Park and Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, is offering three mycology workshops for 2012. Scholarships are available. For information go to http://www.eaglehill.us.
July 29-August 4: Mushroom Identification for New Mycophiles; Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms
with Greg A. Marley and Michaeline Mulvey
August 5-11: Natural History of Fungi and Slime Molds
with Steven L. Stephenson
August 19-25: Coastal Maine Mushrooms and Microscopes Foray
with Rosalind Lowen and Dianna Smith
