Mushroom Identification workshop, June 14 @ 1 PM

Illinois Mycological Association presents

Mushroom Identification Workshop

Location: North Park Village Nature Center (directions below)
Date: Sunday 14 June
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Join Patrick Leacock and other IMA members for this two part workshop.

1. Identification of mushrooms.

This slide presentation will be an introduction to the features of mushrooms that we can observe and use toward identification. We'll focus on gilled mushrooms.

2. After the presentation we will take a look at our second recommended book:

Mushrooms of the Midwest, by Michael Kuo and Andrew Methven, 2014, University of Illinois Press.

You can read Patrick's review of the book on Amazon or in the March issue of this newsletter.

http://www.amazon.com/review/RY1PU4RFJ5LSZ/

This book covers many of the mushrooms found in the Chicago Region. We'll learn how to use the dichotomous keys to identify some example mushrooms

North Park Village Nature Center is located at 5801 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60646. From the intersection of North Pulaski Road and West Ardmore Avenue, go east into the North Park Village Campus. Drive past the booth, you do not need to stop. At the T-junction, turn left. Then take a quick right. You will see the forest of the nature center on the left. Shortly you'll arrive at a parking lot on your right as you approach the front of the nature center building. The road between the parking lot and the main entrance may be blocked, but the center will still be open and accessible.