Mushroom Documentation 2: Collecting and Describing, Aug 9

Illinois Mycological Association

Mushroom Documentation 2: Collecting and Describing
By Patrick Leacock, mycoguide.com

Location: North Park Village Nature Center
5801 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois 60646
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/park ... re-Center/
Date: Sunday, August 9, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM -- 3:00 PM

Join Patrick Leacock and other IMA members for this workshop.

This workshop covers the field methods of mycology: collecting, writing descriptions, and recording collection data. Mushrooms are carefully collected to minimize damage and loss of their various features. Spore prints can be made to reveal the spore color. Photographs can be worth a thousand words. Notes and descriptions record characters of the fresh mushrooms. When writing a description you examine the mushroom’s features and size and this information is important for later identification. Then the collections are dried to preserve them. A notebook, spreadsheet, or database can be used to manage collection data for location, date, collector, specimen numbers and other information.

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.

http://www.illinoismyco.org/