Urban Mushroom ResourcesFind fellow mushroom hunters The North American Mycological Society’s website has lists of mushroom clubs in many cities. There’s no better way to learn about mushrooms than to join with others to try to figure them out. Local clubs hold forays, cook-and-taste parties, lectures, and more. See if there’s a club in you city. For Canada, start with the Vancouver Mycological Society. For Mexico, try Myco Aficionados of Mexico. Your mushroom isn’t on our site, see if you can find it on these websites: Mushroom Expert (in particular, see this page, “What Is this Thing in my Yard?”) Accounts and stories of urban mushrooms in specific cities Mushrooms of Central Park, in New York City Mushrooms of Other New York City Parks For information and tools on how to grow your own mushrooms: “Cultivation Corner” by Marc Donsky, on the Colorado Mycological Society Website Mushrooms in the Garden by Hellmut Steineck, English translation Mad River Press, Eureka, California, 1984 Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 1993 Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 2005 Fungi Perfecti (Paul Stamets’ website with everything you need to know (and need to buy) to start cultivating your own mushrooms. Cool mushroom videos, art, and related stuff we like Time-lapse movie of tropical mushrooms growing Video of caterpillar fungus attacking ants! An urban mushroom you don’t want to be. Urban mushroom statues and decorations. If you have time on your hands, Google “urban mushrooms” and click around for a while. Mushroom festivals and conferences Good dead-tree (book) field guides: Mushrooms Demystified by David Aurora The Complete Mushroom Hunter by Gary Lincoff Mushrooms of Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountains by Vera Evenson The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms by Gary Lincoff Mushroom poisoning information: Mushrooms: Poisons and Panaceas: A Handbook for Naturalists, Mycologists, and Physicians by D.R. Benjamin Mushroom magazines Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming Urban Mushroom T-Shirts Click here to get your "Urban Mushrooms" T-shirt!, decorated with some of your favorite city mushrooms. Take a look! Commentblog comments powered by Disqus |
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