Bill Russell’s
BILL RUSSELL’S 2012
PRESENTATION SCHEDULE - AND OTHER LOCAL MUSHROOM EVENTS.
Most are free and open to everyone.
You can buy signed copies of my mushroom book at any of these events.
Feb 4 3:10 PM “Marvelous Mushrooms of Pennsylvania” presentation for Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture.
March 24 Evening presentation for Master Gardeners of Franklin County awards banquet, private.
March 25 Cemtral PA Mushroom Club Meeting
April 22 Central PA Mushrom Club Meeting at Bald Eagle State Park, open to all. 1 PM. For more information contact nicthomas@pa.gov
April 28 Walk with Juniata Valley Audubon Society , Waterstreet PA.
May 6 Walk with Juniata Valley Audubon Society, Waterstreet PA.
May 19 Morning book signing, till noon, with Master Gardeners of Centre County plant sale.
May 19 Mushroom show and walk 1:00 PM at Bald Eagle State Park.
May 20 Central PA Mushroom Club meeting at Raymond B. Winter State Park. 1 PM
June 23 Women if the Wilds mushroom presentation by Karen Croyle, Sinnemahoning State Park.
June 24 Central PA Mushroom Club meeting at Tuscarora State Forest; Karl B. Guss Picnic Area
July 15 Book signing and sale at Central PA Festival of the Arts Bookfest.
July 21Mushroom show and walk at Reeds Gap State Park
July 22 Central PA Mushroom Club Meeting Foxburg, PA 1 PM
Aug 10-12 Central PA Mushroom Club annual foray at Sieg Conference Center, near Lock Haven, PA.
Aug 18 Mushroom talk and walk. Reeds Gap State Park.
Aug 25 10 AM Talk and walk Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick Park, Mt Gretna PA.
Sept 1 Mushroom show and walk at Greenwood Furnace State Park.
Sept 2 Mushroom show and walk at Reeds Gap State Park
Sept 8 1:00 PM mushroom soup competition followed by a mushroom walk, Weebull's Steakhouse & Pub, Driftwood PA
Sept 14-15 Peck Foray at Sieg Center, near Lock Haven, PA.
Sept 22 “Obscure Edible Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania” presentation at Gary Lincoff Foray near Pittsburgh, PA
Sept 23 Central PA Mushroom Club Meeting, Trough Creek state park. 1 PM
Sept 29 Mushroom session with Bob Sleigh at S.B. Elliot State Park.
Oct 6 Mushroom show and walk at Tuscarora State Forest, Karl Guss Picnic Area, Blain PA.
Oct 20 Mushroom show and walk at Reeds Gap State Park.
Oct 21 Central PA Mushroom Club Meeting at Alan Seger Park, 1 PM
Nov 18 Central PA Mushroom Club Meeting at Whipple Dam State Park 1PM.
Join out mushroom FORUM to share mushroom adventures, stories, ask questions, get help, share your best mushroom exaggerations and more.
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Visit our HOT LINKS page. You’ll find lots of great mushroom related Internet sites to visit.
If your group or club would like to have a wild mushroom talk, walk or workshop for fun and learning, contact Bill Russell.
All about the wild mushrooms (including morels, oyster mushrooms, chanterelles, boletes and other exotic fungi) that grow in Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. states.
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HELP KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT CLEAN
FOR POLLUTION-FREE
EDIBLE WILD MUSHROOMS
Is it legal to gather wild mushrooms in PA State Parks ? Check out the PA Conservation and Natural Resources report, paragraph 11.211 (b) (1).
It clearly states that it IS LEGAL. You may want to print it out and carry it with you when you when you go collecting.
I recently received this clarification of the law from Rory Bower, Reeds Gap State Park manager:
I would ask that you please update the information based upon the following sections of state park regulations: Section 11.211(a)(1) This prohibits the “Cutting, picking, digging, damaging or removing, in whole or in part, a living or dead tree, shrub or plant”. Section11.211(b)(1) states “Gathering edible fruits, nuts, berries and fungi, in reasonable amounts, for one's own personal or family consumption. This permission does not apply to wild plants listed in Chapter 45 (relating to conservation of Pennsylvania native wild plants) as threatened, endangered, rare or vulnerable.”
As you can see, it is permissible to gather only edible fungi in reasonable amounts for one’s own personal or family consumption. It is not permissible to gather mushrooms for any other purpose.
STARTING APRIL 23, I’LL BE AT IRVING’S BAGLES, 110 E. COLLEGE AVENUE, STATE COLLEGE, PA, 11:30 AM TO 1:00 PM TO CHAT AND IDENTIFY YOUR MUSHROOMS FOR FREE.
Visit our Central Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Web Site
My wild mushroom guidebook makes a great gift for yourself or another mushroomer. Get it at your local bookstore, at any of my mushroom presentations or from these sellers in central PA:
Appalachian Ski & Outdoors, 123 South Allen Street, State College PA
Barnes & Noble 365 Benner Pike, State College PA
Belladonna Herbs, 720 Pike St., Lemont PA
Green Drake Gallery, Millheim PA
Homan’s General Store, Potters Mills, PA
The Granary, 2766 West college Ave., State College PA
Nature’s Pantry, 2331 Commercial Blvd,State College, PA
Shavers Creek Environment Center, 6 miles S of Pine Grove Mills, off Rt 26.
Tait Farm Store, Rt 322, Centre Hall PA
For a copy signed by the author contact Penn State University Press.
Gretchen Hyle
