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Alberta Foray 2005

EMS members at the first annual Alberta Foray
EMS members at the first annual Alberta Foray
Edible mushroom preparation
Alan (l) and Anne (r) are prepping choice edibles for dinner
Martin and crew cooking dinner
Martin (r) et al. - our kitchen crew
Dinner time
Dinner time at Crimson Lake Hall
Mushroom buffet
Buffet with mushroom soup, risotto, and mushroom side dishes
Mushroom identification process
Leonard (l) and Bill (r) are keying out some tricky fungi
Our professional mushroom identifiers
Some mushrooms had to be examined with a microscope to identify them
Post foray mushroom sorting
After the forays, fungi were examined and labelled
Post foray mushroom sorting
Over 400 different fungi were found on this foray...
Tables filled with fungi
...and sorted, identified, and recorded
Tables filled with fungi
Results of a successful foray
Some boletes
Many boletes were found and identified
Cortinarius spp.
Over 150 Cortinarius spp. were found, but resisted identification to species