This program is currently full.
The area around Chocorua Lake provides a widely diverse and rich fungal habitat. Ever wonder about the hundreds of miles of mycelium beneath our feet, of which we see only the fruiting bodies? Or which mushrooms are poisonous or edible?
Please join us on Saturday, September 11, 3-5PM, for a Mushroom Walk at the Charlotte C. Browne Woods on Washington Hill Road, with biologist Susan Goldhor and Eric Milligan of the New Hampshire Mushroom Company. Participants will observe, collect, and receive hands-on experience with different types of fungi found in the area, and learn how fungi play an integral role in the forest ecosystem and the preservation of the lake.
Because of the nature of this event, and with due respect to the Delta variant and our wish to keep everyone in the community safe, we ask that all participants be vaccinated. Please bring a mask for moments when we gather in close proximity to look at something, and wear good walking shoes—we will be walking some way over uneven ground. Space is limited. Please email lflaccus@chocorualake.org with your name and phone number to tell us you will be coming so that we can let you know of any changes in the schedule.
Presenters:
Susan Goldhor is a biologist who got interested in fungi when she joined the Boston Mycological Club about 20 years ago. Since then, for the last 10 years, she’s been the BMC's president. She is a contributing editor and columnist for Fungi magazine. She’s written many articles and also given many invited talks on fungal topics, especially her major interest: fungi in the forest ecosystem.
Eric Milligan, an avid mushroom forager, began his study of fungi around 2002. Ten years later, he and his partners turned their hobby into a profession: New Hampshire Mushroom Company. In addition to providing fresh specialty mushrooms throughout New England, and closer to home at the Tamworth Farmers’ Market and seven days a week at their facility, NHMC also educates the public about all things mushroom through a multitude of mushroom-related classes, and tours of their unique growing facility in Tamworth. They are also happy to ID wild mushrooms for you—just bring them by the farm and ask for Eric.
Banner image: A purple mushroom on the forest floor in the Chocorua Lake Basin. Photo: Juno Lamb