What: Foray in clear cut area, McLean Creek When did the foray occur: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Foray Length: 2 hours Attendance: 17 people + 2 leaders Mushroom Species Found: Morels has been found in abundance (in the hundreds) on Friday, June 11 and the earliest the leaders could
What: Warburg Area Foray, about 1 hour SW of the City of Edmonton When did the foray occur: Sunday, September 27, 2020 Foray Length: 2 hours Attendance: 35 people Foray Leader: Candice Cullum Mushroom Species Found: Huge thanks to Debbie Fisher for hosting the AMS at her private property
What: City of Edmonton NE - Gold Bar Park When did the foray occur: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Foray Length: 2 hours Attendance: 17 people Foray Leader: Elizabeth Lakeman & Karen Slevinsky Mushroom Species Found: Honey mushrooms, cortinarius, trichaptum biforme, hericium, russula, polyporus varius, ganoderma aplanatum, tyromyces caesius, one
What: Kerry Wood Nature Center Foray - City of Red Deer When did the foray occur: September 20, 2020 - 2-4 PM Foray Length: 2 hours Attendance: 25 people Foray Leader: Candice Cullum Mushroom Species Found: Very dry conditions. Very young Armillaria just coming on. Several Coprinus comatus were
What: Water Valley Foray NW of the City of Calgary When did the foray occur: September 12, 2020 Foray Length: 2.5 hours Attendance: 22 people Mushroom Species Found: We were hoping to find lots of honey mushrooms, as per last year, however probably due to the continued lack of
What: Foray at Sherwood Park Natural Area When did the foray occur: Saturday, August 15, 2020 Foray Length: 2 hours Attendance: 15 people Mushroom Species Found: Because of the varied terrain the expectations were that we would find boletes, hericium and hedgehogs and we were not disappointed. There was
What: Foray in Water Valley - Private Land When did the foray occur: Sunday, August 9, 2020 Foray Length: 2 hours Attendance: 20 people Mushroom Species Found: Most participants were able to find Hericium, enough to have a sample to bring home. Also found were Pholiota squarosa, Russula sp.,
What: Foray at Station Flats in the Elbow Valley When did the foray occur: July 30, 2020 Foray Length: 2.5 hours Attendance: 17 people Mushroom Species Found: Leccinum insigne, various Cortinarius sp., various Russula sp., Lactarius sp. (clear milk), Ganoderma and Fomitopsis sp., Black footed polypore. Terrain: Mainly conifer
What: West Bragg Creek Foray When did the foray occur: July 19, 2020 Foray Length: 2.5 hours Attendance: 25 people Mushroom Species Found: Leccinum insigne, Pleurotus populinus, Lyophyllum decastes, Laccaria species, Coprinopsis sp., Polyporus badius, very small clump of what were decided to be early Honey mushrooms, Clitocybe sp.
Morels can be found in Alberta starting in mid May. They tend to disappear by mid June in most of the province, but can still be found at higher elevations from end of June and even into July. These black morels were found June 26, west and north of
