PSMS Field Trips

Four or five times each Spring and Fall the Society organizes field trips, usually at forest campgrounds. Members are free to arrive and leave as it suits their schedule, however standard proceedure (recommended for new members) is to arrive before 9 am for tea or coffee while you get some pointers on where to try hunting and possibly hook up with another person or group. From there individuals or groups fan out in the surrounding 20 miles looking for new hot spots or old reliables. People that are tired or not successful may return to eat their lunch and find out how others have been fairing, then head out again; while those in the gravy will stay out all day. Master Identifiers are present from 9-4pm to verify your discoveries.

Weather permitting, there is usually a pot luck dinner starting around 5:00. Appitizers, salads, soups, stews, fresh fruit, deserts, bring enough for several people, your own plate, drink, and join the fun. Once or twice a year an overnight field trip is held; however Master Identifier may only be available on Saturday.

Hosting:

"It takes a lot of love to make a house a home" and each field trip needs an experienced host and a new member asssistant to give a little love, putting up direction signs, heating water, lighting a fire on chilly days, greeting people, helping to close up shop after dinner. Please volunteer once every two years to co-host a field trip, contact Ron Post - 206-527-2996.

More info on hosting a field trip is available to members on the Hosting Guidelines page.

Schedule:

The field trip schedule will be available on the Member's Calendar.

Tips:

Helpful information on gearing up for a mushroom hunt is available to members on the Field Trip Tips page, by Agnes Sieger

Contacts:

Ron Post - (206)527-2996.
Catherine Lennebacker - (425)742-3163

Top Spots:

Patrice and Hildegard's Top Shrooming Spots

Foray

A PSMS Foray is something like a field trip, only on a broader basis, lasting two or three days. Though there may be field hunting, the focus is on education with several learning opportunities.  Because the outing includes at least one evening and dinner, there is also an emphasis on good food, drink and conviviality.

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