Upcoming Extracurricular Activities

Fall Festival at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

When: Saturday, Sept. 27 from 9am - 3pm

Where: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is located about 4 miles west of Chanhassen on State Hwy. 5, just one quarter-mile west of the intersection of State Hwy. 5 and State Hwy. 41. Please be vigilant as you wait to turn into the Arboretum.

The Minnesota Mycological Society will participate in the Fall Festival at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. We will have a MMS table with mushroom samples and posters to show the public what we are all about. We have done this for several years. If you sign up to help for a couple of hours, you will get in free and see all the other exhibitors, drink apple cider and buy dried flowers. You can't pick for your table at home, but you can go out in their woods and find examples to show at the MMS table. It is fun to talk to people and learn some of their misconceptions. You don't have to have a lot of mushroom knowledge, just an interest. Please call Brad Benn at 952-922-2280 and reserve your time.

Thanks,

Brad Benn
Assistant Director
Edina Art Center

SOMA Winter Mushroom Camp 2004

When: January 17-19, 2004

Where: Sonoma County, California

Snowy state mushroomers -- here’s a chance to escape the winter! The Sonoma County Mycological Association (SOMA) invites you to northern California for mid-winter mushrooming at the 7th annual SOMA Winter Mushroom Camp. The camp will be held on Martin Luther King weekend, January 17-19, 2004. The Camp, a benefit for SOMA, is full of mushroom forays, specimen tables, slide shows, speakers, classes & workshops on mushroom dyeing, paper-making, cooking, medicine making, cultivation, and more, and of course, great wild mushroom cuisine and camaraderie.

This year, SOMA is very pleased to have Gary Lincoff, well known author of the Audubon Field Guide to North American Mushrooms, with us as our keynote presenter for the three day weekend. Final pricing is yet to be determined, but will be in the $175-$200 range. The fee will include lodging and meals, and all the above mentioned activities.

For registration or other information, please contact:

You may also view photos and info from past SOMA Camps at the SOMA website: http://SOMAmushrooms.org. Come enjoy some wild mushroom hunting, California-style!