THE MYCOLOGICAL

ASSOCIATION OF

WASHINGTON, DC

MAWDC Monthly Meeting - October

  • 04 Oct 2022
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • virtual via Zoom

MAW’s October monthly meeting will feature a presentation titled by Eric Milligan, the founder of the New Hampshire Mushroom Company (NHMC).   And of course, there will be lots of other fungi-related pictures and information. 

We are on Zoom again this month (link below). 

NHMC started its mushroom cultivation operations 10 years ago in Tamworth, NH to serve local restaurants and markets.   NHMC also runs local workshops on fungi foraging and identification.  E and worked with New Hampshire state authorities on a certification program to allow certified foragers to sell foraged wild mushrooms to the public.

Eric Milligan is an avid mushroom forager who began his study of fungi around 2002.  In 2012, he and his partners turned their hobby into a profession by founding the New Hampshire Mushroom Company. NHMC grows its mushrooms in a building that they retrofitted to provide separate climate-controlled rooms specifically adapted to the various mushrooms they cultivate.  NHMC provides fresh specialty mushrooms throughout New England, and local farmers’ market in New Hampshire and Maine. NHMC also educates the public about all things mushroomy through a multitude of mushroom-related classes at its facility in Tamworth and offers tours of their unique growing facility.  Among other topics, Eric will talk about the development and operation of NHMC's growing facility for specialty mushrooms, vertical growing, and the recently enacted NH provisions for licensing mushroom harvesters.

Download iNaturalist to your mobile device and/or computer, and then Join to MAW’s local iNaturalist project, and then share your own mushroom pictures as observations on iNat for inclusion in MAW's monthly virtual ID table discussions.  If you were at the Sequanota weekend, be sure to also join the separate MAW Sequanota 2022 iNat project).  October's meeting will highlight mushrooms we found on the Sequanota foray and also cover recent observations in the DC area. There should be lots of interesting pictures!  

As usual, Elizabeth Hargrave will provide updates on club activities and mushrooms in the news, and Mitch Fournet and Annie Weissman will be handing the review of mushrooms recently found by our members.  If you are not on iNat, you can send mushroom pictures to Mitch at forays@mawdc.org.

Zoom Link: 

https://zoom.us/j/96693690911?pwd=YWdyeXh1bHF1N1UyNjNieFovNWFUZz09

Meeting ID 966 9369 0911
Passcode  330827

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