New Mexico Mycological Society
- August 1999
Taylor Lockwood is Coming to Town
Taylor Lockwood will be in Albuquerque on the evening of August
26th (the Thursday following our Foray) to present his show of music
and beautiful mushroom slides. The Rio Grande Botanic Garden has
generously offered the use of their Education Building to house
this event. The show begins at 7:00 PM. Please plan
to attend.
We are hoping for a turnout of at least 50 people for Lockwood's show, so
invite your co-workers, family, and friends to join us. I have event
Flyers available to post at work, school, and any likely public place.
I realize that the time for this event might seem less than ideal, but Taylor is
visiting us as part of a tightly scheduled national tour. I encourage everyone
to take advantage of this special opportunity.
August Meeting
Our meeting will be on Tuesday August 3rd, 7:30pm, in the "Traveling
Exhibit Hall at the Natural History
Museum.
Rich Therrien, who is
moving from sunny New Mexico to even sunnier Arizona, will offer a few
words of farewell, and explain to us Why there are NO Morels in New
Mexico.
Myxomycologist David Mitchell, our new member from Britain, has come to attend
the NAMA and NMMS Forays. David has offered to be our speaker for the
meeting and will present a talk entitled "A Myxomycete Miscellany."
Members are invited to have dinner with David Mitchell before the meeting.
We are planning to meet at the Rio Grande Cantina (901 Rio Grande
Blvd NW) beginning at 5:30 pm until time to leave for the
meeting. It will be no host and people can arrive at any time after 5:30.
Last Month
Thank you to Chris Kerns, who
last month gave a wonderful talk about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global
Positioning System (GPS).
Chris introduced the idea of including location data as part future
entries to our mushroom database. (This, of course, would not include any
of the "M" Class mushrooms which don't grow in New Mexico.)
During the meeting, Chris also announced that at the Foray, he
will provide the means to silkscreen the NMMS logo on T-shirts,
bags, boxers, or whatever fabric items participants think to bring. The
pattern is around 8"x11", so it might not work to well on hankerchiefs or
neckties.
Pre-Foray Field Trip with Steve Trudell
Steve Trudell, this year's Foray
Mycologist, will be getting to Albuquerque the weekend preceding the
Foray. Steve has expressed a desire to get out in the field on Sunday,
August 15th. He has suggested going to the Santa Fe Ski Basin. If any
members are interested in participating in this excursion, contact David Wallis. For details on this and
other field trips, consult our Field
Trip page.
Foray
Details
Please note that the Foray
Registration deadline is August 3rd (at This Month's Meeting)!
Those submitting registrations after that date will pay an additional $25
per person late fee.
We have one notable change in our Foray plans. Dick Homola, who
was looking forward to being at our the Foray, will be unable to join us
this year. Steve Trudell has graciously agreed to fill in as our Foray
Mycologist.
In response to the somewhat primitive quarters available at Camp
Shaver, some members have expressed their intent to rent rooms somewhere
else during the Foray. Bob Wilson sent a list of alternative facilities in the Jemez
Springs area.
Pat Brannen has organized a
dinner at Villa Fontana for
Saturday, August 28th, at 1:00
PM. Those interested should contact Pat no later than the
Foray.
Field Trips
Sharon Chong and Peggy Gorresen ventured into the Jemez for the
first "organized" Field Trip of the season on Sunday, July 18th. Terri & David Wallis also
ventured into parts of southern Colorado (La Manga Pass & Pagosa Springs
area), also on the 18th.
NMMS members can find details
on
these and other excursions on the
Field Trip page on our Website. If anyone has been out mushrooming,
regardless of whether it has been a regular Field Trip, please contact David Wallis with the details.
Carlo Knighted
(from Journal North, May 10, 1999)
Carlo Gislimberti, owner and chef of Villa Fontana Restaurant in
Taos, returned recently from Rome with a new title. He was anointed a
Cavaliere Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana. It translates
roughly to mean he has been knighted. Italy's President Oscar Luigi
Scalfaro knighted Gislimberti in a ceremony in Rome in mid-April.
Gislimberti, 54, was recognized for his contribution and achievements in
promoting Italian cuisine, arts and products in New Mexico for the past 17
years, and for his work with Ciao Italia, an organization of Italian
restaurateurs throughout the world who promote Italian products, services and
culinary knowledge. Gislimberti opened Villa Fontana eight years ago.
He and his wife, Siobhan, moved to Taos in 1984.
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