NMMS News -
25 June 2001
NMMS July Meeting in Santa
Fe
Since I expected that turnout for a July 3rd meeting would be minimal, I
decided to cancel our regular gathering at the Natural History Museum on that
date.
In lieu of our regular meeting, we will gather instead at the home of
Marjorie Lutz, who lives on the south
side of Santa Fe.
Marjorie has offered to host a meeting at her house on the evening of
Tuesday, July 10, beginning at 6:00 PM.
NMMS June Meeting
Our last meeting was on Tuesday, June 5th,
at the NM Museum of Natural History.
Our guest speaker, Walt Sundberg,
professor of mycology at Southern Illinois University, related some of his
experiences and knowledge of the Chiricahua Mountains, a unique area in
southeastern Arizona.
Dr. Sundberg also accompanied us on Field Trips the
weekend of June 2nd & 3rd: Saturday to the Los Alamos Burn Study
area and Sunday to the Sandias. Although both areas were fairly
dry, we did find some interesting fungi and enjoyed the benefit of Dr. Sundberg's tutelage.
Field Trips /
Cerro Grande Post-Burn Survey
Future study visits to Los Alamos will depend on the next rainfall.
Conditions were very dry for our visit on Saturday, June 2nd, and all fruiting bodies
have dried up.
Our visit to the Sandias on Sunday the
3rd produced a few interesting specimens. Perhaps the most exciting were
not a fungus, but small orchids which we found in some abundance.
Our guest Dr. Walt Sundberg accompanied us on both these excursions, using the
occasions enthusiastically to improve participants' mycological knowledge.
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/fieldtrp
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/la-study/la-burn.htm
NMMS Annual Foray
The Annual NMMS Foray will be in Chama, NM from 23-26 August. Foray
headquarters and primary lodging will be at El Mesón. Dr. Jack States will return as
our Foray Mycologist. The Foray fee is $60 per person. Please check the Foray Webpage for details:
http://www.swcp.com/mycowest/foray/nmforay.htm
Sandia Mountain Hiking Guide
A fellow member of the New
Mexico Mountain Club informed me of this excellent resource.
Albuquerque hiker Mike Coltrin has a Website on which he provides "trail
descriptions and advice on over 35 separate day hikes in the Sandias, covering
more than 50 separate trails, and 200 miles."
http://home.earthlink.net/~ganelo/HikeHome.html
NMMS News - David Wallis,
Editor
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Current and past issues are available at MycoWest.net
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