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Morel Hunters: No Hunting on Blackfeet Land

Last year a group of individuals from Canada and the U.S. had two large vans filled with various plant roots, bulbs, berries, flowers, etc. that they had gathered from Chief Mountain. Chief Mountain is located in Montana on the eastern border of Glacier National Park (US) and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The mountain is one […]

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Hi folks - if you haven’t noticed by now, I’ve added a news bar to the far right that will help you keep on top of mushroom news. This way, if I decide to take a vacation (to hunt mushrooms, perhaps?), then I won’t deprive you of anything. In fact, this little API code addition […]

Barrett’s Troubled Truffles

The chairman of a truffle business in Manjimup, in southern Western Australia, says the Federal Government’s decision to cut tax concessions for investment in horticultural ventures will stop future development of the potentially thriving industry. Under the proposal, investors will be denied up front 100 per cent tax deductions for new projects other than forestry […]

DR. S. K. Jand Honored

DR. S. K. Jand, Dean, Post Graduate Studies, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), has been bestowed upon ‘Fellow of Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB),’ on 15th February at the 13th National Convention of Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB) held at College of Veterinary and Animal […]

Volunteers Wanted for Annual Bio-Blitz

Scientists, naturalists and other volunteers are needed for the third annual Union County Bio-Blitz, which will be held 15 and 16 June in the Watchung Reservation, a 2,060-acre county park in Summit, Scotch Plains, Springfield, Mountainside and Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
A bio-blitz is a 24-hour survey to sample and identify the flora and fauna in […]

Deadline to Vote on Fave Mushroom Photo

Chris Matherly has posted the twenty finalists for the mushroom photo contest. I would post one of the photos here, but I don’t want to play favorites. You’ll drool over a very large morel and I think you’ll dig the other mushroom entries. To vote for your favorite, you need to visit the site to […]

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