Maple Ridge: Terrestrial/Celestial May 8, 2010

Terrestrial/Celestial
A Unique Event to Exchange Knowledge between Amateur Mycologists and Amateur Astronomers
May 8, 2010
Free and open to beginners, but space is limited.
Email Daryl darylt@telus.net of the Vancouver Mycological Society for more information (asap).

-frog

 

That was very fun! Good crowd of keeners in both disciplines, nice folks. Astronomers stay up late tho, should have anticipated that :-), was hard to wake up this morning.

Not too many fungi out, but we found some interesting things: Chlorociboria cf. aeruginescens with fruiting bodies, Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, tons of Entolomas, cf. Mollisia fruiting bodies, Mitrula elegans, Hypomyces sp. and similar parasites, Laccaria laccata, a few Lactarii, several polypores, Hypholoma fasciculare, Heterotextus luteus/alpinus and others.

Astronomically we saw Saturn and three Saturn moons, Capella, double stars in the big dipper, Mars, several galaxies, the space station ... I can't remember the other finds ... using an intensely impressive variety of telescopes!

-frog