Some mushrooms can be deadly or just make you sick if eaten. These consequences may occur if you eat the wrong species of mushroom, you eat a spoiled mushroom,
the mushroom in question is growing in a contaminated area, or you have an allergy to a particular kind of mushroom.
Kaw Valley Mycological Society intends to encourage the identification of mushrooms but does not definitively identify any particular mushroom for eating.
Kaw Valley Mycological Society
KVMS is an association of persons interested in mushrooms, especially in Kansas.
Our membership includes a few professionals although most of us are amateurs, and beginners are always welcome.
The club was founded in 1986 and is based in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
Forays and meetings will be announced to members via email. Forays are scheduled according to weather conditions in spring, summer and fall.
Membership
Membership is free and is open to anyone who is interested in mushrooms. To join the group please email Fadra Mitchell
with your postal address and phone number.
While membership is open we encourage only those who are interested in attending forays or meetings to join. Do not expect to find quantities of edibles on forays. While the occasional harvest is a welcome benefit, the club's purpose is to discover what is currently growing and hopefully find a species new to Kansas.
If you are involved in buying or selling mushrooms it is essential that you receive certification to comply with Kansas Department of Agriculture regulations. (No certification is needed to give mushrooms away and I am sure there are several club members who would be happy to provide assistance if you have a great surplus.) See the following contact for certification:
The summer 1985 issue of Mushroom the Journal contained a trial dichotomous key to Gary Lincoff's Audubon Field Guide. Ron Meyers has copied the key to his computer and obtained permission from both Gary and Maggie Rogers, the editor of the magazine, to provide it to anyone who is interested and can receive it through the net. The file is written in WordPerfect. If you are capable of reading WordPerfect documents the best way to send it would be as a .wpd attachment. If not let me know and I will send it as a text document, which will lose some of the formatting.
Corrections for Mushrooms of Northeastern North America
A correction sheet for this book updated July 24, 2000 is available. Alan Bessette readily agreed to let Ron Meyers distribute it over the internet to anyone who needs it. It is also available in either WordPerfect or as a text document. The WordPerfect document looks better, but as it is only a correction sheet, it does not make much difference.
Myxomycetes Book
Dr. Harold Keller, a native Kansan with degrees from both Kansas Wesleyan University and Kansas University, has co-authored a book on Myxomycetes. While this is not a Kansas book, most of the species can occur in Kansas. Visit the Myxomycetes book link for information on this book.
