Events:

Bamfield Mushroom Festival
Saturday, October 2, 2009
http://mushroomfestival.ca/index.html

Cowichan Salmon and Mushroom Festival
October 30&31st, 2009 10am-4pm
http://www.mayocreekgardens.ca/festival.php

South Vancouver Island Mycological Society
Upcoming events:  http://www.svims.ca/events.htm

Bill Jones, Magnetic North Cuisine
Celebrated chef, author and mushroom lover Bill Jones has organized several mushroom events this fall including wild mushroom dinners, cooking classes and foraging.  Contact Bill at 250-748-7450 or email bill@magnorth.bc.ca to make a booking.  For more info visit http://www.magnorth.bc.ca/events.htm

Websites:


1. YOUTUBE Videos - Paul Stamets - How mushrooms can help save the world - Part 1.
   (Scroll down on the right to see all 6 parts!)
2. South Vancouver Island Mycological Society www.svims.ca -meetings with speakers, newsletter, checklist of species on Vancouver Island
3. Vancouver Mycological Society www.vanmyco.com
4. Cascade Mycological Society, Oregon http://www.cascademyco.org/
5. Western Montana Mycological Association - picture library, key to mushrooms, research papers, ecology http://www.fungaljungal.org/
6. Canadian Forest Service website offers "Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest" - a computer program that helps you identify mushrooms by entering in key features http://www.pfc.forestry.ca/biodiversity/matchmaker/index_e.html
7. Report on Commercial mushrooms of BC http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/Tr006.pdf
8. Report on Logging impact on commercial mushroom hunt http://www.spruceroots.org/November99/FallingDown.html
9. Missouri Department of Conservation website has descriptions and drawings of edible mushrooms http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/mushrooms/mushroom/edible.htm
10. Mushroom Expert.com is an excellent website! Information about how to identify mushrooms, edible mushrooms, mushroom toxins, photographing mushrooms etc. http://www.mushroomexpert.com
11. Line drawings & photos: Poisonous mushrooms and harmless look-alikes http://www.nemf.org/files/lincoff/lookalikes/poison_lookalikes.html
12. Stalking the Wild Mushroom - article by "The Mushroom Man," Alan Muskat about eating wild mushrooms http://www.susunweed.com/An_Article_mushrooms.htm
13. http://www.mycolog.com - Scientific focus on classification, ecology of fungus based on Keindrick's book The Fifth Kingdom. Incredible microscopic pictures.
14. Tom Volks' Fungi - Department of Biology Univeristy Wisconsin - a fun webpage with mushroom of the month section (and archives) http://TomVolkFungi.net
15. Learn about edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms from New York's Best-Known Naturalist "Wildman" Steve Brill http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com
16. Tips about growing mushrooms using hydrogen peroxide as sterilizing agent http://www.mycomasters.com/index.html#Top
17. Excellent site for non-timber forest products of bc. Has description of commercially harvested wild edible mushrooms. http://bcmushrooms.forrex.org/ntfp/pages/sustainableharvest.html
18. Paul Stamets Fungi Perfecti - http://www.fungi.com or info@fungi.com. They have a nice little free catalogue that describes their books, products, and medicinals.

Books:


1. All that the Rain Promises and More (Dave Arora)
2. Mushrooms Demystified (Dave Arora)
3. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms (Gary Lincoff)
4. Peterson's Field Guide to Mushrooms (Kent and Vera McKnight)
5. The New Savory Wild Mushroom (Margaret McKenny and Daniel Stuntz)
6. Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America (David Fischer & Alan Bessette)
7. Mushrooms, The DK Handbook (Thomas Laessøe and Gary Lincoff, )
8. Mushrooms of Northeastern North America (Alan Bessette)
9. Medicinal Mushrooms (Christopher Hobbs, out of print)