Introduction to Mushroom Identification Field Trip

NOTE: The “Introduction to Mushroom Identification” classroom course is a pre-requisite for this field trip.

The best mushrooming around Whatcom County is in October. The field trip involves easy walking on paths, with optional sorties into the woods off the paths, with no major elevation gain. The location is Lake Padden Park, with the precise parking lot location to be announced during the classroom course.

Please dress appropriately for inclement weather.

Instructor: Fred M. Rhoades
Fred M. Rhoades is a mycologist/lichenologist, retired Instructor and current research associate in the Biology Department at Western Washington University. A Bellingham resident, he pursues his interests in cryptogamic botany (lower spore-producing, plant-like organismic) and natural-history photography.