Kaw Valley
   Mycological Society

The KVMS was founded in 1986 as an association of those interested in mushrooms, especially in Kansas.  Our membership includes a few professionals although most of us are amateurs, and beginners are always welcome.  Every other month we publish a newsletter, The Kansas Mycolog, which lists scheduled activities, articles by members, and reports of forays. 
INDEX
Forays and Meetings Calendar
Membership What's Up
Information on Kansas Mushrooms Club News
Officers Miscellany
Other Mushroom Sites Photographs of Kansas Mushrooms
What's New on the Site
Specimen Labels
FORAYS AND MEETINGS
Forays are scheduled for the second Saturday of each month from April through October.  Meetings are usually held the following Wednesday so the collections from the forays can be viewed.  During the colder months there are no forays, but the same schedule (Wednesday following the second Saturday) holds for meetings.  We normally meet at the Lawrence Public Library at 7:00 p.m.  Programs may include slide programs, mushroom identification sessions, and guest speakers.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is open to anyone who is interested in mushrooms.  Dues are $8 per year.  Those who also wish to join the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) through us should add $32 per family, making a dues package of $40.  This represents a $3 saving over joining each separately.  Checks should be made to "Kaw Valley Mycological Society" and sent to the treasurer: Rebecca Finney, 1704 E. 975 Road, Lawrence, KS 66049. E-mail: rfinney@ku.edu.
WHAT'S NEW ON THE SITE
January 25, 2012:  Calendar updated.
April 18, 2010: What's Up updated.
December 16, 2011:  Officers updated.
January 25, 2012: Club News updated.
INFORMATION ON KANSAS MUSHROOMS
A Guide to Kansas Mushrooms by Bruce Horn, Richard Kay, and Dean Abel

A Checklist of Kansas Mushrooms compiled by Richard Kay

Wild Mushrooms Worth Knowing by Ansel Hartley Stubbs

Mushrooms in Kansas (NAMA Slide Program # 23) by Ron Meyers

OFFICERS FOR 2012
President  Skip Kay
skipkay@ku.edu
Vice President  Hans-Peter Schultze
 hp1937@ku.edu
Foray Chairman Sherry Kay sherry.kay@gmail.com
Secretary Ron Meyers pilott29@sunflower.com.
Treasurer Rebecca Finney rfinney@ku.edu
CALENDAR (Updated January 25, 2012)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 5:30-7:00 p.m. Dinner
Join us at Free State Brewery for Dutch treat dinner and very stimulating conversation.
WHAT'S UP (Updated April 18, 2010)
  The April 10 foray had very good attendance due to the article in the local newspaper about the club and morel hunting.  Unfortunately not a great number of mushrooms were found.  Sherry reported that most all found one or two morels; one mother and daughter found 16.  They were all pretty small.  But there were lots of Coprinellus micaceus, Gyromitra fastigiata, and  Galerina autumnalis  along with the usual wood rotters.  Hope for a better morel season to materialize.
CLUB NEWS (Updated January 25, 2012)  
By Ron Meyers 
 KVMS News
    We had a very good attendance at our Free State Dinner.  A new prospective member, Marie Adams, joined us.
    There was discussion as to what we could do if Taylor Lockwood visited as we did not feel we could afford a program.  But he has since indicated he will not be coming through Lawrence this year.
MISCELLANY
    Richard "Skip" Kay has produced a supplement to his very useful A Checklist of Kansas Mushrooms.  He has added 200 species to the original checklist that he compiled in 1989.  If you have this publication you will certainly want the supplement.
    To order the First Supplement you should send $1.00 to Richard Kay, 601 Mississippi, Lawrence, KS 66044.  Skip is not trying to make any profit from this supplement, and says he will just about break even by the time he puts postage on an envelope and returns it to you.  However, I would suggest that if you wish you could include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with the order.  It would at least make it easier for him to return the supplement to you.
Richard Kay
Department of History
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS USA 66045-2130
skipkay@ukans.edu
 KEY TO LINCOFF'S AUDUBON FIELD GUIDE
    The summer 1985 issue of Mushroom the Journal contained a trial dichotomous key to Gary Lincoff's Audubon Field Guide.  I have copied the key to my 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 me 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 OF OHIO
    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.  Check the Myxomycetes link for information on this book.
The featured mushrooms are Morchella esculenta and Pluteus cervinus.
This page is maintained by Ron Meyers.  My phone is 785-842-9331.
E-mail: pilott29@sunflower.com.
Your comments or suggestions are welcome.