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Take a Walk with a Fungi

Fungus
Fungus at Wilkinson Brook
© Eric Aldrich/TNC

Date/Time:
Saturday, October 25, 2008
from 1:30 - 3:30pm
Sheldrick Forest Preserve, Wilton

Overview:

Please join TNC and Mycologist Lawrence Millman for a mushroom foray through this old and majestic forest. During the walk, you will learn where to find mushrooms, how to identify them, and -- perhaps most important of all -- the role they play in keeping an ecosystem healthy.  Even if the weather is dry, Lawrence guarantees finding at least 30 different species of fungi in the forest.

 

Bring a hand lens ( if you have one), a pocket knife, and a basket.   
Please RSVP for this event with Gail Coffey @ 603-224-5853 x 21 or through email to gcoffey@tnc.org.

Note: This event will not focus on edible mushrooms.

Featured Mycologist: Lawrence Millman, Ph.D.

Bio:
Lawrence earned an MA in biology and a Ph.D. Literature and has spent 25 years studying mushrooms.
He has led over 200 mushroom walks in New England over past several years, and has also been working on fungal inventories at Mass Audubon's Wachusett Meadow Sanctuary, Nantucket, and the Canadian sub-arctic.  Lawrence has made over 40 trips and expeditions to the Arctic and Subarctic and has authored 11 books.

Registration/Fee:
This walk is free and open to the public. Space is limited and reservations are requested.
Please RSVP for this event with Gail Coffey @ 603-224-5853 x 21 or through email to gcoffey@tnc.org.

Location & Directions:
Sheldrick Forest Preserve - Wilton, NH

  • From Milford, drive west on Route 101 past Wilton center.
  • Turn left onto Temple Road just beyond Gary's Harvest Restaurant (approximately 2.1 miles west of the junction with Route 31 South, or 1.1 miles east of the Temple town line).
  • Travel 0.3 mile on Temple Road, bear left to cross a bridge, and the turn left onto Town Farm Road.
  • Travel 0.7 mile to the preserve entrance.
  • Parking is in a field to the left of the road.