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Events
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• Meeting in Albuquerque
Date:  Monday, 7 June, 2010
Time:  7:oo - 9:oo pm
Place:  New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque
Program: NMMS Member Bob Highbridge will provide an Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation.

• Summer Potluck in Santa Fe
Date:  Sunday, 18 July, 2010
Time:  2:00 - 4:30 pm
Place:  Loma Encantada Clubhouse: 360B Calle Colina
• In lieu of regular meetings, NMMS traditionally has potluck gatherings in July & December. Barbara Hays, who hosts our Santa Fe meetings, has offered her community clubhouse for our Summer event.

• NMMS Annual Foray
Dates:  26-29 August, 2010
Place:  Sipapu Resort
• The Foray Committee visited Sipapu Resort last week and expects soon to distribute a Foray Registration Form and Accommodation Details.

• Sandia Field Trips
NMMS has had two organized Field Trips (forays) so far this year – on 17 April and 8 May. We have another outing planned tentatively for 19th of this month. Field Trip descriptions and reports are available on the website MycoWest.net

50th Anniversary Foray of the North American Mycological Association
• Registration Deadline for this event is June 15th, after which there will be a $35 Late Fee.
Dates:  August 12-15, 2010
Place:  Winter Park, Colorado (west of Denver)
• NAMA Forays feature numerous Classes, Workshops, and Field Trips. Those wishing to learn about the diversity of mushrooms should not pass up this wonderful opportunity.
• So far two New Mexico members have contacted me expressing an interest in attending this event. Carpooling might be in order, and I will do what I can to coordinate that. Please contact David Wallis if you think you may attend.

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Voucher Specimens in their New Home
• Thanks to the efforts of Libba and Spencer Campbell and Foray participants, last year's Taos Foray included vouchering of the specimens coming in from the field. "Vouchering" includes writing descriptions of each collection as well as photographing, dehydrating, packaging, and cataloging the Foray specimens. The 2009 voucher collection included 125 mushrooms and myxomycetes.
    After a bit of a delay, the voucher collection finally have a home at the UNM Museum of Southwestern Biology. Mark Kalin and David Wallis met with Herbarium Collection Manager Jane Mygatt last month and delivered the specimens.

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Communicating with NMMS Membership
• The last issue of Mycorizon, the NMMS Newsletter, was Nov-Dec 2009. There still appears to be nobody chomping at the bit to take on the responsibility of editing and publishing a printed newsletter. So we continue to rely on the MycoWest.org website and occasional email notices such as this to keep our membership informed.
• A few members have suggested that doing away with printed material and "going electronic" is the environmentally responsible route to take. In keeping with this mindset, Jonathan Caldwell has been working on a new website which should prove a valuable addition to our old site. The target launch date had been May 1st, but Jonathan recently stated that he is working out the last little bugs, and continued that the site should be ready soon.
• Because the new site is not quite ready, I have not included a link here. However, as soon as it "goes live," I will add a link on the mycowest.org site and send word via a future email message.
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David Wallis
New Mexico Mycological Society
MycoWest.net/boletin

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