August 30, 2019

Mushrooms of Madeline Island: Lecture, Hike and ID with Tavis Lynch - Wow!

August 30, 2019/ MIWP

Tavis Lynch, mushroom forager and expert extraordinaire,
spoke on the identification of mushrooms
(edible, poisonous and deadly)
at the August 28th evening lecture.

The next morning Tavis led participants
on a mushroom foraging and ID hike
on the Capser and Nucy Meech Trails
in the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve.

What an interesting morning:
edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms,
minuscule mushrooms with “eyelashes”,
and what colors — wow!

Here are Tavis’ recommended books:

Mushrooms of the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada— Baroni

Mushrooms of the Midwest— Kuo/Methven

The Complete Mushroom Hunter— Lincoff

100 Edible Mushrooms— Kuo

Mushrooms Demystified— Arora

Mushrooms of North America— Philips

Anything from Bessette/Bessette

Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve

The Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve is a non-profit land trust dedicated to the protection and preservation of natural areas on Madeline Island. The nature preserve lands are open to the public for hiking, skiing, berry-picking and hunting. MIWP is committed to education and advocacy — each summer we sponsor field trips and evening programs. Madeline Island is adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on the South Shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin.