Every year, the Peck Foray unites lovers of mushrooms and other fungi for a weekend of collecting and identification. It's been hosted since 1954 by a different volunteer organizer each year. This year:
September 19 –21, 2008
The 2008 Charles Horton Peck Annual New York State Mushroom Foray will be held at the Brauer Field Station near Albany, NY.
| 55th Annual
Charles Horton Peck NY State Mushroom Foray |
| Friday Sept. 19 – Sunday Sept. 21, 2008 |
| Brauer Field Station of SUNY Cortland, near Albany, NY |
Program and pricing to be announced. |
The Peck Foray is open to all who are interested in fungi. This year's Invitation and Registration Forms are coming soon. Look for them here in mid-August.
Includes: Dinner on Friday (19th); Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner on Saturday (20th); Breakfast, Lunch on Sunday (21st), and lodging (bring your own linens/blankets, sleeping bag). Room for about 40 people in cabins and the main lodge.
Cost: approximately $90 (that's the latest estimate!)
Program: To be determined (there was a Langermannia toss in 2003)
Click here to view more information about Brauer Field Station (about 8 miles SW of Albany NY (see map)--site of the 50th Peck in 2003 when Hurricane Isabel landed). You may contact the organizers with questions, or to be added to the Peck mailing list.
This year's co-organizers are:
Dr. Tim Baroni
SUNY-Cortland
Dr. Roy Halling
New York Botanical Garden
you are here: http://www.plantpath.cornell.edu/CUPpages/Peck.html