The Cornell Mushroom Club and Mushrooms-L
Thanks to some dedicated undergraduate students, Cornell now has a mushroom club. Meetings are irregular and we don't have our own website (yet?). To join, email the club's group acct: mushroomclub@cornell.edu.
Anyone is welcome to join—you don't have to be part of the Cornell community and there's no fee. Faculty associated with the club include Ken Mudge, Kathie Hodge, Peter Hobbs, and George Hudler.
Club activities include field trips, mushroom cultivation, and mushroom forays. The club's been especially involved with Cornell's Forest Mushroom Growers Network. ...and anything you're interested in, really, if you're willing to lend a hand.
Want more mushrooms? Other nearby mushroom clubs include the Rochester Area Mycological Association, the Susquehanna Valley Mycological Society (Binghamton/Endicott), the Central New York Mycological Society (Syracuse), and the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club (Pittsburgh). Also, watch for NY's Peck Foray and the Northeast Mycological Foray at different sites each Autumn. Armchair mycophiles should certainly check out the Cornell Mushroom Blog.
Join Mushrooms-L
To keep up with mushroom-related stuff in the Ithaca area, subscribe to our e-list. It reaches over 200 members, many more than the active membership of the club. You'll receive occasional e-mailings about club activities, mushroom-related events, and other mycophilic news. To subscribe, send an email to me, Kathie Hodge <kh11@cornell.edu> (please include your full name), and I will add you to the mailing list. Anyone can join our e-list, but it's most appropriate for those who live in or near Ithaca, NY.
Managing your subscription
Once you're subscribed, any message you send to Mushrooms-L@cornell.edu will be distributed to all subscribers (over 200 mycophiles!). Non-members may not post to the list, and the names of our members are held private. We ask you to be considerate--don't send large image files to the list, rather, upload your images somewhere and send us a link. We use Lyris to manage our list—you may set your own subscription preferences by following the directions here.
To unsubscribe (we'll miss you!), simply send an email to mushrooms-L-request@cornell.edu with the single word LEAVE in the body of the message. Kathie can help if need be.