Dear Editor,
Despite rumors that this year was not a good mushroom year, the 10th annual Fungus Among Us Mushroom Festival’s gurus still found over 100 different types of mushrooms and attracted a great crowd of keen mushroomers over the weekend.
The Whistler Naturalists would like to thank all those who made the annual event possible: the Community Foundation of Whistler as a main sponsor, the 19 fabulous mushroom gurus for their talks on Friday night (Oct. 12) and for leading the walks on Saturday (Oct. 13); Silvia Bergensen for a new dyeing with mushrooms workshop; Ophra ‘Queen of the fungal skillet’ Buckman for presenting the cooking with mushrooms show and tasting; Nesters Market for donating wild mushrooms for the tasting; all the volunteers who helped out; the Resort Municipality of Whistler for providing financial support; and all the folks that came out to share their enthusiasm and wonder for all things fungal.
Bob Brett, Mel Tardif, Julie Burrows and Kristina Swerhun
On behalf of the Whistler Naturalists
