On Saturday 3/25 at 1pm a mushroom identification hike will leave from the los trancos open space preserve, in Palo Alto, CA.
Everyone is invited to scour the woods in search of all kinds of mushrooms.
You will probably learn to identify:
* Golden Chanterelles
* Black Chanterelles
* Candy Caps
* Blewits
* Psilocybe cyanescens (from the book only, per uncle sam's recommendation)
* Hedgehog mushrooms
* Bears Head
* Oyster mushrooms
and other interesting and useful plants and mushrooms which grow deep in the woods surrounding the bay area.
We will meet at 1pm at this park, in the parking lot on the north side of page mill road (on your right if you are coming from 280):
www.openspace.org/preserves...rancos.asp
Located at +37.1933 -122.1045, a google map of the exact meeting point is here:
www.google.com/lochp
Also check out the google hybrid map and directions below.
We will leave this location at 1:15 pm, so don't be later than that. If you are later, show up anyway and look for a group of people in the woods along the fault trail.
There will be a few miles of off trail hiking on steep hillsides, so don't wear any clothing you don't mind getting dirty.
Dress kind of warm. Bring some water, maybe a little food, and a backpack.
The hike will go until it gets dark, though late comers and early leavers are welcomed.
It has been raining for a couple weeks, and I have recently verified that there are plenty of mushrooms in these woods. But the rainy season is almost over and this is probably the last big mushroom hunt until October.
Directions:
Take I-280 to Page Mill Road. Go west on Page Mill Road for 7 miles. Los Trancos Open Space Preserve will be located on the right across from the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. The mushroom hunt will meet in the parking lot on the right (north) side. Parking is available for 20 vehicles. Additional parking and restroom facilities are available at the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve parking.
Everyone is invited to scour the woods in search of all kinds of mushrooms.
You will probably learn to identify:
* Golden Chanterelles
* Black Chanterelles
* Candy Caps
* Blewits
* Psilocybe cyanescens (from the book only, per uncle sam's recommendation)
* Hedgehog mushrooms
* Bears Head
* Oyster mushrooms
and other interesting and useful plants and mushrooms which grow deep in the woods surrounding the bay area.
We will meet at 1pm at this park, in the parking lot on the north side of page mill road (on your right if you are coming from 280):
www.openspace.org/preserves...rancos.asp
Located at +37.1933 -122.1045, a google map of the exact meeting point is here:
www.google.com/lochp
Also check out the google hybrid map and directions below.
We will leave this location at 1:15 pm, so don't be later than that. If you are later, show up anyway and look for a group of people in the woods along the fault trail.
There will be a few miles of off trail hiking on steep hillsides, so don't wear any clothing you don't mind getting dirty.
Dress kind of warm. Bring some water, maybe a little food, and a backpack.
The hike will go until it gets dark, though late comers and early leavers are welcomed.
It has been raining for a couple weeks, and I have recently verified that there are plenty of mushrooms in these woods. But the rainy season is almost over and this is probably the last big mushroom hunt until October.
Directions:
Take I-280 to Page Mill Road. Go west on Page Mill Road for 7 miles. Los Trancos Open Space Preserve will be located on the right across from the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve. The mushroom hunt will meet in the parking lot on the right (north) side. Parking is available for 20 vehicles. Additional parking and restroom facilities are available at the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve parking.
