Mushroom Walks

Hurley Rail Trail Needs a Host

Posted by Ira Weiss on July 17, 2010 at 12:40 am

While there is most usually someone at each walk knowledgable enough to take on the role as walk leader, we are still in need of a host for the upcoming Hurley Rail Trail walk on the 24th. All it takes to be the walk host is to know the walk area, know that we have [...]

Hurley Rail Trail – Sat. July 24th

Posted by Ira Weiss on July 11, 2010 at 5:13 pm

Keep your calendars open and hope for more rain!
July 24, 2010 – Saturday
Hurley Rail Trail
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
More details coming….
 

Maybe Rain for Colgate Lake on the 11th?

Posted by Ira Weiss on July 4, 2010 at 12:33 am

Keep your fingers crossed folks, the rain is moving forward. Earlier today it said rain on the 12th – tonight it said the 11th. Maybe it will move up to the 9th and 10th to perk up those pesky 'shrooms!

Colgate Lake Directions

Posted by Ira Weiss on June 30, 2010 at 12:14 pm

Sunday, July 11, 2010 8:30am – 12:00pm
 
Please see the link for directions. Go to the New York State Thruway exit 21 Catskill, then follow directions from the East.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/50670.html
 
The website above has a pretty picture of the lake itself.  What it doesn’t show is the scenic view of the mountains across the lake (Thomas [...]

Mushroom Walk Survey

Posted by Ira Weiss on June 30, 2010 at 11:44 am

We invite everyone to take a fun survey at surveymonkey.com. We're hoping to gather information so we can make the MHMA better for everyone. We'll be posting results in two weeks.
We'll also be using some of the results to finalize the remainder of the walks for the year. Click on the link and have [...]

Colgate Lake Mushroom Walk Date Change

Posted by Ira Weiss on June 22, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Please note the Colgate Lake walk originally set for July 10 has been changed to Sunday, July 11.

Father’s Day Walk Directions

Posted by Ira Weiss on June 17, 2010 at 9:23 pm

Spend Fathers Day the way YOU want to this year. Join us for a mushroom walk!

Brand new walk… Scouting in preparation for NEMF foray this fall… Bring bread for ducks & geese and your fishing pole too… The Lake in Lippman Park is stocked and has tons of fish! There is a playground basketball courts etc…

Directions:

I can’t find an address for the park anywhere…

Here is an address that gets you pretty durn close:
7132 U.S. 209, Kerhonkson, NY 12446

GPS Coords – 41.760268,-74.352905

From NYS Thruway Exit 19 – Kingston:
Rt 28W to Rt 209S… South on Rt 209… Go 23 miles… (Through Kerhonkson… And within a minute or two after passing intersection of 44/55 watch for Lippman Park on Right…)

Kanape Brook Directions

Posted by Ira Weiss on June 8, 2010 at 10:30 pm

Kanape Brook is on the most Southern part of the Ashokan Reservoir.

Coming from Kingston Take Route 28A around the Ashokan Reservoir to Watson Hollow Road, a left hand turn, (County Route 42). You'll see a sign with multiple locations including Grahamsville. The third sign down says Watkins Hollow Road. It's about 8-10 miles, so keep [...]

Kanape Brook, June 12 – We’re Doing a Looksee

Posted by Ira Weiss on June 8, 2010 at 12:11 am

Well folks, we’re off to do our first walk lead and hosting this week. Funny thing, we can’t find a good set of directions to get to the Kanape Brook site. Check out the June Events page tomorrow night for better directions.

Hello Myco-world!

Posted by Ira Weiss on May 21, 2010 at 4:57 pm

Bear with me as I get the new site in order. The first order of business is to put up the calendar page. In addition to having the most recent upcoming events listed in full, there will be a viewable excel calendar where you can see the entire year!
In the meantime, visit our Facebook page [...]