Mushroom picking in Manitoba–a funghi good time
David Punter, retired professor of Botany at the University of Manitoba, prepares to lead the Manitoba Naturalists Society on a field excursion.
I’d almost forgotten when the call came.
We’ll be meeting at the Southdale Mall McDonald’s at 1:00pm.
It occurred to me I wouldn’t know how to identify them, but they were an unmistakable group.
The telltale clipboards, cargo pants and wide-brimmed hats told me I’d found my people.
The Manitoba Naturalists Society’s mushroom picking campaign was about to roll out.
I had only a vague idea of where we were going (the fungherati closely guard the location of their caches). Nevertheless I piled into a car with three strangers.
Leading the procession, David Punter, retired Professor of Botany of the University of Manitoba.
