All that rain has produced results! Sigrid just documented the first Russula of the GW season (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81201435). And one of my favorite stumps has taken on another flush of beautiful Panus blooms (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74191117). Things are starting to happen. Rain and warmer temperatures will encourage more appearances.

Congratulations to Jon (@notdog ) for locating our first Amanita of the season (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82456616).

Friday I found my first Boletus subvelutipes (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82591114) and posted a Journal entry about it (https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/pcpalmer3/53247-notes-on-my-first-boletus-subvelutipes).

I'm hoping we can record more B. subvelutipes as part of the project. One of the project goals is to map out the colonies of certain key mycorrhizals which should allow us to track the timing and conditions of their appearances over time. Ideally we will taxonomically ground each colony with DNA sequencing. The project has received grants from FunDiS for sequencing sample to support that effort. It is even possible that we will develop the capability of generating our own DIY sequences -- more to come.

Now that we are finally seeing the steady appearance of a variety of early summer fungi, I calling for a loose collective popup GW mycoblitz this Saturday morning. We will meet at the PPW (not the Arch) entrance at 10AM and spend a few minutes reviewing observation techniques. Beginners are enthusiastically encouraged to attend -- if we have the right mix we will buddy-up beginners with experienced searchers. We will meet back at PPW at noon to review our finds.

Hope to see you there. If you have any questions or concerns, reach out to Sigrid (@sigridjakob, sigridjakob@gmail.com ) or me (@pcpalmer3, pcpalmer3@gmail.com).