MUSHROOM WALK

A Mushroom Walk will be held in the Big Thicket National Preserve (BTNP) on Saturday, November 14, 2009.  Meet at  the Big Thicket Field Research Station (FRS) located in Saratoga, Texas.

We will foray into the nearby Lance Rosier Unit of the BTNP, and collect and record species.  This activity is part of the BTNP All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI).  The collections will be displayed, identified, and dried for deposit in an herbarium. 

The mushroom walk will be lead by David Lewis, who is also the ATBI Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) leader.  Jay Justice, a mycologist from Arkansas, will also be present. We will foray in the morning, and display and discuss our finds over lunch at the FRS.Collecting labels will be furnished to document your finds.

Bring a sack lunch, water, a basket, waxed or paper bags, knife or spoon to dig specimens, hats, rain gear, and bug spray.

Saratoga is approx. 35 miles NW of Beaumont.  It is located on FM 770, north off TX Hwy 105 between Beaumont and Cleveland.  FM 770 turns north 13.8 miles west of Sour Lake and 2.6 miles east of Batson.  The FRS will be on your left. Coming from the north on US Hwy 69/287, turn right in Kountz on FM 326, go 2.7 miles, turn right on FM 770 and follow to Saratoga.  The FRS will be on your right.  If coming from the south on 69/287 you will turn left on FM 326 south of Kountz.

Please call or email with any questions.