SVIMS
South Vancouver Island Mycological Society
October mushroom events
The dry autumn season continues in the Greater Victoria area. But the mushrooms are coming. In our area, it is not unusual for the fall mushrooms to wait until after the Thanksgiving holiday to put in an appearance.
There are a large lineup of mushroom events over the next five weeks. SVIMS has its Cowichan Foray coming up on Oct 21-23. Some of you may be interested to know that the day that our Cowichan Foray (sold out) ends, on Sunday, October 23, is the annual Mid-Island Mushroom Festival in Coombs. Some SVIMS members might wish to extend the weekend there.
Just a reminder–the best list of mushroom events for southwestern BC is the Forum at the UBC Botanical Garden. Andy MacKinnon and I keep a smaller list of events that he and/or I are involved in on the Mushrooms of BC book web site.
Kem
Monthly Meeting Tuesday September 13
Come in person or watch on zoom! Adolf and Oluna Ceska will be speaking at our next monthly meeting. The meeting will be held at St. Luke’s Church Cedar Hill, 3281 Cedar Hill Cross Road at 7 pm. The Ceskas will talk about about three forays they have attended in Newfoundland. See poster below. You may have seen the journal Omphalina that the group there publishes.
Notice that the location of all the monthly meetings has changed to St. Luke’s Cedar Hill, 3281 Cedar Hill Cross Road, and they will be held on the SECOND Tuesday of each month.
Cowichan Foray Oct 21-23, 2022 Update
SEPTEMBER 4 UPDATE
ALL ONSITE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE “FULL WEEKEND PARTICIPANTS” AT THE COWICHAN LAKE EDUCATION CENTRE HAS BEEN FULLY BOOKED. THANK YOU TO ALL. THERE ARE A FEW “DAY ONLY PARTICIPANT” SPACES REMAINING THEREFORE DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER.
WE ARE TAKING A WAITING LIST FOR THE “FULL WEEKEND PARTICIPANTS”. IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING ATTENDING PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR FORAY REGISTRATION FORM TO svims.treasurer@gmail.com . THE FORM IS FOUND UNDER THE DOCS MENU ON THIS WEBSITE.
NO PAYMENT IS REQUIRED UNTIL A SPACE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
SOME OF THE WEEKEND PARTICIPANTS HAVE BOOKED OFFSITE ACCOMMODATION IN THE COWICHAN LAKE AREA. THIS PROVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE FORAYS, ALL THE MEALS AND SOCIALIZING WITH THE MANY EXPERTS AND OTHER MEMBERS. THIS RATE IS $195/PERSON. PLEASE COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM INDICATING THIS OPTION.
WE ARE CAPPING THE TOTAL REGISTRATION TO 60 PARTICIPANTS (WEEKEND AND DAY) IN ORDER TO ENSURE SMALLER FORAY GROUPS.
THE COWICHAN FORAY COMMITTEE TEAM IS WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES IN ORGANIZING THE TRAILS, EVENTS AND THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COMPRISE THIS FORAY.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE – COWICHAN FORAY 2022 COMMITTEE.
Cowichan Lake Foray Update
COWICHAN FORAY – OCTOBER 21 – 23, 2022 – UPDATE
The response from members has been overwhelming. Thank you very much.
THE WEEKEND FORAY PARTICIPATION:
At this time the Private Rooms are fully booked and we are taking a waiting list.
The Ladies Dorm has only one room left. This is available for a group of ladies ( 2 or more) that are willing to share the room. This room holds up to 6.
The Men’s Dorm has four rooms left. One as a separate room (no sharing) and three rooms to share for a group of men ( 2 or more per room).
THE DAY FORAY PARTICIPATION:
There are still about 30 spaces remaining.
If you have any questions or want to register, please contact Kurt Raeder: svims.treasurer@gmail.com.
