JULY 10 – 12, 2009 HILLSDALE MS
Our summer foray will be held at King’s Arrow Ranch Inn, at Hillsdale MS. We have held our summer foray at this location for several years and have a history of the collections made in the nearby National Forests.
The Inn is located on the
east side of I-59 at exit 35, five miles north of Poplarville MS. They have a
nice pool, and request that you bring your own towels if you plan to swim.
Check-in time is 2:00 PM. Your room will be assigned by the hotel per our
rooming list, and on-site payment is not needed.
Our Guest Mycologist will be Dr. Rod Tulloss,
a specialist on the genus Amanita. Rod has been studying this genus for
over 25 years, maintains an excellent website, and has published on the world’s
Amanita flora. Rod is from New Jersey and will be doing
work in the south this summer. Some of you may have met him at the NAMA/GSMS
2000 foray in Beaumont TX. Also, this summer, we will
host Paul Scott, a GSMS member and graduate student at Mississippi State
University in Starkville, MS. Paul is a diligent taxonomist and always ready to
identify species found at our forays.
We will be there to meet and
greet you after 3 PM on Friday at the Convention Center located next door to the
hotel. Ask at the front desk if you need information. David Fuller will begin
our shrimp boil and social at the poolside cabana at 6:00 PM Friday. David Lewis
will welcome and introduce everyone. During the evening, we will discuss
Saturday morning field trips.
After a buffet breakfast at
the Inn on Saturday (7:00 - 8:00AM) we will assemble for field trips at 8:30 in
front of the Inn. Lunch supplies (on your own) will be available from a
convenience store near the Inn, or we will dine at local restaurants near the
foray sites. Upon returning from the forays, please bring your collections to
the meeting room, where an area will be reserved for pre-sorting of fungi.
We will hold a GSMS business meeting at 4:30PM. We must elect officers for the next year, and we will discuss progress made for the GSMS/NAMA 2009 foray to be held in Lafayette, LA, in Thanksgiving week.
Our dinner in the dining room (6:30 - 7:30PM) will be a menu selected by the Inn. After dinner, we will return to the Convention Center (8:00PM), where our graduate student, Paul Scott, will give a brief talk on his field of interest, followed by a presentation by Dr. Tulloss on “Southern Amanitas”. A social will follow.
Sunday morning, after breakfast (7:30 - 8:30AM), the mycologists will discuss the fungi during the walk-around-the tables (9:00 AM). Checkout time is 11AM.
A registration form is on this site, and the deadline is Friday, July 3. Your registration form must be received by that date. Please register as soon as possible. If you would like a roommate, send a note with your form. For questions or more information, contact Patricia Lewis 409-423-3776 email : plewis at jas dot net