The Cornell Mushroom Club ! ! !
Right now we have an enthusiastic student cub, the Fantastic Fungi Fanatics. Members have varied interests, including foraging for wild mushrooms, cultivating mushrooms, mushroom art, mushroom dyeing, and ... whatever YOU like. Join up!
Cornell's mushroom club comes and goes with those special people who nourish and catalyse it. That might be you!
Want more? Nearby mushroom clubs include the Rochester Area Mycological Association, the Susquehanna Valley Mycological Society (Binghamton/Endicott), the Central New York Mycological Society (Syracuse), and the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club (Pittsburgh).
Also, watch for NY's Peck Foray and the Northeast Mycological Foray at different sites each year.
The Forest Mushroom Growers Network.
On Facebook you can follow us at "Cornell Fungi"
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Here in the Finger Lakes region of New York, we look for morels in May, king boletes under spruce in June, chanterelles under oaks in July, giant puffballs in Aug/Sept, and all kinds of mushrooms from September through snowfall. Nobody will tell you their morel spot — don't even ask. The best mushroom hunting places around town are State and Federal Forests, where we are permitted to collect for personal consumption. One nice way to explore these places is by hiking the Finger Lakes Trail (buy a Trail Guide with maps at a local bookstore).
ok to harvest for personal consumption, but not for commercial sale.
try Connecticut Hill, Shindagin Hollow, Danby, Hammond Hill, and Yellow Barn.
State Parks: no harvesting whatsoever.
Finger Lakes National Forest: ok to harvest for personal consumption, not for commercial sale. Link.
Finger Lakes Land Trust: no harvesting whatsoever.
Cornell Natural Areas: no harvesting whatsoever.
Ithaca City Natural Areas: no harvesting whatsoever.
Private Land: obtain permission of landowner.
Please respect these rules for mushroom hunting. Picking where you're not allowed is uncool, and gives us all a bad reputation.