COMlNG EVENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     DECEMBER MEETING. The Tuesday, December 7th meeting will feature as guest speaker 
     
     Dan McAskill of the provincial Dept. of Forestry. His talk will be about Trees, in 
     
     particular the trees of the Island, including special species like ironwood which 
     
     are only rarely found in the province today. For an opportunity to learn about 
     
    

    
     the kind of forest that once covered P.E.I. and how it has changed into today's 
     
     woodlands, come to the December meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     JANUARY MEETING. The annual meeting of the Natural HistOry Society will be held 
     
    

    
     on Tuesday, January 4th. David Cairns, a graduate student at Carleton University 
     
     in Ottawa will show slides of western Hudson Strait, focussing on two bird research 
     
     projects. One study involves foraging activities of Black Guillemots nesting under 
     
     boulders on the tiny slab of rock known as Pitsulak City. The other centres on 
     
    

    
     the hundreds of thousands of Thick-billed Murres nesting on the sheer 700 foot 
     
     cliffs of Digges Island. For an inside glimpse into a spectacular part of Canada's 
     
     north, circle the date on your calendar. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FEBRUARY MEETING. The February lst meeting of the NHS will be devoted to a launching 
     
     of the 1983 programme of the Mushroom Club. Katherine Clou h will give a talk on 
     
    

    
     The Wonderful World of Fungi. There will be displays of books and mushroom trivia. 
     
     Anyone with material to contribute to the evening please call Katherine at 894-8390. 
     
     She is looking for books, paintings, photographs, models, newspaper clippings and 
     
     mushroom anecdotes. Plans for 1983 field trips and identification sessions will 
     
    

    
     be discussed. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     On Wednesday October 13th, a small, enthusiastic group of people met to 
     
     discuss the possibility of forming a club to promote the study and enjoyment of 
     
     fungi on P.E.I. Most of those present had been students in the recent UPEI 
     
     extension course on Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, and all expressed an interest 
     
     in continuing their studies. The group met again the following Sunday for a 
     
     field trip at Brackley Beach. Besides a large collection of Slippery Jacks 
     
     (Suillus luteus) which everyone took home for supper, we found a number of un- 
     
     knowns which were later pondered over in Susanne Manovill's kitchen - along with 
     
     tea and cookies. These activities have launched the Mushroom Club, and during 
     
     the winter we will plan field trips and other activities for 1983. Some interest 
     
     was expressed in edible plants in general and also in another course on the more 
     
     technical aspects of the biology and identification of fungi. / 
     
    

    
     The NHS has kindly agreed to allow the club to use space in this newsletter 
     
     for announcements of their activities, and for the time being membership of the 
     
     NHS ensures membership of the Mushroom Club. One of the monthly meetings of the 
     
     Natural History Society this winter will be devoted to matters mycological. Watch 
     
     the next newsletter for details. 
     
    
   
   
    
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