NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
     P.0. BOX 3346, CHARLOTTETONN, P.E.I. CIA 8C1 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August, 
     
     and September) at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Avenue, 
     
     Charlottetown. Members and non-members are welcome. Please bring your coffee 
     
     cup so that we will contribute as little as possible to the waste stream. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of Prince Edward 
     
     Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by contacting Dan McAskill, 
     
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. CIA 7J8 (phone 569-4351). Annual 
     
     membership rates are: single - $4; family - $5. Renewals are due in January. 
     
     Membership expiry dates are in the top right hand corner of the mailing label. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society is directed by a volunteer executive elected from its members. 
     
     1990 Executive: President.......Pat Hootton, Charlottetown 892-5761 or 962-3641 
     
    
   
   
    
     Vice-President..... . . . . ..Nendell MacKay, Stanley Bridge 886-2495 
     
     Past President...........Sue Stephenson, Charlottetown 368—2789 
     
     Secretary....... . . . . . . . ..Barbara Currie, Charlottetown 894-9297 
     
     Treasurer.........................Dan McAskill, Donagh 569-4351 
     
     Directors..... . . . . . . . . . ..Peter Klaussen, Charlottetown 892-8625 
     
    
   
   
    
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     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly on recycled paper. Articles, notes, 
     
     reports, drawings, etc. are welcomed from members and non-members. If you have 
     
     seen anything unusual, please share it with us. It is important to have your 
     
     observations recorded so that others may learn from them. "Today's notations 
     
     become tomorrow's history". All contributions should be sent to: 
     
    

    
     Dan McAskill, The Newsletter Editor 
     
    

    
     Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown RR # 5, Donagh, P.E.I. C1A 7J8 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance 
     
     from the Department of Tourism and Parks which enables the newsletters to be 
     
     distributed to schools and libraries and to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society is an affiliate of the Canadian Nature Federation 
     
     and has representation on the board of the Island Nature Trust. The Society is 
     
     a registered, non-profit organization. Tax receipts are issued for donations to 
     
     the Society and these funds are used to further the work of the Society. 
     
     Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles from the Island 
     
     Naturalist (except when copyrighted). Acknowledgment would be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THIS MONTHS COVER 
     
    

    
     The advent of late summer has brought cool, damp weather and a tremendous 
     
     flush of fungi throughout the woods and fields. The Fly Agaric (Amanita 
     
     muscaria) pictured on the cover is found in many spruce, pine, fir and birch 
     
     stands both in North America and Eurasia. It reproduces from spores dropped 
     
     from the gills on the underside of the cap. Its bright yellow to orange cap is 
     
     usually covered by whitish or yellowish warts but these can be missing. The Fly 
     
     Agaric is known for its fly stunning properties and is a powerful hallucinogen 
     
     which can have very unpleasant effects on the nervous and digestive systems. 
     
    
   
   
    
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