More information:

http://hoosiermushrooms.org/index.php?/activities/hms-online-forays-2022

Before Foray Week:

Print Field Data Slips: https://mycomap.com/calendar/event-slips?event=128

During Foray Week:

Create new observations of mushrooms you encounter. This can be done through the iNaturalist mobile app or web interface. With each new observation, be sure to select the project for your event and whether you collected the specimen.

Take multiple photos of the mushrooms with your cell phone or camera. Take a nice image near ground level from the side, as well as an image of the top, the stem, and the spore bearing surface (this gills or pores on the underside of the cap).

If you intend to save the specimen, take an image of the field data slip with the specimen. Enter the field data slip number into the field in the mobile app.

Collect the specimen. Store your field slip (or the portion with the number) with the specimen.

Back at home, dry the specimens with a dehydrator or fan - Use the duplicate number at the bottom portion of the voucher slip to organize collections as they are being dried. Once they are cracker dry (usually 1-3 days) put the voucher slip and the specimen in a ziplock bag.

Mail in your dried specimens - Mail your specimens to Stephen Russell. All of the specimens that are collected as a part of this event will have their DNA "sequenced" or examined. We are likely to find multiple species that are new to science during this event. Your collections could be part of this.

Mail to:
Stephen Russell
3912 S. Carey St.
Marion, IN 46953 less ↑