Mushroom Madness

What happens at the Northeast Mycological Federation Foray? “Mushrooms only,” according to attendee Gary Lincoff, an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and author of The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Science Friday stopped by the conference for mushroom talk, mushroom crafts, mushroom eats and a mushroom hunt.

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Tree illustrations from Shutterstock. additional photos from Annette Heist, produced by Flora Lichtman

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