Tryon MycoBlitz 2021's Journal

With the goal to encourage participation and value every level of mushroom enthusiasts, the Prize Categories include submissions in each of the following categories:

Smallest Find
Largest Find
Rarest Find
Most Observations
Most Research Grade Observations
Most Species
Best Photograph
Best Mushroom Selfie :)
Farthest from the Nature Center
Closes to the Nature Center parking lot

Judges include local mycology enthusiasts Xuan and David Sibell, photographer Tim LaBarge, Friends of Tryon Creek Staff and PSU Capstone Students.

Hello all, thanks for kicking off the Tryon MycoBlitz at Tryon Creek State Natural Area. As a reminder...

This event promotes exploring, learning, and photographing mushrooms in Tryon. In order to protect the park ecosystem, foraging for mushrooms for personal or commercial use is not allowed within Tryon Creek State Natural Area. Participants are asked to remain on trails.

If you have questions about park usage please contact Tryon Creek Park Rangers at (503) 636-9886.

Thank you for respecting this shared natural area.

• Friends of Tryon Creek

Hello all, what an exciting first few days of the Tryon MycoBlitz. Thank you for your interest and participating. We've got over 700 observations!

If you are keen on practicing your mushroom id, feel free to spend a bit of time looking at the project observations and making id suggestions. We'll continue to do this throughout the event.

If you have any questions, email amy@tryonfriends.org.

See you in the forest,

• Friends of Tryon Creek

The first Tryon MycoBlitz ends tomorrow at noon, so you've got 24 hours (and a sunny weekend) to get your observations in! Follow up on prizes and winners will take place over the following week.

Thank you for contributing to the general awareness and data collection of the fantastic fungi here at Tryon Creek State Natural Area. We hope you had fun participating in this science engagement project, and look forward to seeing you in the forest again soon.

Friends of Tryon Creek Staff: Amy, Maggie, Gabe, Jonathan and Queenaly