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Monthly Walks and Meetings for 2023

Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month and may include presenters or ID sessions.

Mushroom walks will typically be between April and October on the second Sunday, in the morning. The location and time will be announced the week before and we request that you use Meetup.com to RSVP.

To receive announcements join our Google Group, see us on Facebook, or email us, see our Contact Us page.

Annual membership is requested to attend our meetings, walks, and events. Dues are a donation of $15/individual or $20/friends and family.

New River Valley Mushroom Club

Waiteville, WV Foray

Sun, August 9, 2015, 10am – 2pm

Waiteville, WV 24984, USA (map)

RSVP Requested: rebeccahrader@hotmail.com

We have done the Waiteville Foray for six years and we’ve walked, collected, and then gotten together with the books to identify several dozen different species of mushrooms each time, including many both photogenic and edible, at this wonderful location.

We will meet at Elke's house and decide how to drive/ride/park to the foray site nearby.

Please RSVP ASAP so we can plan, and know who to look for if they get lost. "Reply All" works well for setting up the carpools. We will have a potluck lunch at Elke and Nick's house and you can also "Reply All" to let us know what you are bringing.

Let me know your cell number as well as a home number or contact person in case of emergency but be advised that your cellphone/GPS may not work in Waiteville.

Bring field guides, bug spray, poncho in case of light rain (we will cancel if a major storm is called for), baskets, collecting bags, and/or tackle boxes (craft boxes) for small specimens, pocket knife, hand lenses, cameras.

Directions (Which I recommend using as a supplement to an actual map or Google Map including Waiteville, WV)

From Southbound I-81:

Take exit 140 for VA-311 toward Salem/New Castle, turn left at VA-311 N/Thompson Memorial Dr. Continue on VA-311, to stop light near Orange market. Turn right at stop light continuing on VA-311 toward New Castle, VA about 19 miles. Continue through New Castle on VA-311 for about 17 miles to Paint Bank, VA. As you arrive in Paint Bank, you will pass the General Store, which includes the Swinging Bridge Restaurant and the Liberty Gas Station. Turn left onto VA-600. Go 6.1 miles (you will pass the Hallow Hills Buffalo Farm, before Entering WV) Rt 600 becomes Rt-17 in WV. The Sabia's home is on right.

From Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Floyd, or points south:

Take US 460 West for about 16 miles past Pandapas Pond where we often have walks, (Jefferson National Forest), through Pembroke, to right turn onto VA-635 /Big Stony Creek Road. You will drive through Pembroke a few miles before the turn. If you get to Pearisburg/Ripplemead, you missed the turn. Continue on VA-635 for 5.5 miles, the road makes a sharp left turn to stay on VA-635, (not marked, but look for White Rock Campground sign pointing left over this bridge to know that you are on track). Continue on VA-635, Big Stony Creek Rd for 12 miles. At the VA-WV state line, VA-635 becomes Rt-17. Continue on Rt 17 for 11 miles to the Sabia's home on the left.

Elke and Nick Sabia's home: Brick house, mailbox is across the road from driveway. (Detached Red Garage with Black garage door)

5249 Waiteville Road

Waiteville, WV

304-772-5611

This is "up Stoney Creek" from Pembroke in Giles...about a half hour further from White Rocks/Glen Alton...if anyone ends up driving a carpool without anyone in the car who hasn't been on one of the previous trips, we can talk about specific directions from where you are departing.

The Outdoor Classroom: 2013 Summer Nature Series

Join us in a marvelous natural setting at twilight for these

“family-friendly” multi-media presentations by local naturalists and photographers.

WHERE: Outdoor Classroom, Wildwood Park, Radford WHEN: 7:30 PM

on the map at http://www.radfordpl.org/wildwood/today/map.html

Park at the Main Entrance to Wildwood Park at Main/Grove or the Sundell/Park Rd. lot. It is a 5 minute walk to the classroom in the center of the park. In case of rain: The lecture will move to Radford Recreation Center, an announcement will be posted on https://sites.google.com/a/rcps.org/summer-lecture-series/ by 6 pm.

SPONSORS: Pathways for Radford, Radford City Schools, Radford Recreation Department

August 22 Wildwood’s Wonderful Fungi

Rebecca Rader: Master Naturalist, North American Mycological Association, NRV Mushroom Club

· Learn about the hidden world of Mushrooms. When do we see them and where are they when we don’t? How do they “make a living’ and why it is so important to the ecosystem. We will look at some common mushrooms in photos and also see what’s growing in the park right now!

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