Nature Trails
Published by the Eugene Natural History Society
Volume Thirty-three, Number Seven, October 1999


Table of Contents

Feature: This month's speaker: Doug Toomey

President's column: "Evolution comes full circle: The resurrection of Lamarck," by Nathan Tublitz

Article: "An overlooked resource?"

A n n o u n c e m e n t s
Mount Pisgah Arboretum activities MUSHROOM FESTIVAL AND PLANT SALE Sunday, October 31, 1999 10 AM - 4 PM * Over 250 species of mushrooms on display. * Bring-your-own for expert identification. * Food, fun, and fresh mushrooms for sale. * Scarecrow Contest ($5 per entry, $50 first prize) * Live music and children's activities, too!	Field trip Saturday, November 13, 9-11 am: Ecology of Mt. Pisgah Arboretum - Past & Future. To celebrate the Springfield-Eugene Museum Consortium's new publicity brochure, we are offering the public a free tour of the Arboretum with Tom Bettman, a member of the Board of Directors. Meet at the Visitor Center at 9 a.m.	Arboretum offers Mushroom Class Mushrooming at the Mountain: An intensive class for beginning "shroomers" at Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Led by Maggie Rogers, co-founder of Mushroom, The Journal of Wild Mushrooming. Saturday, October 24, 1999, 9:30 - 4 pm Learn the hows and whys of mushrooming practices and traditions and become acquainted with 20-50 fall varieties. Course will include the life cycle of mushrooms, michorhizal relationships, the ethics of picking, and even a bit of cooking and folklore. $30 ($25 Arboretum Members) To register or for more information call 747-1504

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