MMS First Camping Foray

Hosted by Manitoba Mushroom Society

2026 August 7 to 10

Manitoba Mushroom Society’s First Camping Foray

Join MMS in its FIRST Camping Foray at Betula Lake campground in Whiteshell Provincial Park.

We have many activities planned including: night bio-luminescent/UV forays, daytime forays, collecting species for our fungarium and DNA sampling, workshops, cooking, campfires (hopefully), an intro canoeing clinic if desired, and more.  Tent site mushroom decorations are welcome.

The park’s beautiful birch, aspen, conifer and mixed forests stand upon the Canadian Precambrian Shield which, combined with remnant sand beaches from glacial Lake Agassiz, provide varied ecosystems and notable plant and fungi diversity. Betula Lake is named after the prevalence of paper birch, Betula papyrifera, trees in the area.

This event is for Manitoba Mushroom Society Members only, required by our insurance policy. Camping participants may arrive and depart anytime between August 7, 11:00 am and August 10, 10:00 am.

Registration information is coming soon, mark your calendars.