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WHAT’S INSIDE:President’s Message ...................................................................................... 2Editor’s Notes ................................................................................................. 2Letter to the Editor ....................................................................................... 3Fungus Fest ..................................................................................................... 3NEMF T-Shirt Contest ................................................................................. 3Carpooling Made Easier .............................................................................. 4NJMA Annual Meeting and Elections ...................................................... 52018 NEMF Foray Report ........................................................................... 6Bytes, Bits, & Bites ..................................................................... begins on 6Photo Contest Announcement ................................................................... 7Education Classes for Fall 2018 .................................................................. 72018 Fungus Fest Poster .............................................................................. 8Book Reviews ................................................................................................. 9Calendar of Upcoming Events ................................................................. 11Who’s In A Name?....................................................................................... 12Photo Contest Details ................................................................................ 14Photo Contest Rules ................................................................................... 15Photo Contest Entry Form ........................................................................ 16
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President - Luke SmithsonVice-President - Frank MarraSecretary - Stefanie BiermanTreasurer - Igor Safonov
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NJMA NEWS
Editor:Jim Richards211 Washington StreetHackettstown, NJ [email protected]
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VOLUME 48-5 SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018
PHOTO BY JIM BARG
Tricholomaaestuans
This is one of the many species of the genus Tricholoma that commonly appearin the late fall in the New Jersey Pinelands.“Pot hunters” sometimes confuse this
mushroom with the (questionably) edible Tricholoma equestre, but this one hasmuch lighter yellowish white gills and is extremely bitter on the tongue
(and is best considered poisonous, like most Tricholomas). PHOTO BY JIM BARG
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Hello fellow NJMAers! I hope your summer has beenfruitful and your tomatoes have not all rotted away withfungal infections – not the fungi that I prefer. But withall the rain that we’ve had, there are certainly plenty offungi to study no matter what you are interested in.
It’s a great time of the year to expand our knowledge aswe have so many mushrooms to look at and a lot offorays to attend. I’ve learned a lot of mushrooms frombooks and online, but forays are where I’ve really gainedconfidence in making identifications with the help ofmore experienced mushroomers at my side. Don’tforget to take lots of pictures while at the forays; theycan be very valuable in jogging your memory down theroad and, (of course), we do have the NJMA photocontest that will be held this fall.
In addition to the many forays that NJMA is hostingthis season, we have Fungus Fest rapidly approachingon Sunday, September 23. Volunteers are needed, andyou do not have to be a “mushroom expert” to help withthis event…all are welcome and encouraged to partici-pate. Please contact me, Luke Smithson, [email protected] or Fungus Fest chairperson LizBroderick at [email protected] if you are able tohelp! Fungus Fest is NJMA’s biggest outreach event andreally helps in fulfilling our mission of providing mush-room education to the public.
Moving into the fall, we have some great educationalprogramming in the works. e North AmericanMycoflora Project is getting started, with a few NJMAmembers already creating vouchers and DNA samplesof New Jersey mushrooms. Anybody interested in thistype of taxonomy work should get in touch with me atthe above email address. Upcoming classes include aPolypore Workshop and a Photography Workshop (seemore details in this edition of NJMA News) and ourseries of winter mycology lectures (details are coming).Nobody wants to hear about our holiday party yet – butkeep that in the back of your head!
Hope to see you at a foray!– Luke Smithson
President, New Jersey Mycological [email protected]
EDITOR’S NOTESFUNGUS FEST NUMBER 40!!!!It really does not seem possible, but the upcomingFungus Fest, on Sunday, September 23rd, will be thefortieth in a continuous series dating from September1979. Until 2007, the event was held at the SomersetCounty Environmental Education Center in BaskingRidge. It was then moved to its current location at theFrelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown.
One of the best things about the Fest is how it hascontinued to evolve over the years, with new exhibitsbeing added and old ones being replaced. We have beentreated to silk-screen workshops where attendeesprinted tee shirts, papermaking demonstrations,exhibits of yarns and fabrics dyed with mushrooms,displays of photographs and art depicting fungi, a USPost Office substation with a special FF cancellation onenvelopes decorated with mushroom drawings, exhibitsof the ways mushrooms can be grown, both commer-cially (exhibits from Phillips Mushroom Farms) and bythe home grower (shiitake, oysters, lions mane, etc.)ere are cooking demonstrations with tastes; every-thing from Grete Turchick’s Pickled Honey Mushroomsand Puffball Pancakes (Fungus Fest #1 and later), BobHosh’s and Luke Smithson’s creations to restaurantsamplings from e Blue Morel.
Some of the biggest draws are the mushroom identifica-tion tables, where the public can bring in their finds andour experts will try to put a tag on them. ere will alsobe exhibits showcasing various aspects of mushrooms:microscopic, health benefits, mushroom poisons, mini-field walks and introductory talks. Both fresh and driedmushrooms and mushroom products are offered forsale on the lower level.
A successful Fungus Fest depends on the work of a lotof people. You do not have to have any knowledge offungi to help with many of the tasks. If you are willingto help, for even an hour or two, just contact the FungusFest Chair Liz Broderick ([email protected]).One very substantial side benefit is that workers get toattend the after-Fest Potluck (bring food to share!).
Another event that began in 1979, and that requiresyour participation to be successful, is our PhotoContest. See the details on page 14.
For the next issue of NJMA News, we would love to seeyour photos, articles, and impressions of Fungus Fest2018. Send them to [email protected].
See you in a couple of weeks at the Arboretum.– Jim Richards
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PHOTO BY LIZ BRODERICKLETTER TO THE EDITORMUSHROOM GOURMETS?Dear Jim,
is may be of interest to NJMA News readers
Last month’s article “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”(Mike McNally). NJMA News 48 (4) p.8.) included acomment of hundreds of fungal gnats maggots delight-fully munching on mushrooms – oyster mushroomspreviously collected as a human delicacy. isreminded me of how fly larvae love to munch on mush-rooms. Indeed, there are over 2,200 species of fungusgnats, and though only a small percentage are dedicatedfungus feeders, one genus, Lycoriella, is a dedicatedmycophagous feeder. As one would suspect these latterare a pest of mushroom farms. ese insects arereviewed in a chapter “e Fungivores” in McAlister’se Secret Life of Flies1.
McAlister also comments on hundreds of insect gallson the bracket fungus, Ganoderma applanatum inwhich the larvae of Agathomyia wankowiczii weredeveloping. (And you thought mushroom names werecomplicated?) As mushrooms in general are short-lived,this is a special fungal-insect association, and depen-dent on the long-lived bracket fungus.
And McAlister’s photographic illustrations are glorious.1 McAlister, Erica. 2017. e Secret Life of Flies. Firefly Books, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Douglas E. EveleighDistinguished Professor of Applied MicrobiologyRutgers - e State University of New Jersey
NEMF 2019T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTESTby Frank Marra
NJMA, EPM (Eastern Penn), and WPMC (WesternCentral Penn) will be hosting the 2019 North EastMycological Foray (NEMF) at Lock Haven University incentral Pennsylvania.
e design should include: mushrooms, mountains andriver(s), and a mushroom phrase on the back would be allright (example: Falling in love is like eating wild mush-rooms, you never know it is the real thing until it’s toolate, or, Why did the mushroom go to the party? Becausehe’s a fungi). Also the words: NEMF 2019, Lock Haven,PA or Lock Haven University, and Sam Ristich Foray.
Background t-shirt color and 1 to 3 top design colors.
Reward for contest winner: $50 and 2 t-shirts
Submit entries to NEMF chairperson: Frank Marra [email protected]. Deadline is November 1.
FUNGUS FEST 2018SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RDby Liz Broderick
Enhance your knowledge of the Fifth Kingdom, andnetwork with some Fun-gals and Fun-guys. You areinvited to join us for NJMA’s biggest public outreach ofthe year as a guest or as a volunteer. Fungus Fest will beheld at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristownfrom 10:30am to 4:00pm on Sunday, September 23rd.
Homemade breakfast pastries and lunch are providedfor our workers. A potluck dinner follows the event forall who have helped out.
Fresh cultivated and foraged fungi are available for sale.Several vendors will be offering their mushroom-themed wares. Mushroom cultivation workshops arebeing offered for those wanting to know how to growyour own edibles.
Contact Liz Broderick at [email protected] ifyou are interested in volunteering. No mushroomexpertise is required.
Help to boost our attendance: Print out the Fungus Fest2018 poster on page 8 and post it during the week priorto September 23 in a prominent pubic place.
WELCOME TO THEONLINE EDITION OF NJMANEWS
For the great majority of you who are viewing the online PDF of thisnewsletter, please note that most web links and email addresses areclickable. Clicking on a blueweb or email address will launch your webbrowser and take you to the specified page or open your email softwareso you can send an instant email. Just look for the “click finger” whenyou hover your mouse over these items.
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CARPOOLING BECOMES EASIERby Sue McClary
Carpooling web links (URLs) for NJMA events are nowavailable. e links are listed at the bottom of the emailswhich we send out to members before each foray or event.
Whether you prefer the term “rideshare” or“carpooling”, we strive to be eco-friendly like otheroutdoor clubs while improving accessibility to ourevents for more members. But let’s admit it, going“green” is rarely the only reason people share rides.Some people actually do not like to drive on ourcrowded highways or do not have a vehicle or the soleuse of one. Others may prefer to share driving costs(tolls, gas) or enjoy conversation to help pass the timeon a long drive. Carpooling also helps to free up parkingspaces at foray sites that have limited parking.
To restrict the carpool links to our mycophile commu-nity (our members who receive our emails), an accesscode is used for the carpool links. We ask that you neverpost the event carpool URLs or access codes on anysocial media site.
Have you thought that the club lectures were too faraway to attend? Consider carpooling. We plan onoffering carpooling web links for non-foray events likelectures, which have a more fixed end time. We’ll let youknow ahead of time (via email) so you can opt into rides.
How do I get started?Click on the event carpooling link in the email. Enterthe provided access code and you are in! (See sampleweb page below)
en make an initial decision as to whether you preferto be a driver or a passenger. You will be able to edit anddelete if you change your mind.
Whether you want to be a driver or a passenger, theminimum personal information to add is a partial name(first name and last name initial), city, state and contactemail (or phone). ere is no reason to expose addi-tional information, but you may certainly add addi-tional information (e.g., I just joined) in the name, ornote field. en follow the next steps depending onwhether you’re a driver or a passenger.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRIVERS• Add your carTo tell others you are willing to drive, click on the blue“Add” car icon. Populate the minimum personal infor-mation (partial name, city, state, and email) and set thenumber of available seats and hit “Update”. Remember:people come with baskets, daypacks, etc. Under “ExtraFeatures”, you can set the planned start or departure timefor the trip. If you are already meeting someone in a Park‘n’ Ride lot or shopping plaza, you can modify the city toshow that information. When selecting a meeting point,ink “safety” for both riders and the vehicles.
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no liability for the arrangements. For those new tocarpooling, passengers may offer to contribute a fewdollars toward gas and tolls and should refrain fromeating, drinking or smoking in someone else’s car.Arrangements are expected to be between adults, so ifyou are not yet 18 years old, or if you have a child withyou, you must inform the driver. Passengers need toremember to retrieve all their belongings from thevehicle. It is up to the driver to decide which passengershe/she will take when demand exceeds available seats,or if the logistics get too complicated when there ismore than one pickup point.
Feedback and SupportPlease send all carpool feedback, questions, problems,concerns to me at [email protected]. (is emailaddress administers the carpool URLs and receivesemails concerning all carpool activity.) Since thecarpooling site we use is based on a template, we cannotchange the design of the system. e suggestion andfeedback link at the bottom of the actual website,groupcarpool.com, will not reach us. It goes only to thecarpool system provider. (Note: Some features like dragand drop may not work well on all devices, so use theaction buttons.)
Privacye access code to the event link is an extra protectionwe have chosen to use. e event carpool links are auto-matically locked from editing within a week after theevent, and will be manually deleted sometime after that.You should be aware that groupcarpool.com, is a third-party provider which is not affiliated with NJMA. It wasselected because it has broad accessibility acrossvarious devices (iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS). Itruns in a web browser and is free of advertising.
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• Review the WaitlistAfter you have added your car, review the Waitlist. Isthere anyone that you could offer a full ride (home todestination) or partial ride (meet point to destination)to? If so, please contact them. ey might be able to takea train or get someone to drive them to a meeting point.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOR PASSENGERSBefore you consider joining a carpool, you shouldconsider what time you’d like to go home and be surethat it syncs with others who may be on the same ride.If you sign up for a ride and you change your mind forany reason, you can always delete yourself from the car.In any case, communication about all aspects of yourride is important to successful carpooling.
• First step: Look for an existing carOnce you have accessed the system, review the list ofexisting cars and their location. Are any cars originatingnear you? Are any cars likely to pass by you on their wayto the event (e.g., via major roads like the Garden StateParkway or Route 287)? If so, click on “Details” linkbelow the car to obtain the contact email or phone forthe driver. Contact them outside the carpool systemand see if you can agree to go together or meet alongthe way (or even caravan – follow the lead car).
• Next step: Review and join an available carReview the list of available cars to see if any are nearyou. ere may be no cars listed yet to join, but if thereare, click on “Details” below the car to get the contactinformation for the driver.
Contact the driver, and then if you and the car driverhave reached an agreement (outside the system), click onthe “Details” link (below the green “Join” car icon) for thecar you want to join. en click on an available seat in thecar and add your contact info (name and email). is willautomatically generate an email to the driver whichcontains only the information in the Name field.
• What if there are no cars available?If there are no ideal existing cars, let everyone know youare still looking by clicking on the gold “+ Join Waitlist”.Populate the minimum information (partial name, city,state, email). en wait for drivers to contact you, orcheck back later to try to match yourself with a car thatwas recently added which is not that far off a driver’s travelpath. You can add yourself directly to an existing car afteran agreement has been reached. e driver will receive anemail containing only your name, not your contact infor-mation. e driver should already know who you arewhen you join his or her car and where to pick you up.
Liability and Your ResponsibilitiesWhen you carpool to and from the event, it is at yoursole risk, whether driver or passenger. Carpooling, ridesharing, or anything similar is strictly a private arrange-ment among the drivers and riders and NJMA assumes
NJMA ELECTION OF OFFICERS NOVEMBER 11, 2018e Nominating Committee would like to submit thefollowing proposed slate of officers and trustee for 2019:
President: Luke Smithson Vice President: Frank Marra Secretary: Stefanie Bierman Treasurer: Igor Safonov 5-year trustee term: Jim Richards
Nominating Committee: Mike Rubin, John Burghardt
Candidates for open positions may be nominated by apetition signed by no less than 30 current Members inGood Standing* and submitted to the Chairperson of theNominating Committee, John Burghardt([email protected]) no later than October 11,2018. Contact John to receive blank nominating petitionsand instructions on submitting completed petitions. Youcan contact him by email or call him at 609-651-2728.*Members in good standing are those who joinedNJMA before November 11, 2017.
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2018 NEMF REPORT by Frank Marra
At the beautiful campus at SUNY Geneseo, NY. 225mushroom enthusiasts spent four days of mush-rooming, identification, lectures, workshops andmycophagy. e weather was absolute perfection andthe rainfall made for unique collections and waterfalls.
e 12 foray walks were both productive and scenic.is was a great way to learn and share.
Some of the 18 lectures included:Food Fight – e Fungi in Our FoodsHistory of Edible Fungi in North AmericaBugs, Slugs and Other Mushroom ugsMedicinal Mushrooms – Separating Fact
From FictionDark-spored Gilled Mushrooms – How to Identify
em to GenusLichens – ose Other FungiMushroom Names – Mushroom MeaningsMother of em All – Descendants of the Early
Amanita
Some of the six workshops included:Mushroom Tincture MakingMushroom Paper MakingBasic Home Mushroom GrowingMicroscopy – Intro to Ascomycetes
Letchworth Canyon, Geneseo, NY
Letchworth Falls, Geneseo, NY
PHOTO BY FRANK MARRA
PHOTO BY FRANK MARRA
PHOTO BY FRANK MARRA
from Sue McClary:
Gastrodia pubilabiata, an orchid from Japan, a myco-heterotroph (non-photosynthetic plant dependent onfungi) uses a mushroom smell to trick insects into polli-nating it.
https://tinyurl.com/yck67j65
from Food and Wine:
Huitlacoche is the next big thing.https://tinyurl.com/y8zvytyj
from Sue McClary:
Avoid smelling Schizophyllum commune (Common SplitGill). It can cause a fungal sinusitus.
https://tinyurl.com/y7rklmnj
from Judy Glattstein:
Massospora, the fungal parasite that drugs Cicadas andmakes their butts fall off
https://tinyurl.com/y7z59wqz
BYTES, BITS, & BITESTASTY LITTLE TIDBITS FROM OUR MEMBERS
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PHOTO CONTEST 2018 – ENTER NOW!by Jim Barg
Amateur and professional photographers alike, here’syour chance to gain some recognition (and some spiffyprizes) for your photographic endeavors of fungi, clubevents, and anything else mushroom-related. eannual NJMA Photo Contest is open to anyone whotakes photos, whether it be with their smartphone(which, by the way, is capable of taking pictures thatrival expensive SLR cameras), point ‘n’ shoot camera, orfancy SLR camera. Remember, a good picture is whatyou feel is a good picture, and your eye is what deter-mines what your photo depicts. It’s not the equipmentthat counts, it’s your eye.
Don’t be shy! In the past, we have had some surprisingupsets in the competition. Don’t assume that “I’m justan amateur” and that “Joe or Josie Pro” will walk awaywith all the awards. You have as good a chance as any towin and gain the “oohs and ahhs” of our members at thisyear’s Holiday Party photo contest presentation inDecember. And you might even win some valuableNJMA prizes to boot!
So get your photos together, fill out the entry form onpage 16 and either email them to us, send them to usonline using Dropbox or Google Drive, or send them in tous (with the entry form, of course!) on some sort of hard-storage like a CDR, DVD, or USB memory stick. If youneed help filling out the entry form, contact Jim Barg at908-227-0872 or email him at [email protected].
is year’s judges will be announced on our website andFacebook discussion group as soon as they are finalized.
In case you want to know, judging is done by a three-member panel: One judge is either a professional photog-rapher or someone closely affiliated with photography,another is a mushroom expert, and the third is a “regularclub member”. Judging is done on a point scale, and theprizes are awarded on the basis of total points for anyparticular photograph in each category.
We show all entries at the Holiday Party, but the names ofthe photographers are not revealed unless they win anaward. Judges are free to make comments and give tips onimproving your photos, but since the entries are presentedanonymously, no one should ever feel embarrassed.
A few special notes: Categories which do not receivemore than one entrant (meaning “person entering”) willnot be judged and no prize will be awarded for thatcategory. If we do not receive more than five entrantsover all, the contest will be called off (as happened lastyear), and no one wants to see that happen again. Ourphoto contest is a tradition and is enjoyed by all!
Make a point to sit down today and review your photosand send in your best shots! e deadline for this year’scontest is at the close of our meeting on November 11th.All of us in NJMA look forward to seeing your photo-graphic talent shine!
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NJMA EDUCATION OFFERINGSFALL 2018We are pleased to announce two educational classes forthe Fall 2018 season. One is geared to mushroomphotography and the other deals with shelf fungi.Classes begin soon, so sign up today online atwww.njmyco.org/education.html.
Saturday, September 2910:00AM – 2:00PMPakim Pond Picnic Area, Brendan Byrne State Forest“Improving Your Mushroom Photos”Jim Barg will guide casual picture-takers and buddingmushroom photographers through some tips and tricksto help improve their mushroom photos (just in timefor this year’s NJMA Photo Contest!). Emphasis will beplaced on depth of field, composition and lighting whenusing any camera, from smartphone to fancy SLR (Jimwill ditch his SLR and only bring his iPhone camera toillustrate that you don’t need a fancy multi-thousand-dollar SLR to take good photos!) Digital photo enhance-ment apps will also be touched upon. Participants willreceive a simple pocket reflector that they can carrywith them in the woods. Bring your camera, of course!Limited to 15 participants. Fee: $10.00
Sunday, November 11 12:00PM – 1:00PM (before our regular meeting)Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown“Shelf Fungi Fun or Puzzling Polypores”Dorothy Smullen will present a PowerPoint on themany cultural uses of bracket fungi and guide youthrough keys to the common species.Limited to 20 participants. Fee: $5.00
BYTES, BITS, & BITES (continued from page 6)from Pat Bogue:
A long but very interesting article for anyone whoknows someone suffering from alpha-gal, or someonewho has allergies or asthma or a myriad of other condi-tions! How everything can and possibly is interlinkedand has been for eons can explain a lot of what ishappening today. is article has addressed a growinghealth problem and opened up a lot more questions!– PatWhat the tick-borne meat allergy could reveal:
https://tinyurl.com/yd3og7a2Editor’s note: Read this in conjunction with Mike’s review of Microbia on page 9.
from e New York Times via Judy Glattstein:
Mushrooms, Magma and Love in a Time of Sciencee art of Orra White Hitchcock
https://tinyurl.com/y7q5x75y(continues on page 13)
different. Why? It turns out that it’s not so much theDNA we contain as it is the genes that are turned on inthat DNA. Even Tom Volk raises the question of whatconstitutes a species as there is so much exchange ofDNA going on in the microbial world.
e book is easy to read and digest. Ms. Bone does anadmirable job of describing the world around and howwe connect with that world through the microorgan-isms we exchange.
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BOOK REVIEW MICROBIA:A JOURNEY INTO THE UNSEEN WORLDAROUND YOUa review by Michael Rubin
Microbia: A Journey Into theUnseen World Around Youby Eugenia Bone
Published by Rodale Books (April 3, 2018)(288 pages)
ISBN 10: 1623367352ISBN 13: 978-1623367350
I was excited to receive this review copy as microbi-ology is my field of “expertise”. Eugenia is an accom-plished author, having written several books includingMycophilia; the book that inspired her to go back toschool and study microbial ecology. Microbia is both ajourney of self-discovery and microbial ecology. Shechronicles her struggles with learning science, havingbeen an english major some 30 years earlier, but she ispersistent in her endeavors to learn. She has some greatinput from the likes of Dr. Tom Volk (University ofWisconsin) and Dr. Jim White (Rutgers).
While reading this book, I couldn’t help but flash backto the lecture by Dr. White (January 2017) where hedescribed the endomycorrhizal relationship betweentrees and fungi. It turns out that a tree is not merely atree, but a scaffold holding up a myriad of organismsthat live on and in the tree. During this lecture, DrWhite mentioned that bacteria also live within the cellsof the tree and this got me to thinking about the role ofbacteria in the natural world. We often overlook theinteractions between bacteria and fungi. In our quest tofind mushrooms, we look for symbiotic relationshipsbetween the mushroom and the tree it is associatedwith. But perhaps it is more complicated than that.Why does one tree have mushrooms while its neighbordoes not? Could it be the composition of the micro-biome of the soil? Just food for thought.
Ms. Bone goes on to describe how every living thing isconnected to every other living thing via a complexnetwork of microbes that live in, on, and around us; themicrobiome. Her description of the soil community andits relationship to both fungi and plants is well thoughtout, as is her description of the microbiome of our ownalimentary canal. If you are a germophobe, this bookmay make you cringe (or want to take a shower), but itis enlightening. Knowledge is power as they say, sounderstanding where we fit into the natural order ofthings can only help ease our fears of beasts that livewithin and around us.
Microbia has a great discussion about species. Whatmakes a species? She relates that chimpanzees andhumans genetically are 99% the same and yet we are so
BOOK REVIEW THE FRUIT FORAGER’S COMPANION:THE FERMENTS, DESSERTS, MAIN DISHESAND MORE FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOODAND BEYONDa review by Robert Saunders
e Fruit Forager’s Companion:e Ferments, Desserts, MainDishes and More from YourNeighborhood and Beyondby Sara Bir
Published by Chelsea Green Publishing(June 5, 2018)(400 pages)
ISBN 10: 1603587160ISBN 13: 978-1603587167
Yes, this is a book about fruit. However, the author’sdefinition of foraging seems to be “fruit which you havenot planted yourself.” Foraging includes picking fruitfrom your neighbor’s orchard (with their permission, ofcourse). After the extensive introduction, Ms. Bir haswritten 41 chapters treating individual fruits. Of these,about 30 are domesticated, or grow both wild and culti-vated. So it is hardly a guidebook about foraging in thewild. Hairsplitting aside, it is a good book about ways touse different fruits that grow in the US.
e introduction is a long, very personal narrative byand about the author, why she takes long daily walks,and the fruit she finds along the way. It includessections on suitable equipment for the field and thekitchen as well as some common-sense precautions(such as: avoid stepping in yellow-jacket nests). ere isa general discussion of the pros and cons of variouspreserving methods, cooking utensils, and thoughts onvarious ingredients used in the recipes.
e real heart of the book is the section of individualchapters on each fruit, and here it shines. Each chapteragain starts with a rambling discussion of a fruit, itshistory, varieties, lore and relationship to the author.ere are excellent pictures of fruit, but no precisedescription that could be used for identification of themore uncommon plants. is is followed by shorterpieces about Harvesting, Storage and CulinaryPossibilities. Again, these are fairly general, but can be
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WELCOME TO ALL OF OURNEW NJMA MEMBERS!
We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the following memberswho joined us between July 13, 2018 and
September 1, 2018. We look forward to seeing you at lectures,forays, and other NJMA events. Happy ’shrooming!
useful if you are unfamiliar with the fruit.
Finally, there are several recipes for each fruit. Somerecipes seem unnecessary: Do you really need a full pageof instructions to make applesauce? Others are mouth-watering: Caramel Apple Clafouti. ere are some clas-sics: Persimmon Bread or Pear Butter or Sangria. Someare new and intriguing, such as (I must try) PearVichyssoise or Spicebush-Sumac Rub for grilling. ere isalso a recipe for one of my favorites, the nearly-extinctGrape Pie. ere are many recipes for jams, jellies,preserves and pickled fruits. e recipes range fromsimple to challenging, but are certainly tempting.
e fruits range from the commonplace (pears, apples,peaches) to the uncommon (Spicebush, Ground Cherry,Sumac, and even Aronia (Chokeberries), which I havenever encountered.) In addition to the fruit chapters,there are many sidebars, interesting digressions aboutother fruits, recipes or subjects. Some are labeled“Look, But Don’t Eat” such as poison ivy berries.Others are fruits that the author does not considermerit full chapters. ese include Pemmican, MayApples, Highbush Cranberries, and Pokeweed. Somerange far afield, such as the contemplation of the role ofsugar in history and in preserving. But they certainlyadd interest and information to the book.
Finally, there is a section of recipes of dishes that go wellwith fruit, such as Kolach Cookies and Panna Cotta.
All of the recipes seem well-crafted. e book’s design,layout and illustrations are well done and attractive. Inall, it is an entertaining book, and inspiring to thosecooks seeking ways to enjoy a bounty of fruits.
ARE YOU DRAWN TODRAWING MUSHROOMS?
We are always interested in receiving accurate hand drawings,sketches, or artwork in any variety of media to grace our pages.While we cannot guarantee that your work will be published, we dofile each submission and consider it for use either in conjunction withspecific articles or for use as backgrounds or supplemental art whenneeded. You retain your copyrights and you’ll be credited in all cases.
Contact our Art Director Jim Barg at [email protected] formore information or to submit your work.
Sarah D. Anton Philadelphia, PABen Asher North Caldwell, NJJames Barrows Wantage, NJEve Bell Riverside, CALoren Betros Caldwell, NJTessa Clarkson Boston, MAWilliam Cockerell South Orange, NJCarrie Croton Flemington, NJSerena Dawn Santa Fe, NMAngelo Ezzo Vernon, NJPauline Gruental Sussex, NJStephen Hamersky, Jr. Hillsborough, NJElzbieta Indyk Edison, NJChris James Hillsborough, NJBrian Katz Keansburg, NJChristine Kennedy New Hope, PATeija Kirves Forked River, NJDennis Krasnokutsky Cherry Hill, NJMatthew Kriegler Stockton, NJHillary Launey Budd Lake, NJMichele Logan Far Hills, NJAlexia Maizel Farmingdale, NJMatthew Martin Princeton, NJKatharine Mattaliano Maplewood, NJKatherine McConahay Trenton, NJBrandy McKeever Chalfont, PAAlex Moscaritolo Union, NJRobert J. Nora North Brunswick, NJEvgeniya Pavlova Fair Lawn, NJCarla Puorro Waretown, NJFranklin Rymon Emmaus, PAOscar Sanchez North Brunswick, NJBrian Schroeder New Egypt, NJNicole Sette Colts Neck, NJRobert Teichmann Towaco, NJAllison Tyler Cranford, NJRobert Wederich Westfield, NJMargaret Ann Wood West Milford, NJ
Chlorophyllum molybdites
PHOTO BY JIM BARG
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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, September 810:00am
FORAy – ThOMPSON/hElMETTA COUNTy PARk(Jamesburg)
SUNDAy, September 1610:00am
FORAy – CATTUS ISlAND COUNTy PARk(Toms River)
Sunday, September 2310:30am - 4:00pm
NJMA FUNGUS FEST 2018FRElINGhUySEN ARBORETUM (Morristown) See page 3.
Friday, September 287:00pm
NEW JERSEy FIlM FESTIVAl“ThE kINGOM: hOW FUNGI MADE OUR WORlD”A film by Annamaria Talas. Presented by e Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center. Admission fee $9 - $12.Voorhees hall #10571 hamilton Street/College Avenue CampusRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Free parking nearby.
Saturday, September 2910:00am
WORkShOP: IMPROVING yOUR MUShROOM PhOTOSPakim Pond Picnic Area, Brendan Byrne State Forest.Registration is required. $10.00 fee. Limited to 15 participants.See article on page 7.
Saturday, October 610:00am
FORAy – BRENDAN ByRNE STATE FOREST(Woodland Township)
Sunday, October 1410:00am
FORAy – BEllEPlAIN STATE FOREST(Woodbine)
Saturday, October 2010:00am
FORAy – FOREST RESOURCE EDUCATION CENTER(Jackson)
Sunday, October 2810:00am
FORAy – ESTEll MANOR PARk(Estell Manor, Atlantic County)
Sunday, November 410:00am
FORAy – WEllS MIllS COUNTy PARk(Waretown)
Sunday, November 1112:00pm - 1:00pm
MINI-lECTURE - ShElF FUNGI FUN OR PUzzlING POlyPORESFrelinghuysen Arboretum, MorristownRegistration is required. $5.00 fee. Limited to 20 participants.See article on page 7.
Sunday, November 111:30pm
NJMA ANNUAl MEETING AND ElECTIONFrelinghuysen Arboretum, MorristownSpeaker to be announced.
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in 1807 he was able to begin his studies of muscardine.Five years later he also published a 460-page treatise onsheep breeding, Il pastore bene istruito (e Well-instructed Shepherd).
Bassi’s initial attempts to isolate the cause of muscardinefailed: In accord with the then prevalent belief thatdiseases arose spontaneously “as a result of environ-mental conditions” and that “deliquescence of [an]animal’s tissues in the early stages of infection was asso-ciated with acidification,”2 for nearly a decade he bred
silkworms and subjectedthem to a variety ofextreme conditions. In theprocess, he killed a greatmany, and in one experi-ment, by hanging them inbags in a chimney above afire and preserving theircorpses in water, hesucceeded in producingmummies whose appear-ance closely mimicked thatof victims of the disease.But, in no case, did his deadworms cause disease inliving ones. Frustrated bythe negative outcomes ofhis studies, in 1816 hedecided that the cause ofmuscardine must be someexternal “germ”, and sobegan a new series ofexperiments from which hededuced that the infectiousagent was the white powderthat appeared on thesurface of the dead silk-worms. Upon examinationunder a compound micro-scope, he recognized that it
was composed of “seeds” of some sort of parasiticfungus. Crucially, he then went on to show that silk-worms only became infected when they were exposed tothose ‘seeds’ through inoculation, contaminated air,insect or animal vectors, etc., and that worms infected byany of those routes became contagious only after thewhite powder appeared on their dead bodies. at beingso, he then formulated procedures for preventing trans-mission of the disease, through disinfection, avoidance ofcontamination, sterilization of implements and clothingemployed in the handling of the worms, and so on.
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WHO’S IN A NAME?Beauveria bassianaby John Dawson (sixty-eighth in a series)
Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungusthat is employed today as an important biologicalcontrol agent for a number of insect pests. But it isalso the cause of white muscardine, a fatal disease ofsilkworms that nearly destroyed the French andItalian silk industry in the middle of the 19th century.e experiments that proved it was the pathogenresponsible for that afflic-tion were carried out by anItalian sheep farmer,Agostino Bassi, who iscommemorated in theepithet bassiana.1
Born 25 September 1773in Mairago, a village justoutside the city of Lodi,Italy, Bassi was one of apair of twins born to RosaSammariva and OnoratoBassi. In 1794, aftercompleting his schoolingin Lodi, he enrolled at theUniversity of Pavia, where,at his parents’ behest, hepursued a degree in law. Atthe same time, however, healso took courses in math-ematics, physics, chem-istry, the natural sciencesand medicine, some ofwhich were taught by sucheminent figures asAlessandro Volta and Laz-zaro Spallanzani.
Bassi received his legaldegree in 1798, one yearafter Napoleon established the short-lived CisalpineRepublic, whose territory included the regions aroundMilan, Pavia, Lodi, Como, Modena and Cremona.Bassi was immediately appointed provincial adminis-trator and assessor in Lodi and rose quickly throughthe ranks to become secretary general and then vice-prefect of that prefecture; but after a few years failingeyesight forced him to resign and return to Mairago,where he took over management of the family farm asa means of supporting himself, his father, brother andsister. ere, his eyesight gradually improved, so that
Agostino Bassi
1 In his article “Phylogenetics of the insect pathogenic genus Beauveria” in Fernando Vega and Meredith Blackwell’s Insect Fungal Associations, Ecology and Evolution (Oxford U.P.,2005), Stephen A. Rehner says that the generic name Beauveria honors a later investigator of muscardine, J. Beauverie. I have found no mention of Beauverie in any other source,but the matter may soon be moot anyway, because Beauveria bassiana is a mitosporic species whose teleomorph has recently been identified and named Cordyceps bassiana—a name that should take precedence according to the current international code of nomenclature. However, that code does allow for some exceptions, and since the teleomorphhas so far only been found in eastern Asia and the name Beauveria bassiana has long been in use, it may be conserved.2 Rehner, op.cit., p. 5.
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To obtain validation of his results, Bassi repeated hisexperiments before a commission of professors fromthe University of Pavia, and upon obtaining their signedimprimatur, in 1835 he announced his discoveries in atwo-part work of just 67 pages with a very long title,usually abbreviated as Del mal del segno (MarkDisease). In the first part, ‘Teoria,’ he described hisexperiments, and in the second, ‘Practica,’ his recom-mended remedies. e practical significance of hiswork was immediately apprehended, and followinginstitution of the procedures he recommended the silkindustry revived.
In 1838, Bassi’s livelihood was made secure through aninheritance from a cousin of his, who had been animpoverished tailor before becoming rich as a militarycontractor during the Napoleonic years. ereafter,Bassi was able to devote himself to further research, andin 1844 he published an article entitled “Sui contagi ingenerale e specialmente su quelle che affligano l’umanaspecia” (On contagions in general and especially onthose that afflict the human species) in which heaffirmed his belief that contagious diseases, in partic-ular “smallpox, spotted fever, bubonic plague andsyphilis are produced by living parasites.” us, wellbefore the work of Koch, Lister and Pasteur, Bassi enun-ciated the germ theory of disease causation.Regrettably, however, further deterioration of hiseyesight prevented him from being able to carry out theexperiments, later undertaken by Koch and Pasteur,that were needed to demonstrate the generality of thegerm theory. Nevertheless, as G.C. Ainsworth noted ina tribute to Bassi3 on the centenary of his death (in Lodion 6 February 1856), he was “the first to elucidate theetiology of a contagious microbial disease and to effectthe experimental infection of one living organism byanother.” Bassi was honored in his time by election tonumerous prestigious scientific societies and is recog-nized today as a major figure in the history of science.
Note: For more detailed information on Bassi, in addi-tion to the sources cited in the footnotes herein, readersmay consult the entry on him by Gloria Robinson in theDictionary of Scientific Biography, which includes anextensive list of Bassi’s own publications and ofsecondary literature about him.
3 “Agostino Bassi, 1773–1856”, pp. 255-257 in Nature, no. 4502 (February 11, 1956). A very similar account appears on pp. 163–168 of Ainsworth’s Introduction to the History of Mycology (Cambridge U.P., 1976).
BYTES, BITS, & BITES (continued from page 7)
from Sue McClary:
Why some fungi have anamorphs (asexual) and teleo-morph (sexual) stages and what happened in 2013 thataffected their naming convention:
https://tinyurl.com/y7x5s9ce
from e New York Times:
An Invasive New Tick Is Spreading in the U.S.e Asian long-horned tick, reported in New York’ssuburbs and as far west as Arkansas, can carry lethaldiseases. But no infected specimens have yet beenfound here.
https://tinyurl.com/y9hnox
from Pat Bogue:
ere seems to be no end to the diseases/pathogensdecimating our trees. Here is yet another one firstsighted in OH in 2012. is time, it is our beech trees.e causal pathogen has not been diagnosed as yetalthough the trees affected, especially saplings, haveclose to 100% mortality rate within a few years:
https://tinyurl.com/y8vqvkmy
from the Editor:
Mushroom Fermentation Offers New Solutions:http://bit.ly/2KNdSJv
from Food Dive:
Much room for Mushrooms:Functional food interests stoking demand for mush-rooms
https://tinyurl.com/y9dutvut
from Sue McClary:
Beware of eating young death caps (Amanita phal-loides), a survivor’s story.
https://tinyurl.com/ya6lgno7
from Sue McClary:
A mushroom’s black pigment contains the world’s firstsulphur-rich edible melanin.
https://tinyurl.com/y7srhtkb
from MSN:
e 30 Most Dangerous Bugs in America:https://tinyurl.com/y857qvux
from Judy Glattstein’s BelleWood Gardens blog:
Some photos from our Horseshoe Bend Park foray:https://tinyurl.com/y9zplevl
Many of the participants in July’s Horseshoe Bend forayPHOTO BY JUDY GLATTSTEIN ©2018 BelleWood Gardens. All rights reserved.
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If you haven’t already started doing so, get your photos together now and don’t miss the deadline. Winners will receive valuable awards (see below), plusyou’ll receive heaps of praise from your fellow NJMA members. Also, your winning photos will become a permanent part of the NJMA Photo Library.
If you need technical assistance to prepare your digital--format photos for entry, contact Jim Barg at [email protected] or call him at 908-227-0872. You can send in your entries by email, Dropbox, or Google Drive with two important restrictions. ONE: You MUST send all your entries in one message orfolder, and TWO: You MUST include a scanned or clearly photographed copy of your completed entry form in that message or folder.
You can submit photos taken in any year or any location. You are not limited to photos taken only this year or only in New Jersey.
Also note that we will only accept digital files of photos from now on. If you have a slide or print, you must have it scanned before submitting it.
NJMA PHOTO CONTEST 2018Show off your fungi photos!
ENTRY CATEGORIES AND DIVISIONSFor all entries, the main considerations in judging will be composition, clarity, lighting, and all the other criteria that make for a good picture,whether using a camera or a scanner. Entries will be accepted in three categories in two divisions (Novice or Advanced). There will be atotal of six first-place awards:
TECHNICAL (Divisions: Novice and Advanced)This category is for photos that can be used to aid in the identification of fungi, as if they were going to be used in a field guide. Emphasis willbe placed on portrayal of key morphological characteristics. The subjects may be photographed in situ or removed to a more photographicallyappropriate setting. Photos through the microscope are included in this category.
PICTORIAL (Divisions: Novice and Advanced)The entries in this category should be more concerned with pictorial beauty and aesthetics. It is expected that most entries will be taken in situto illustrate the fungus and its surroundings. Judging criteria include consideration of both technical (focus, depth of field, exposure, lighting,color, absence of distracting elements) and artistic (composition, color, background, lighting) aspects.
JUDGES’ OPTION (Divisions: Novice and Advanced)The entries in this category should be mushroom-themed or mushroom-club-related and can depict anything not covered in the Pictorial orTechnical Categories. For example, they may depict either people working (or playing) with mushrooms or the results of this work or play. Youcan use this category for photos of club or regional events, forays, and gatherings (NJMA, NEMF, NAMA, etc.) or use it for creatively-manipulatedphotos involving mushrooms. It may also show people cooking mushrooms (or the dishes prepared). The use of a mushroom theme as part ofa craft project and the finished objects are also appropriate entries for this category...basically, anything that is not strictly a mushroom photo-graph. (If you use digital manipulation, we will not need to see your originals, but it is imperative that all components of your image be your originalwork.) Creative use of text in the image is acceptable.
Here is a summary of the categories and divisions in which prizes will be awarded (note the boldface category code, for use when submitting):
AWARDS
All entries will be shown and winners will be announced at our annual Holiday Party meeting in early December.
FIRST PLACE in each division of each category (six prizes total): $25.00 NJMA gift certificate SECOND PLACE and HONORABLE MENTION will be given in each division of each category.BEST IN SHOW (chosen from the six First Place winners): $50.00 NJMA gift certificate
As always, winners’ photos will become part of the permanent photo collection of NJMA. We also reserve the right to publish any of your entries(winners or not) on our website, in our newsletter and other NJMA publications with due credit given to the photographer.
SEE NEXT PAGE FOR CONTEST RULES/GUIDELINES AND HOW TO ENTER
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: NOVEMBER 11, 2018
NOVICE DIVISION ADVANCED DIVISIONTechnical TechnicalPictorial Pictorial
Judges’ Option Judges’ Option
THE JUDGES FOR THIS YEAR’S PHOTO CONTEST WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON ON OUR WEBSITE.
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NJMA 2018 PHOTO CONTEST RULES & GUIDELINES1. This contest is open to current NJMA members, officers, and photo contest committee members only. Images that have previously won (includingHonorable Mention) are not eligible. You are permitted to enter photos from any year – you are not limited to photos taken only during the past year.
2. You are only permitted to enter into one Division or the other (Novice or Advanced). Novice contestants may not enter the Advanced Division (unlessthey have won a First Place award in previous years – see Rule #3), and Advanced contestants may not enter the Novice division. You must check the boxon the top of the entry form indicating your entry into either the Novice or Advanced Division. If the Photo Contest Committee determines that youhave entered into the improper division, we will reassign you to compete in the proper division.
3. Which Division to enter: The following types of contestants may only enter the Advanced Division and are not permitted to enter the Novice Division:(a) Professional photographers or those who earn any portion of their livelihood with their photographs, and (b) Anyone who has won a First Place awardin the Novice Division in any previous year.
4. All entries must be made by electronic file (.jpg or .tif) in their original resolution. Please do not send ‘thumbnails’or reduced-size images. Keep thembig. If you have a slide or print that you wish to enter into the contest, youmust have it scanned and converted to a digital .jpg or .tif file. (Most copy centershave good quality scanning services and can provide you with files in either of these formats. We recommend scanning at 300 dpi resolution at an image sizeof roughly 8”x10”) All judging will be done on computer monitors. If you’re not sure how to prepare your digital files for submission, please call Jim Barg at908-227-0872 for technical assistance.
5. LABEL EACH ENTRY! Name each file with your initials, followed by the category code (see previous page), followed by the number of your entry. Forexample, if your name is John Doe, and you are entering into the Technical category, and this is your first entry, the entry code on your first slide shouldread JD-T-1.jpg or JD-T-1.tif (don’t forget the .jpg or .tif suffix!). Record this same number on the entry form under “Entry Code”.
6. Fill out the entry form below, recording your entries using this code and also, if they are mushroom photos, providing your best attempt at determiningthe scientific name of the mushroom(s) included in the photo. (Improper ID is not a cause for disqualification, but we are a mushroom club, and we’d reallylike it when you try to attempt a proper ID!)We suggest that you make a photocopy of the entry form and keep it for future reference.
7. Digital image files should be submitted by email or on optical media such as CD-R or DVD-R or PC/Mac flash storage devices (NOT the cards which are usedin your digital camera). You can also use Dropbox or Google Drive, but you must email us to tell us that you’ve done so. At your request, we can return flashstorage devices if you provide us a stamped, self-addressed envelope (SASE) along with your entry. Remember: you must include a scanned (or clearlyphotographed) copy of the completed entry form. If you choose to email your entries, we cannot take responsibility for lost, damaged, or undelivered files. Ifyou send your entries by email or Dropbox or Google Drive, we will send a confirmation when we get them.
8. For photos entered in the Pictorial and Technical categories only: If you do any digital manipulation to your photo, you MUST provide us with the originalfile or print to allow us to see the manipulation you did. Cropping, color correction, contrast and brightness adjustment, dust, dirt, or scratch removal, grainreduction, and sharpening are acceptable forms of digital manipulation in these two categories. Digitally-manipulated photos will not be considered for judgingif we do not receive a copy of your unmodified original (It is acceptable to watermark this copy if you wish). If you intentionally add, subtract, or move anyelement or object that’s in the original photograph, your entries will be disqualified. (Entries in the Judges’ Option category are exempt from this requirement.)
9. For photos entered in the Judges’ Option category only: Your subject must include mushrooms or anything mushroom-related (club activities and foodphotos are permissible just so long as they are identified in the title of the work.) You may do whatever manipulation, augmentation, subtraction, filtering,effects...whatever you wish. Any components you use must be your work (e.g., not scanned from a book or magazine or taken from the Internet). You mayalso creatively use text or other elements of your own making in your entry. You do NOT need to submit your originals.
10. You may enter up to 12 photos in total, and you are permitted to mix categories.
11. By submitting to this contest, you grant NJMA the right to reproduce or publish your photos (without compensation, but with due credit) in the clubnewsletter, on the NJMA website, on promotional posters, or in any publication which NJMA provides to its membership or prospective members.
12. Entries must be postmarked, emailed, or uploaded by 11:59 PM on November 11, 2018.
13. If we do not receive entries from two different entrants in any Category, no award will be given in that category. (Competition is what makes a contest!)
SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRIESPlease be sure that your entries are labeled properly (see Rule 5, above) and enclose them with your entry form and send, mail or deliver them to:
Jim BargNJMA 2018 Photo Contest
122 Canna StreetBrowns Mills, NJ 08015
Email entries should be sent in ONE email message (either as multiple attachments, or one .zip file containing all photos – and don’t forget to includeyour completed entry form!) to [email protected]. If you have trouble sending, please contact us. We repeat: YOU MUST also attach a scanned copyof the entry form. Multiple email messages containing one photo each are confusing and will NOT be accepted since there are lots of online sharing options.If you do not know how to add attachments to an email message, use Dropbox or Google Drive, or if your outgoing email cannot handle large files, please USMail/UPS/FedEx your entries on CD-R, DVD-R, or USB flash drive to the above address (or call Jim at 908-227-0872 and he can try to assist you).
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NJMA PHOTO CONTEST 2018OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM
(Please fill out according to the instructions and make a copy for your records.)
NAME OF ENTRANT _____________________________________________________________
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EMAIL ADDRESS _____________________________________________________________
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Please remember that photos submitted on digital media will not be returned unless you enclose a SASE with your entry. Also remember that, if you digitally manipulated or retouched your entry in the Pictorial or Technical categories,
you must enclose the original (or an unmodified copy of the original, or a watermarked copy of the original) as well!
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS 11:59pm, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2018.
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