Cain Foray

This year’s foray marks the 36th anniversary of the first Cain Foray. The Cain Foray is now our annual weekend of mushrooming in the wilderness. It will be held at the Tally-Ho Inn again, which is ideally suited for such an adventure, located away from urban "civilization" on Lake Peninsula east of Huntsville in the District of Muskoka. The Inn offers an excellent selection of accommodations of one bedroom units, suites, cabins and cottages; two and three bedroom cottages, where most of these bedrooms have private bathrooms. The dining room offers good hearty homemade meals, incorporating vegetables grown on their property. The resort is surrounded by woods with walking trails that are suitable for collecting mushrooms, and nearby are extensive forests that have more areas for mushrooming. The Leslie Frost Centre is less than a half-hour drive away for those who wish to revisit the trails of the very first Cain Foray.

The Cain Foray starts on Friday night, September 17th, with a wine and cheese reception in the main lodge where we can meet our fellow foragers and swap mushroom stories. Saturday morning, after a hearty breakfast, will be spent foraying, in groups of about a dozen or so, on various forest trails. After lunch there will be more forays and those who wish may sort and identify the mushrooms that were brought in from the morning forays. We will be guided and helped in this activity by our guest professional mycologists and some keen amateurs, who have both the knowledge and talent to put names to hundreds of diverse mushrooms. During the afternoon, we will also be able to sample some of the edible mushrooms that will have been prepared by our own expert chefs. Saturday evening will feature an illustrated mushroom talk and all mushrooms that were collected during the day will be displayed. Sunday morning will provide more opportunities to foray or to study the many specimens on display. Our weekend at the Inn ends September 19th after lunch.

TALLY-HO INN - A COTTAGE RESORT

The Vello Soots Memorial Cain Foray will be held at the Tally-Ho Inn Resort on beautiful Peninsula Lake, east of Huntsville.

Accommodation will be in spacious cottages, cabins, single units (motel units, rooms), or suites; two and three bedroom cottages of several configurations of living room, fireplace, kitchen or fridge, and bathrooms.

MYCOLOGISTS AND GUEST SPEAKER

Both professional and amateur mycologists will be there to assist in identifying fungi. Arrangements for their attendance have been finalized.

Our guest speaker, Dr David Malloch, will give his presentation on Saturday evening after dinner.

Mycologists who we also expect at the Cain Foray this year, besides Dr. David Malloch, are Dr. James Scott, Dr. Richard Summerbell and Walter Sturgeon from Ohio, who attends our Cain Forays. All will be sharing their knowledge and expertise in the identification of the many fungi we expect to be collected by participants at this event.

Henk van der Gaag, a member and past Librarian, will once again, as he had done for so many years at the Cain Foray, be setting up the tables with his classification signs for sorting of the various genera and species for identification of the collections. Henk has had an interest in Mycology for many decades which he brought with him when he emigrated to Canada from the Netherlands many years ago.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Please make cheques payable to: 'Mycological Society of Toronto' (if you are registering early, please do not post-date cheques later than August 1, 2010)

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations should be made by telephone or e-mail. If you don't speak to someone or receive a confirmation within 48 hours, please follow up to be sure your message was received. A full refund will be issued for cancellations received by Friday, August 21, 2009. Refunds for cancellations received after Friday, August 20, 2010, may not be issued until after the Foray and a cancellation fee will be charged as follows:

Registration Fee: The registration fee includes all taxes and gratuity, and covers accommodation for 2 nights, 3 meals on Saturday, 2 meals on Sunday, a Friday evening Wine and Cheese reception, all Saturday and Sunday forays, and the Saturday evening speaker. Vegetarian meals may be requested. Click on Registration Form below for cost of the weekend package for types of accommodation available.

Accommodation: various types of accommodation are available. Motel units have 1 or 2 beds and a private bathroom. Suites and Cabins have one bedroom, a living room or sitting area (most have a fireplace) and private bathroom. Cottages have 2 or 3 bedrooms, a living room with a fireplace, and 1 or 2 bathrooms. All units have a fridge. Some units have kitchen facilities; please request a kitchen on the registration form if you wish to cook. No smoking is permitted in any buildings. Sorry, MST does not allow pets at the Cain Foray.

Double or Single Occupancy: Double occupancy means 2 persons sharing a bedroom. If you want a private bedroom, select single occupancy. Please register early if you want single occupancy, as there are only 7 motel units and only a few of the bedrooms in the shared cottages have private bathrooms,

Non-members: A non-member may attend only as a guest of a member of MST or a NAMA affiliated group. There is no additional charge for non-members.

Vegetarian meals can be arranged on request. MST cannot guarantee to provide for other special diets.

For inquiries about the foray, including availability, cancellations, changes to your registration, and late registrations, please contact:

Please click on the round blue button above to view the types of accommodation for the weekend package and their associated costs. Members interested in attending the Cain Foray may print the form, fill in the requested information and mail it along with a cheque made out to the Mycological Society of Toronto. When joining the Society or if renewing your membership, please include a separate cheque for the membership amount: A membership form is available, see Membership Application or Renewal in the Index. Home page.

With one to four weeks notice	Cancellation fee of $65 per person
With less than one week notice	Amount refunded will depend on the amount charged by Tally-Ho Inn; minimum cancellation fee of $65/pp.
If we are able to re-book the space	Cancellation fee of $15 per person

VELLO SOOTS MEMORIAL

CAIN FORAY-2010

September 17-19th

TALLY-HO INN - A COTTAGE RESORT

MYCOLOGISTS AND GUEST SPEAKER

REGISTRATION INFORMATION