The following is a list of the 2026 public hunts.
April 19: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
April 19: Sunday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Address: 2526 S. Yankee Springs Road, Middleville, MI 49333 – DEEP LAKE UNIT
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
April 25: Saturday, 9:00am – LAPEER** (see map on page 13)
Meet at the end of Roods Lake Road by gate
Hunt Whips – Lenny Tomaszewski 248.310.9232 or email vonlen1@aol.com;
Roger Evans 248.380.8630 or email fuzzyroger@aol.com
April 30: Thursday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm – SYLVAN SOLACE PRESERVE** (see map on page 14)
Directions: https://bit.ly/SylvanSolacePreserve
Hunt Whip – Sister Marie Kopin 989.772.5777 or https://www.cwc-mi.org.events/
May 2: Saturday, 9:00am – LAPEER** (see map on page 13)
Meet at the end of Roods Lake Road by gate
Hunt Whips – Katherine Delaforterie 248.835.6582 or email khreations@icloud.com
Adam Winkler, email adampwinkler.mi@gmail.com
May 3: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
May 3: Sunday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Address: 2526 S. Yankee Springs Road, Middleville, MI 49333 – DEEP LAKE UNIT
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
May 7: Thursday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm – HALL’S LAKE NATURAL AREA** (see map on page 14)
Directions: https://bit.ly/Halls-Lake-Natural-Area
Hunt Whip – Sister Marie Kopin 989.772.5777 or https://www.cwc-mi.org.events/
May 16: Saturday, 10:00am – CRANBROOK GARDENS **
Meet in the parking lot at the Cranbrook Institute of Science
Hunt Whips – April Tang 610.417.8775 or email april.p.tang@gmail.com;
Lenny Tomaszewski 248.310.9232 or email vonlen1@aol.com
May 24: Sunday, 9:00am – ISLAND LAKE **
Hunt Whip – Dean Sherwood 248.464.2744 or sherwood.dean@gmail.com
June 6: Saturday, 9:00am – WATERLOO RECREATION AREA (POTLUCK) ** (see map on page 13)
Meet at the first parking lot before the Eddy Discovery Center
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi 734.355.0359 or email philt@umich.edu
Kirk Coppernoll 517.879.7757 or email mailmankirk@gmail.com
June 13: Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Address: 2526 S. Yankee Springs Road, Middleville, MI 49333 – DEEP LAKE UNIT
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
June 14: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
July 11: Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA **
Address: 2526 S. Yankee Springs Road, Middleville, MI 49333 – DEEP LAKE UNIT
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
July 12: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
July 18: Saturday, 10:00am – HOLLY RECREATION AREA**
Directions: 42°48’04.7”N 83°31’14.3”W; Take Grange Hall Rd. to McGinnis Rd. and enter through the
main park entrance on the right. Go straight and cross bridge between Wildwood and Heron Lakes. Af-
ter the bridge, take the second left, Meet at the Boat Launch on Valley Lake
Official address: 8100 Grange Hall Road, Holly, MI 48442
State Recreational Vehicle Pass required
Hunt Whips – Susan Holmes 248.310.4685 or email sjholmes@comcast.net
Kevin Fisher 248.842.3474 or email kevin.fisher.michigan@gmail.com
July 18: Saturday, 9:00am – WATERLOO RECREATION AREA (POTLUCK) (see map on page 13)**
Meet at the first parking lot before the Eddy Discovery Center
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi 734.355.0359 or email philt@umich.edu
Kirk Coppernoll 517.879.7757 or email mailmankirk@gmail.com
July 25: Saturday, 9:00am – PONTIAC LAKE RECREATION AREA ** (see map on page 15)
Horse Staging Area
Hunt Whip – Lorenze Lo Piccolo email llopic5@outlook.com
August 2: Sunday, 9:00am – HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA ** (see map on page 13)
Meet at the Mountain Bike Trail
Hunt Whips – Dean Sherwood 248.464.2744 or email sherwood.dean@gmail.com
Katherine Delaforterie 248.835.6582 or email khreations@icloud.com
August 8: Saturday, 9:00am – BALD MOUNTAIN ** (see map on page 13)
Hunt Whip – Lorenzo Lo Piccolo email llopics@outlook.com
August 9: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
August 27, 28, 29 and 30: NAMA YOOP – MARQUETTE (Annual NAMA Foray) (see details pages 4, 5)**
MMHC is a “Host Club” for the 2026 North American Mycological Association’s Annual Foray in Marquette
Contact – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – mmhc.vp.science.history@gmail.com
CANCELLED August 29: Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
September 5: Saturday, 1:00pm – L’ANSE (U.P.) **
Meet at Canyon Falls parking lot
Hunt Whips – Jerry Watson 248.928.6115 or email jlw1112ster@gmail.com
Adam Winkler email adampwinkler.mi@gmail.com
September 6 and 7: Sunday and Monday, 9:00am – L’ANSE (U.P.)**
Meet at Canyon Falls parking lot
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi 734.355.0359 or email philt@umich.edu
Kirk Coppernoll 517.879.7757 or email mailmankirk@gmail.com
September 6: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
September 12: Saturday, 10:00am – P.J. HOFFMASTER **
Directions:
- 6585 Lake Harbor Rd., North Shores, MI
- Take I-96 Towards Muskegon
- Take Exit 1A Airline Rd (South) and go 1 mile to Portaluna Rd.
- Take Portaluna Rd. (West) and go 12 miles to the P.F. Hoffmaster State Park.
- Turn left into the park and follow the park road to it’s end at the parking circle.
- Meet up spot coordinates: 43.1204305, -86.2588757
Hunt Whip – Lorenzo Lo Piccolo email llopics@outlook.com
September 12: Saturday, 10:00am – CROOKED LAKE **
Meet at the Boat Launch
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi 734.355.0359 or email philt@umich.edu
Kirk Coppernoll 517.879.7757 or email mailmankirk@gmail.com
CANCELLED September 12: Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
CANCELLED September 19: Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
September 25, 26: FUNGUS FEST AT PROUD LAKE RECREATION AREA (see map on page 13) **
Address: 3466 Wixom Rd., Milford, MI
FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO RIVER HAWK CONFERENCE CENTER; DETAILS at michiganmushroomhunters.org
Contact Scott Grywacheski 248.873.5341 or email sgrywach@yahoo.com
October 3: Saturday, 9:00am – ALGONAC STATE PARK **
Directions:
- 8270 Marsh Rd., Clay Twp., MI
- Take exit 248 (26 Mile/Marine City Rd.)
- Go East for 11 miles to Marsh Rd.
- Go South (Right) for 5 Miles
- Meet at the small dirt parking lot on the left across from the given address.
Hunt Whip – Lorenzo Lo Piccolo at llopics@outlook.com
CANCELLED October 3: Saturday, 3:00pm – 5:30pm – YANKEE SPRINGS MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE AREA**
Hunt Whip – Chris Zurn 517.852.4523 or email zurnchris@yahoo.com
October 4: Sunday, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, FOR-MAR NATURE PRESERVE, GENESEE COUNTY**
Educational Identification Field Experience Series (no take-home Preserve)
Please pre-register at https://geneseecountyparks.org/calendar
Directions: Meet at the DeWaters Education Center; 5360 Potter Road, Burton, MI 48529
Hunt Whip – Heather Johnson, cell/text – 810.955.7423, email – Heartwind77@gmail.com
October 31: Saturday, 10:00am – HELL, MI (FRALICK WOODS – POTLUCK) (see map on page 13) **
Directions: BETWEEN 3470 and 3770 PATTERSON LAKE RD, PINCKNEY, MI
Meet at the Parking lot on Patterson Lake Road (North side), approximately 1/2 mile east of Hell
Hunt Whips – Phil Tedeschi 734.355.0359 or email philt@umich.edu
Kirk Coppernoll 517.879.7757 or email mailmankirk@gmail.com
November 7: Saturday, 11:00am – HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA (POTLUCK) (see map on page 13)**
Meet at the Mountain Bike Trail
Hunt Whip – Lenny Tomaszewski 248.310.9232 or email vonlen1@aol.com
