About the Wisconsin Mycological Society...
We work together to provide mycological education, celebration, and community.
WMS is also an outlet for fungal-focused hobbies including community science, cooking/preservation, home cultivation, artistic endeavors and more.
Anyone can be a member of the Wisconsin Mycological Society
WMS members receive our newsletter, notices of all mushroom hunting forays, any dinners, meetings, online and in-person lectures, workshops, and socials.. We are supported by members as volunteers and our volunteer board is elected by the membership. Our dues go toward events for members, honoraria for foray leaders, speakers, and toward the development of mycology in our state.
WMS is also an outlet for fungal-focused hobbies including community science, cooking/preservation, home cultivation, artistic endeavors and more.
Anyone can be a member of the Wisconsin Mycological Society
WMS members receive our newsletter, notices of all mushroom hunting forays, any dinners, meetings, online and in-person lectures, workshops, and socials.. We are supported by members as volunteers and our volunteer board is elected by the membership. Our dues go toward events for members, honoraria for foray leaders, speakers, and toward the development of mycology in our state.
Our Main Retreat Forays Require Sign up! Members receive sign up a few days at least in advance, and get the 'member's price'. When you sign up for a WMS retreat foray as a non-member, you are signing up for WMS membership too!
2023 Retreat Multi-Day Fungi Foray Sign Ups Open Now:
Tri-County Foray - August 31 through September 3, Thurs.-Sunday - + day passes available Click Here to learn more about Tri-County Foray and sign up for 2023!
Northwoods Foray - September 7 through 10th, Thurs.-Sunday + day passes available - Click Here to learn more about Northwoods Foray and sign up for 2023!
See our Events page for more WMS events this year! Including day-out events freely open to members, and events open to the public.
Wisconsin Wild Mushroom Forager Certification Course
Our Society has also developed a Wisconsin Wild Mushroom Forager Certification Course at the request of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to registration is open for to-be-determined upcoming course date(s) for this course later on in this year. Check back later for specifics! We have already had a course in February (Wausau) and March (Janesville).
You can also read more about it and the related state law on the registration page.
To be clear: all changes to the state law around the sale of wild foraged, fresh mushroom sales to restaurants and grocery stores will begin to be enforced at the beginning of next year, January 1 2024.
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Members receive links to Zoom and details of in-person events by email
If you are missing emails from us...
check your spam folder! And unmark them as spam!
If WMS emails are still missing, contact us.
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Mycology in Wisconsin Features:
- Our WMS Fungi Fair 2022 at the Polish Center of WI was a very well attended! So much so that our two speaker's presentations were to completely filled rooms. We will be putting the slides, and other materials from those presentations on this site over the next few days. You can find what we have up here!
- Fungi Fair 2023 will be at the Polish Center of WI on October 15th 2023 - which will also be World Mushroom Day!
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Wisconsin Mycological Society is also on YouTube!
Enjoy our videos at the channel, here & contact us to propose your own video topics!
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Meet your 2023
Board of Directors
click here
Emerging hexagonal polypore, Neofavolus alveolaris, by Mariah Rogers.
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Common Bird's Nest Fungi, Crucibulum laeve, by Andrew Khitsun
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If You Suspect a Poisoning
If you suspect you have consumed a poisonous mushroom, contact a physician, the closest hospital ER, poison control center, or dial 911, depending on the severity of the reaction. US Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222 The North American Mycological Association (NAMA) has information that may also be of help. Click here. We do not ID mushrooms through this website.
If you are in need of an ID consider uploading quality photos with multiple views of your specimen and descriptions of your find to Mushroom Observer or iNaturalist including our projects or post in Wild Food Wisconsin or Mushroom Identification Group. If you contact us and provide a way to get back to you, we may be able to provide suggestions for more identification resources you can use. You are always responsible for your own decisions taken on the basis of identification resources. |
Wisconsin Mycological Society
Wisconsin Mycological Society (WMS) is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of mushrooms and other fungi throughout the state of Wisconsin. Education, safety, sustainability, community, and connecting with nature are our goals.
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