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.
We are looking for Volunteers - Contact the Society here!
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 and volunteers and our volunteer board is elected by the membership.
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.
We are looking for Volunteers - Contact the Society here!
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 and volunteers and our volunteer board is elected by the membership.
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 2024.
Click here for event details on Facebook
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.
For more about connecting to Zoom meetings click here.
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Mycology in Wisconsin Features:
- Get fungi direct to your ears... in a good way! Tune in to The Mushroom Hour by mycologist and professor of biology, Dr. Tom Volk of UW-LaCrosse. Find the podcast for Apple here, on Stitcher here, and search elsewhere for "The Mushroom Hour" to see if it appears.
- 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 so far here!
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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
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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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