Anna has been interested in nature since she was a child, and went to school at UW-Stevens Point for Environmental Education and Interpretation. She learned a lot about plants and ethnobotany there, and jumped into mushrooms when she took a class with Tavis Lynch at the local Technical College. She worked for Tavis's Mushrooms, inoculating many (many, many!) logs and has continued to pursue learning more and more about mycology over the past few years.
Anna has lots of experience sharing her love of mushrooms including: hosting an Airbnb experience on foraging, teaching about mushroom logs and foraging at Leech Lake Tribal College, leading classes about mushrooms and winter tree ID at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University, and leading forays at both the Barronett and Cable foray events.
Her work is also environmentally involved; Anna owns and operates Tamarack Wetland Services LLC which focuses on wetland delineation, shoreline restoration, native plantings and rain gardens.
Anna joined the WMS Board of Directors in 2022, was a board member through 2023 and is now our Bylaws Committee Chair. She has greatly helped WMS update our bylaws, consider policies and learn about the laws affecting us as an organization.
Anna has lots of experience sharing her love of mushrooms including: hosting an Airbnb experience on foraging, teaching about mushroom logs and foraging at Leech Lake Tribal College, leading classes about mushrooms and winter tree ID at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University, and leading forays at both the Barronett and Cable foray events.
Her work is also environmentally involved; Anna owns and operates Tamarack Wetland Services LLC which focuses on wetland delineation, shoreline restoration, native plantings and rain gardens.
Anna joined the WMS Board of Directors in 2022, was a board member through 2023 and is now our Bylaws Committee Chair. She has greatly helped WMS update our bylaws, consider policies and learn about the laws affecting us as an organization.
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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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