2022 Schedule:


Online (Zoom) & In-Person Events including FORAYS out in the woods:

*more dates may be added but these are set *

January 20 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Gabriela D’Elia
(fungal ecologist and Conservation Coordinator for the Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS) - meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

January 23 (Sunday) Winter Polypore Survey Foray, Storrs Lake near Milton, WI

February 17 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Patrick Murphy
(Psychedelia filmmaker) - meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

February 20 (Sunday) Jacobus Park Nature Walk in Wauwatosa, WI,
11 AM to 1 PM.

March 17 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Long Litt Woon
(anthropologist, Norwegian Mycological Association–certified mushroom professional, and author of new book - The Way Through the Woods
On Mushrooms and Mourning
- meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

April 21 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Trent Blizzard (President of NAMA) on the topic of burn morels
- meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

May 7 (Saturday) Catholic Ecology Center land in Neosho, WI
10 AM to Noon, exact meeting place was sent to members by email.

May 8 (Sunday) Mother's Day Foray Rib Mountain State Park near Wausau, WI
10 AM to Noon, exact meeting place was sent to members by email. Early morels possible.

May 14 (Saturday ) Southern Kettle Moraine Foray (morels possible)
10 AM to Noon. Please note location within South Kettle has CHANGED due to a runner's event at our original location. Check your email for details & always be sure to check spam folder. We will meet at the Ottawa Lake Campground Visitor's Center Parking Lot.

May 19 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Gabrielle Cerberville, Composer, pianist, artist, foraging and fungi expert, & Tik Tok's "Chaotic Forager"
- meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

May 21 (Saturday) - Perrot State Park (morels possible)
11 AM to 1 PM, exact meeting place was sent to members by email.

June 11 (Saturday) Wyalusing State Park near Bagley, WI
10 AM to 12 PM, exact meeting place was sent to members by email.

June 10-11 (Friday-Saturday) "Bioblitz" species survey event at Bristol Woods County Park by the Milwaukee Public Museum, Pringle Nature Center, and Kenosha County Parks. Together we will ensure fungi are represented and well-surveyed! Read more about MPM-supported Bioblitz events here.

June 16 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Rose Tursi, "The State of State Mushrooms" -Zoom opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM, live Q&A by 8 PM

July 9 (Saturday) Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo, WI
10 AM to 12 PM, exact meeting place was sent to members by email.

July 16th (Saturday) Minoqua Winter Park near Minoqua, WI
10 AM to 12 PM - Cancelled and event to be re-scheduled, this year or next.

July 21 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation live from the Hiles Foray, and a screening of a past presentation - meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, screening at 7 PM.

July 21 - 24th, (Thurs.-Sunday) Hiles Foray - Hiles, WI
sign up HAS been posted: https://wisconsinmycologicalsociety.regfox.com/2022-hiles-wi-fungi-foray

August 7 (Sunday) Chippewa Moraine Ice Age State Recreation Area near New Auburn, WI
11 AM to 1 PM,  exact meeting place was sent to members by email. 

August 10 (Wednesday) Governor Thompson State Park near Crivitz, WI
10 AM to 12 PM, with visiting foray leader, William Padilla-Brown who spoke to WMS in the past! Exact meeting place was sent to members by email.

August 25 - 28th, (Thurs.-Sunday) Bayfield Rustic Camping - Bayfield, WI
sign up HAS been posted: wisconsinmycologicalsociety.regfox.com/wisconsin-mycological-societys-rustic-camping-foray

September 3 (Saturday) Mosquito Hill Foray - near New London, WI
10 AM to Noon, exact meeting place was sent to members by email.

September 8 - 11th (Thurs.-Sunday) Baronett Tri County Foray by the Northwestern Wisconsin MycoEnthusiasts. This is not a WMS event, but is by a regional WI club & we encourage you to check it out here.

September 15 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation live from Northwoods Foray in Cable WI - meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

September 15 - 18th (Thurs.-Sunday) Northwoods Foray - Cable, WI
Foray begins 16th, but check-in is available evening of Thursday September 15.
North American Mycological Association (NAMA) is our co-host, making this a NAMA regional foray!
(sign up is now full for this event, but there is a waiting list)

September 25 (Sunday) Yellowstone Lake State Park near Blanchardville, WI
12 PM to 2 PM, exact meeting place to be sent to members by email.

September 23rd, 24th, and 25th (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) The 6th Annual Mycelium Mysteries conference by Midwest Women's Herbal in Almond, WI.
WMS supports this event run by Midwest Women's Herbal and we encourage all fungi-loving women to attend! Check out more about this web of women's myco wisdom here.  You can attend one, two, or all three days of this conference.

September 28 to October 2 (Wednesday to Sunday) North American Mycological Association (NAMA) Annual Foray - namyco.org/annual_foray.php at Trout Lodge near Potosi, Missouri for NAMA members.

Cancelled event due to permitting issues: Coral Woods Foray, collaboration by WMS and the Illinois Mycological Association. Coral Woods is in McHenry County, Illinois. We will see about having this event with IMA next Fall, 2023!

October 20 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Jon Sommer of the Colorado Mycological Society with class on identifying fungi and getting a handle on fungal forms and taxonomy. This is presentation is welcoming to beginners but will have something for all levels of mycoloigcal knowledge!
- meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

October 30 (Sunday) Fungi Fair! a WMS event hosted by the Polish Center of Wisconsin. There will be mushroom cooking demos with food to eat by chefs, excellent mushroom vendors from the community, and a table of interesting fungi specimens found at our forays. 10 AM to 4 PM.
Slides from the presentations at Fungi Fair will be going up through this link.

November 17 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation by Tavis Lynch on the upcoming changes to Wisconsin law around selling foraged fungi and the new Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) certification program for foragers
- meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.

December 15 (Thursday) WMS on Zoom presentation will be a year-in-review and Winter Holiday celebration before our yearly membership vote.
- meeting opens 6:30 PM CST, presentation at 7 PM.





See more about Zoom meetings here. Some meetings in our busiest months for in-person, outdoor events may be "re-run" presentations.

Some Zoom meetings can be found up on the WMS YouTube channel.

What is a foray?

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A "foray" is a trip out into the woods and fields to search for fungi. It is broad enough to cover any purpose you might have for doing this: scientific, nature appreciation, artistic, interests as well as "collecting for the pot", to eat. All WMS forays will have at least 1 designated expert foray leader to guide the group, be available at a table talk at the end of the hike, and help compile a species list for each site. Some sites may have rules against foraging to eat (for example all in Milwaukee county parks) but many sites we go to will be selected because any fungi collection is accepted.


Single day forays are open to all of WMS, no RSVP needed, & to your guests... these are listed in black type in the list above. What we can do will vary from site to site, but often will involve collecting mushrooms and being able to venture off trail. Exact meeting places are TBD and will be sent to WMS members by email closer to the dates.

Our larger foray events go over multiple days, and will have sign up required (limited space). Sign up goes toward paying for multiple mycologists as foray leaders & extra materials for events only available to those at these events. These are listed in green type.

Click here to explore past events from 2020/2021!

Check the email you used to sign up as a WMS member for Zoom address links, foray meeting places and foray leader phone numbers, and additional details necessary for all our events.

Please make sure your email is up to date with us!
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