Mariah Rogers
Community Science Coordinator
I first studied fungi in-depth during the 'capstone' project of my undergraduate degree, a literature review on bioremediation. In writing that paper, fungi were producers of enzymes capable of biochemically-interesting feats to me, but I never really "got to know" them outdoors fully. Being in WMS, going on forays, and now with these projects, I feel I am learning more every day from other members and people around the world, for which I am thankful.
The first WMS meeting I attended was in March of 2019. In that night's presentation, Alden Dirks discussed the relative lack of fungi conservation and how community science survey projects can bring fungi out of the shadows, and guide our efforts to be good friends with our planet.
This past year I have worked together with other members to help keep WMS active with getting the Zoom meetings going, starting and managing our projects on iNaturalist, and now pitching in wherever I can as part of the board.
Whether on iNaturalist, Mushroom Observer, or elsewhere, we as mycological enthusiasts are not just contributing, but also have a great focus for learning & connecting with each other any day, from anywhere. This will hold true as important to WMS long after pandemic conditions are over, I think.
It is these sorts of educational, citizen-scientific, and outreach projects I have as my focus, including collaboration with FunDiS and getting out into our wider communities as educators & learners. If you have an idea or request, please do reach out to me by email or on iNaturalist through the messages.
All WMS projects on iNaturalist are listed here. As you can see we have two years of virtual forays now, 2020 and 2021.
All can be browsed with or without an account! Just click around to find the fungi. If you want to join the projects, any time is good, accounts are completely free, and help getting oriented is available. We also have a new section on the WMS website discussing the site and observations.
Other assorted truths include my favorite fungi sighting this past year has been many tiny anamorph Holwaya mucida, the only morels I have ever found were on my first WMS foray (with thanks to Wintson and Melissa - who found them with me), and while nobody has seen it yet because I "neglected" to put it on for our October virtual meeting, I did in fact make a mushroom paper hat as a Halloween costume. It was meant to be Amanita var. guesowii but we all know how difficult it can be to get anything to species. As my critical paper mushroom hat making skills come along, I will be open to requests.
🍄🌲🍄🦋🌳🍄🌾🍄🌲🐇🍄 🌾🍄 🌳 🍄 🌲 🍄🦋 🌾🍄
The first WMS meeting I attended was in March of 2019. In that night's presentation, Alden Dirks discussed the relative lack of fungi conservation and how community science survey projects can bring fungi out of the shadows, and guide our efforts to be good friends with our planet.
This past year I have worked together with other members to help keep WMS active with getting the Zoom meetings going, starting and managing our projects on iNaturalist, and now pitching in wherever I can as part of the board.
Whether on iNaturalist, Mushroom Observer, or elsewhere, we as mycological enthusiasts are not just contributing, but also have a great focus for learning & connecting with each other any day, from anywhere. This will hold true as important to WMS long after pandemic conditions are over, I think.
It is these sorts of educational, citizen-scientific, and outreach projects I have as my focus, including collaboration with FunDiS and getting out into our wider communities as educators & learners. If you have an idea or request, please do reach out to me by email or on iNaturalist through the messages.
All WMS projects on iNaturalist are listed here. As you can see we have two years of virtual forays now, 2020 and 2021.
All can be browsed with or without an account! Just click around to find the fungi. If you want to join the projects, any time is good, accounts are completely free, and help getting oriented is available. We also have a new section on the WMS website discussing the site and observations.
Other assorted truths include my favorite fungi sighting this past year has been many tiny anamorph Holwaya mucida, the only morels I have ever found were on my first WMS foray (with thanks to Wintson and Melissa - who found them with me), and while nobody has seen it yet because I "neglected" to put it on for our October virtual meeting, I did in fact make a mushroom paper hat as a Halloween costume. It was meant to be Amanita var. guesowii but we all know how difficult it can be to get anything to species. As my critical paper mushroom hat making skills come along, I will be open to requests.
🍄🌲🍄🦋🌳🍄🌾🍄🌲🐇🍄 🌾🍄 🌳 🍄 🌲 🍄🦋 🌾🍄
