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Education

WMS EDUCATIONAL LECTURES-2017
Urban Ecology Center-Riverside-Milwaukee
​1500 E Park Place, Milwaukee

The Milwaukee Urban Ecology Center will be hosting our lecture series. Plenty of parking. WMS Educational Lectures are always a great way to learn all about the exciting world of fungi and the impact on our world. Lectures are open to all members.  Lectures are held during the winter, spring & fall months.  Lecture run from 7-8.45pm. Click on Urban Ecology Center for Google Maps directions. 

Thursday-March 23, 7pm-8:45
​Poisonous Mushrooms of Wisconsin
by Tavis Lynch

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Tavis Lynch
Tavis is an professional mycologist and commercial forager and cultivator from northwestern Wisconsin.  He has been studying fungi for most of his life and teaches several mycology classes for Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.  He has been a commercial mushroom forager for many years and has been cultivating mushrooms on a large scale for about 6 years. He leads several public and private forays throughout the year and is a certified mushroom expert by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Visit Tavis's Facebook Page.

Edible mushroom cultivation classes/Presentations
Radio Interview on fungi
Two events in 2017. May 13, 2017-Edible Mushroom Cultivation workshop & May 26-27, 2017-Edible Mushroom Cultivation demo, tasting, presentation  at The Ridges Sanctuary, Baileys Harbor, Door County, WI, call The Ridges for registration-920-839-2802. info@ridgessanctuary.org 

Click here to learn to inoculate logs to grow Shiitake mushrooms.
Click here to listen to WMS member Steve Shapson talk about mushrooms on Wisconsin Public Radio-Joy Cardin Show.  The 6am live show caused a mix-up of Lions Mane and Shaggy Mane fungi.

Resources

Fungi Info
Learn More about Mushrooms through identification and information pages by clicking on the link.

Learn more about the Shiitake Growers Association of Wisconsin

Learn how to grow edible mushrooms.

Identifying Fungi Books

More Fungi ​Educational Links

North American Mycological Association

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Fungi Magazine
 

Tom Volk's Fungi

Shiitake Growers Association of Wisconsin

Field and Forest Products

Funguys Gourmet Edible Mushrooms

Wisconsin Mushrooms

Paul Stamets Ted Talks

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Other great sources of information.

Our History

Wisconsin Mycological Society (WMS), was established many years ago, dedicated to the study and enjoyment of wild mushrooms and other fungi. Education, photography, safety and nature are our goals.  
If You Suspect a Poisoning
If you suspect that you have consumed a poisonous mushroom, contact a physician, the closest hospital ER or dial 911.
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