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Please send in any resources we may have missed! This is a work in progress.
Useful Websites & Resources:
National Weather Service rain map - precipitation tracking, good for finding out where to go for mushrooms. Also, always consider if you are allowed to be on or collect at a given spot, and if you are collecting edible species, consider  if there may be sources of contamination (ex: herbicide, pesticides) that could end up in anything you forage.

MycoGuide
by Dr. Patrick Leacock, based in Illinois - great resource full of useful information, links, and even worksheets on mycological topics. Patrick works at the Field Museum in Chigago, which has a fungarium along with its herbarium.

Tom Volk's Fungi by Dr. Tom Volk - this site is a joy, especially the extra colorful "mushroom of the month" features. Tom is a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse!

Wisconsin Mushrooms by Andrew Khitsun - Andrew is a regular at WMS forays and takes wonderful pictures. He also teaches us to slow down and appreciate the very, very smallest fungi, including the much-less noticed "crusts" aka corticoid fungi.

Crust Fungi by Alden Dirks, currently in Michigan - speaking of the crusts... here's a whole site about them!!

Gary Lincoff's Site - lots and lots to enjoy here, from fungi science to mushroom culture

Mushroom Expert by Michael Kuo, based in Ohio - explore this site and learn! Nice keys.

The "Bolete Filter" by the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club - useful for sorting boletes... or, trying to sort your boletes. There are many undescribed species out there, waiting to be found out.

The "Fungal Biology Supergroup" at the University of Wisconsin Madison

Society for Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) - a new nonprofit project to explore, document and champion the mycelial diversity of our planet. These networks can show themselves in the form of their fruiting bodies (mushrooms) but they can also be visibly absent and yet very, very present. Some of the most myco-diverse soil samples processed so far appear to be mountain grasslands. Who knew!?


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.
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 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.

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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. 

We are affiliated with NAMA, a society that covers all of North America and includes many affiliate clubs. We also love to support regional  Wisconsin clubs and fungi related events. This includes the Madison Mycological Society and the Northwestern Wisconsin MycoEnthusiasts.

If you run or want to start a regional group, or one focused on a unique mycological topic, please do reach out to us.