The stunning, vivid blue crust fungus, Terana coerulea (Cobalt Crust), is sometimes found on our South Mountain walk. Bring paper bags for collecting specimens, a hand […]
Next Monday's ID meeting will take place from 6.30 to 8.30 in person.
Attendees can of course arrive later and leave earlier.
Please bring any interesting specimens regardless of whether you have identified them or not, and check out what others have found.
In person ID meetings are a great way of developing your hands-on identification skills and dipping your toes into microscopy!
Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in the NYC park system. Though most NYers visit to enjoy Orchard Beach, the woods of Hunter's Island are […]
Next Monday's ID meeting will be online. Come share what you’ve found, see what others have found or to ask more general questions about anything fungi-related. […]
NYMS is pleased to announce our inaugural event for Climate Week NYC on Tuesday 9/23, 5-7pm! Learn about fungi's important role in our present and future […]
Join Cornell Small Farm’s online course, Identifying and Partnering with Fungi in Farms, Gardens, and Forests, which meets on Tuesdays, from 6:30 to 8 PM, starting […]
At our walk in Woodlawn in October 2023, a rare mushroom—Calocybe sp. 'NY01' was collected a stone's throw from Gary Lincoff's grave. It is a beautiful […]
We are returning to Soyuzivka (Soy-ya-`zyou-ka) in Kerhonkson, NY for our annual Catskill Weekend. Soyuzivka is a Ukrainian Village Resort in the heart of the Shawangunks […]
Join us on Saturday to collect mushrooms to display at Fungus Festival. We need fresh, impressive, and unusual mushrooms to display at Sunday's Fungus Festival. The […]
We are so excited to share with you this year's NYMS Fungus Festival! Sunday, October 5, 2025, 11am-3pm At Randall’s Island Urban Farm The address is […]
Monday, October 6th, 6pm Pier 57 Daffodil Classroom Join us for a follow up talk to Aishwarya's Midas Mushroom lecture. In this talk, we'll go beyond […]
There will be no ID session this Monday
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