Trees are more than just plants—they host distinct and highly specialized microbial communities within their wood. Deep in the oxygen-limited heartwood, fungi, bacteria, and archaea form […]
STINK HORN: a mycological musical performance-lecture by Siôn Parkinson May 8th in Annandale-on-Hudson and May 9th in Hudson, NY. How can a mushroom’s noxious stench—and the […]
Saturday May 10 2025, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Organized by Field Meridian and Nature School Location: Brower Park Crown Heights Facilitators: Lauren Wilson and NYMS […]
Join us for a walk in Seton Falls Park, Bronx this Sunday, May 11th. Our first visit to Seton Falls Park was in winter of 2019. […]
W1616Next 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. […]
Join us for a walk in High Rock Park, Staten Island this Sunday, May 18th. Please note the earlier-than-usual start time. High Rock Park contains five […]
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. […]
Thursday, May 22nd, 7:30 pm Many fungal taxa have evolved to fruit belowground (truffles) and require animals, particularly small mammals, to consume and disperse spores. This […]
Join us for a walk in Van Cortlandt Park West, Bronx this Saturday, May 24th. Please note the earlier-than-usual start time. Van Cortlandt Park is one […]
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!
Join us for a walk in Forest Park, Queens this Sunday, June 1st. Forest Park spans 543 acres, but NYMS concentrates mostly on the eastern section […]
Subphylum Agaricomycotin1Next 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 […]
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