The North American Mycological Association is a great national organization, and it’s open to all mushroom lovers. Membership is only $25 a year, and it gets you free lectures and great newsletter, the Mycophile. NAMA also organizes very popular forays, and much much more. Find out more here.
In the next few weeks and months NAMA is offering a series of lectures, some of which are open to non-members.
Monday, April 8, 2024 | 8pm
See a presentation about the Boletes of Arizona which will show these interesting organisms in all their variety, followed by Q&A
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 | 8pm
A moderated discussion with a panel of organizers who have experience with starting a volunteer based mushroom club.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | 8pm
Alan Rockefeller leads an in depth discussion of the psilocybin and tryptamine containing fungi of North America. Includes three recently discovered Psilocybe species and quality photos of the known species occurring in Canada, USA and Mexico.
Thursday, April 25, 2024 | 8pm
A globetrotting vision of hallucinatory science and religious mysticism with appearances by Life Magazine, the CIA, and the Buddha, Mycelium Wassonii is a visual history and a love story as only Blomerth’s Isograph pen can render it.
Monday, April 29th, 2024 | 8pm
Bryn Dentinger updates us on the recent work applying genomic-level data and globally representative taxon sampling to resolve the frustratingly recalcitrant backbone relationships among the genera Boletaceae
Two of their forays are now also open for registration:
August 3rd – August 9th, Mexico
Lectures, Presentations, Forays, Cooking Classes, Dance Parties, 5-star food, Indigenous Panels, Community Foraging, Science and Friends.
August 22-25, 2024 | Arizona
This is a small event (100 attendees) at a boutique resort with a focus on the culinary aspects of Mycology. Registration opens April 15th.