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July 27, 2025Phyllis Ma has just released a new zine, Mushrooms & Friends 4, which features still lifes of Ganoderma mushrooms cultivated in a small home lab. Some specimens formed marshmallow-tipped antlers, and others, fan-like conks with porous undersides. In addition to photography, this issue includes writing tracing the cultural history of Ganoderma in China — from medieval Daoism to the contemporary art of mushroom bonsai.
Phyllis has also been sharing unusual mushroom cultivation videos found on Chinese social media. Check out the highlights on her Instagram: @mushroomsandfriends
Also available:
• Mushrooms & Friends 3: still life photography of wild mushrooms found around New York, including Green-Wood cemetery.
• Mushroom Fever: essays about the first New York mycological club from the late 19th century and its founder, Cornelia Bedford.
About:
NYMS member and artist Phyllis Ma has been working with fungi since 2019. After many years in New York, she moved to the Swiss Alps last year. Her ongoing series, Mushrooms & Friends, features foraged and cultivated fungi, often in arrangements with flowers, food and animals.
For a short time NYMS members can get a 10% discount in Phyllis Ma’s web store by using a discount code at checkout.
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