Pick up free mushroom fruiting blocks + learn what to do with them!
July 1, 2022Join us at the NYMS Fungus Fest on Randall’s Island on October 23, 2022!
September 25, 2022
Community scientists can help change this by documenting rare and threatened fungi. Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS) has made it their mission to make this easy and fun.
The FunDiS Rare 20 Challenge for the North East is a multi-year project to document 20 rare and threatened fungi.
How do I participate?
Simply familiarize yourself with the 20 target fungi here by downloading the pdf (they’re all easy to identify even by beginners) and if you think you’ve found one, take lots of good pictures and put it on iNaturalist. Someone from FunDiS will get in touch to verify your find and will tell you what to do next.
I’ve found Butyriboletus billieae a couple of times in Staten Island, and I can tell you it’s really exciting to find one of these rare critters!
-Sigrid Jakob
New York Mycological Society