Puget Sound
Mycological Society

Welcome to PSMS!

We are an organization that encourages the research, education, cultivation, hunting, identification and the cooking of mushrooms. With over 1,200 members, PSMS
is one of the largest mycological societies in the country.

We share our knowledge about mushrooms through meetings, classes, workshops and field trips.

Please join us at a meeting or become a member today!

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Latest PSMS News

Joy Spurr Memorial Foray at Cispus

May 18-20, 2012

PSMS will be honoring our Charter Member and Nature photographer, Joy Spurr by gathering at the Cispus environmental Learning Center May 18-20, 2012. Please join us for this 3-day/2-night, in-depth, educational mushroom experience. Join guided forest walks to experience the ecology and beauty of the forest and the fungi's role in this ecosystem. Expert speakers will present evening programs, guides and crafters will teach about mushroom identification, cultivation and mushrooms as a source for natural dyes in daytime workshops. This event begins at 3 pm Friday check-in and ends after lunch on Sunday May 20.

You must be a member of a Local or National mycological society to register. More photos and information will be posted soon!

Registration coming soon Joy Spurr Memorial Foray at Cispus

Lactarius lignyotus by Joy Spurr

ID Clinics are Over for the Fall

The PSMS ID clinics will no longer be held on Mondays at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Please check back in late April to see when they will start up again for the identification of spring wild mushrooms.

PSMS will still have membership meetings during the winter, so if you need your wild mushroom fix, please join us at a meeting! See our meetings page for a schedule of upcoming speakers and events.

Featured Content

If You Suspect
a Poisoning

Contact a physician or Washington Poison Center: 1-800-222-1222

More Poison Information

Spore Prints Newsletter

Spore Prints is the monthly newsletter of PSMS containing annoucements of coming events and speakers, plus a variety of tidbits, trivia, recipes, and research developements.

Spore Prints Archive Spore Prints newsletter

Harvesting Rules

Washington state is divided into numerous federal, state, local and Native American jurisdictions. Learn the proper rules for each jurisdiction.

Harvesting Information Mushroom harvesting rules

Upcoming Events

January 10 – 7:30pm – CUH

Membership Meeting

Duane Sept, an award-winning photographer, biologist and writer, will be our January speaker. His photographs have been published internationally and his clients include BBC Wildlife, Nature Canada, National Wildlife Federation and World Wildlife Fund. Duane teaches close-up and wildlife photography as well as leads nature photography tours.

Duane Sept photography

February 14 – 7:30pm – CUH

Membership Meeting

Ian Gibson will demonstrate his new and improved MatchMaker, which is a program to help identify mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. It contains a database of almost 4000 descriptions of gilled and nongilled mushrooms.

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The Pacific Northwest is a spectacular habitat for mushrooms.

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Puget Sound Mycological Society

U.W. Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA 98105

(206) 522-6031
president@psms.org

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