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Book Review
This book review was originally submitted to MushRumors, the OMS newsletter, for inclusion in the May/June 2025 issue. A review of Dr. Michael Beug’s Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest, Second Edition By Alice Chang Alice Chang…
Pretty, but Invasive
Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Golden Oyster) is beautiful mushroom which has recently been cultivated in the U.S. This non-native species has escaped into the wild. It’s an aggressive species which threatens biodiversity. The Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS) recently asked cultivators, foragers, and local mushroom clubs to…
Gyromitra and Related Lorchels
In a paper published this January, a team headed by Dr. Alden Dirks revises (one might say “scrambles”) the taxonomy and names of Gyromitra and related mushrooms. Dr. Dirks also presented those finding in a webinar which you can view on YouTube. A few…
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Wanted: Amanita smithiana
October 30, 2024 Dr. Colleen Cowdery of the Oregon Poison Center is seeking samples of Amanita smithiana (Smith’s Amanita) for a toxicology study. Amanita smithiana is a West Coast mushroom, first described from Olympic Hot Springs, Washington. It’s sometimes confused with the edible Tricholoma…
Wanted: Amanita parasites
August 11, 2024 Most of you are familiar with Hypomyces lactifluorum, an ascomycete fungus that attacks Russula brevipes (short-stemmed Russula), turning them into “Lobster mushrooms”. Another Hypomyces species which attacks mushrooms is H. hyalinus, which parasitizes different Amanita species. Now researchers want your help…
Wanted: Dead Man’s Fingers
August 7, 2024 Update Oct 30 2024. Samples no longer needed. Hayden Houck reports: “I’m reaching out to follow up about this request and my project. I received a lot of emails from mycologists and foragers who saw your announcement, and I’m super grateful…
“Rare Fungi Discovered”- The Moss
Learn more @ https://mailchi.mp/3779487b2b77/march2024?e=0fbab95de4 The Moss is Columbia Land Trust’s monthly e-newsletter. Cedar Creek Natural Area is a 640-acre forest in Columbia County, Oregon. We conserved this land in 2021 and the high-quality, intact forest with diverse structure is ideal habitat for plants, fungi, and…
2024 January Survivor’s Banquet
Back in the cold winter month of January, OMS members gathered together to share the warmth of homemade food, myco-minded comradery, and to celebrate that our mushroom identification skills and field safety let us “survive” to forage another year! This year we had a…