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  • OMS General Meeting, February 2025

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    7:15 pm Presentation: Heather Dawson. Wait, don’t eat the truffle! Truffle dog training and dog-found truffle diversity Truffle dogs are gaining popularity in the Pacific Northwest because they can easily be trained to find the native Oregon white and black truffles. Rye the truffle...

  • Growing Mushrooms from Spawn

    OMS member Jon Danielson runs a small-scale mushroom cultivation operation as his retirement business.  His talk will be an overview of the most popular and effective methods of mushroom cultivation at home.  Many species are easy to grow from spawn.  Learn the basics at...

  • Culinary Group Town Hall

    Nearly all foragers are good cooks, and wild mushrooms are an exotic ingredient.  The Culinary group is re-forming after a period of inactivity.  What do you think it should be?  Are you interested in recipe sharing?  Hosting a mushroom oriented potluck?  Supporting the Summer...

  • OMS General Meeting

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Mushrooms and the culture of Greece Olga Tzogas from Smugtown Mushrooms from Rochester, NY is our keynote speaker. Experience and take a visual journey into the diverse and lush natural world of Greece. Ancient forests, traditional land based living still exist, providing a rich...

  • Hunting Burn Morels with Trent Blizzard

    Trent Blizzard is the current president of NAMA, the North American Mycological Association of which OMS is a member.  Trent and his wife Kristen Blizzard are the creators of the Modern Forager blog and the newly released GeoForager mushroom hunting maps/apps.  Trent has graciously offered to preview the 2025 Burn Morel season with a guided...

  • Oyster Mushroom Workshop

    Make your own Oyster mushroom bag!  Jon Danielson will provide us with pasteurized  wood chips, cultivation bags, and several varieties of oyster mushrooms.  Bag preparation takes about an hour, with guidance from Jon regarding sterile technique, packing instructions, and growing tips.  There is a...

  • Beginner Mushroom ID – 1

    This 3 session class covers mushroom basics: their ecology, forms, habitats, the process for identification, and potential toxicity.

  • Mushroom gourmet feast

    Phyllis Finger 610 NW Spring Ave., Portland, OR, United States
    All you can eat!
    Free

  • OMS General Meeting

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Staying found in the forests of the PNW

  • Beginning Mushroom ID – 3

    This class covers mushroom basics: their ecology, forms, habitats, the process for identification, and potential toxicity.

  • Intermediate Mushroom ID-Ascomycetes

    This class covers Ascomycete basics: their ecology, forms, habitats, the process for identification, and PNW species

  • Mushroom gourmet feast

    610 NW Spring Ave. Portland OR 610 NW Spring Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Portabello over couscous  
    Free

  • Vegetarian mushroom feast

    610 NW Spring Ave. Portland OR 610 NW Spring Ave, Portland, OR, United States
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    Free

  • Mushroom Dye Class

    Space is still available for the Dyeing with Mushrooms Workshops on Saturday 4/26 and the following Saturday 5/3.  This is a hands-on workshop where you will learn the full process of mushroom collection, dye extracting, and mordanting. Both events start at 10 am.  The location...

  • OMS Kelley Point Mycoflora blitz

    All hands on-deck for the annual survey of one of our favorite parks. Each year we compile a list of mushrooms that were found and post it on iNaturalist. Last year 56 species were found. Meet at the bathroom pavilion near the main parking...

  • Oyster stew

    610 NW Spring Ave. Portland OR 610 NW Spring Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Oyster mushrooms and oyster shellfish?
    Free

  • Intermediate Mushroom ID – Ascos – 2

    This is the second class in the series. It covers Ascomycete basics: their ecology, forms, habitats, the process for identification, and PNW species

  • Mushroom Dye Class

    Space is still available for the Dyeing with Mushrooms Workshops on Saturday 5/3.  This is a hands-on workshop where you will learn the full process of mushroom collection, dye extracting, and mordanting. The event starts at 10 am.  The location is about 1 hour north...

  • Dr. Michael Beug – Ascomycetes

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Michael Beug, famed mycologist and author of ‘Mushrooms of Cascadia’ will talk about the diverse Ascomycetes of Cascadia including all the common edible and toxic species, their seasons and their habitats. ‘My focus will be on the Pezizales plus a sampling of distinctive species...

  • OMS Board Meeting

    Zoom link: Https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84406781274?pwd=7uiOATqfdUiUG9Cd22L6aqRYuyuR6X.1

  • The Potluck Network: Chef Brett Buesnel

    610 NW Spring Ave. Portland OR 610 NW Spring Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Brett Buesnel will prepare bok choy with hoisin sauce and cultivated oyster or wild mushroom. The entre will be a glazed salmon.  Guests will supply a grain, a salad, an appetizer, and a dessert.  Please bring enough for 12 people.
    Free

  • OMS Scholar Research

    Cheatham Hall, World Forestry Center
    Sophia Kast and Monica Richardson are OMS Scholarship recipients who will present their research at the June OMS General Meeting. Sophia studies the potentially critical role that alpine ectomycorrhizal plants may play in upward treeline expansion through the provisioning of compatible ectomycorhizal fungi. This...

  • Julie Beeler speaks at the Literary Arts Bookstore

    Literary Arts Bookstore 716 SE Grand Ave, Portland,, Oregon
    Orion Magazine and the Literary Arts Bookstore are hosting a mushroom oriented panel discussion in support of the Summer Issue release. Join Orion’s deputy editor Tara Rae Miner with Erica Berry, Oregon Book Award–winning author of Wolfish; Julie Beeler, artist and author of The Mushroom Color Atlas; and Elan Hangens, mushroom...

  • Wild Mushrooms: Forage, Identify, Prepare

    Clackamas Community College - Environmental Learning Center 19600 Mollala Ave., Oregon City, Oregon, United States
    OMS Member Tim Glassman speaks at the Clackamas Community College Environmental Learning Center. The College is sponsoring a series of presentations that explore wetlands, wildlife, and both current and historical human-wildlife interactions provided by professionals and experts in their fields.
    $10

  • OMS Beginners Class – Session 1

    This class is fully subscribed. Presentation slides are available on the OMS website: Education – Oregon Mycological Society.

  • OMS Beginners Class – Session 2

    This class is fully subscribed. Presentation slides are available on the OMS website: Education – Oregon Mycological Society.

  • OMS Beginners Class – Session 3

    This class is fully subscribed. Presentation slides are available on the OMS website: Education – Oregon Mycological Society.

  • Steve Trudell – Mycorrhizas: Foundation of Our Forests

    Note: This meeting will be held in Miller Hall. Our usual venue (Cheatham Hall) is undergoing maintenance this month. Miller Hall is the next building to the south. The Pacific Northwest is home to the most majestic forests on Earth and, as a growing...

  • OMS Fall MycoCamp

    Camp Magruder 17450 Old Pacific Hwy, Rockaway Beach, OR, United States
    OMS returns to Camp Magruder (near Rockaway OR) for our annual Fall MycoCamp – an immersive, residential weekend studying, seeking, learning and enjoying new mushroom experiences. The camp mycologist will give two keynote presentations, and experienced foray leaders will take groups out for collections....
    $240

  • The Gifford Pinchot Fungi Festival

    This is a 3-day event in Packwood WA features workshops, wild forays, artisan markets, delicious local food, and more. The full Weekend Pass Includes: All workshops & forays Wellness events such as forest bathing and soundbaths. Marketplace Live Music Mushroom Costume Contest & Dance...

  • 2025 Fall Mushroom Show

    Miller Hall, World Forestry Center Miller Hall, Portland, OR, United States
    Each year, OMS teams search throughout Oregon and Washington for specimens of interesting mushrooms in preparation for the annual Fall Mushroom Show. The largest event of the year, life-like displays of mushrooms are layed in groupings with identification tags. The Fall Mushroom Show also...
    $15

  • NAMA Regional Foray

    This is a 3 day event featuring many well known mycological speakers.  It includes a hotel stay (double occupancy), a series of lectures, workshops and mushroom themed meals.  Full details are available online at Regional Foray – North American Mycological Association.  (non-OMS event)

  • OMS General Meeting – Chad Hyatt

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Chad Hyatt – Mushroom Mastery: From Forest to Plate Whether you’re a dedicated mushroom forager or you rely on the store or farmer’s market for your fungi fill, you can make the most of your mushroom haul with The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen. Professional chef and mushroom...

  • Fungi Film Festival

    Cinema 21 616 nw 21st St., Portland,, Oregon, United States
    This year the Fungi Film Festival brings 16 short films to Cinema 21 for a live premier. These artistic films celebrate our shared passion for mushrooms. You can also stream the series for home viewing between now and January 4th ($10 rental fee).

  • 2026 Survivors Banquet

    Beaverton Elks Lodge Beaverton Elks Lodge, 3464 SW 106th Ave, Beaverton, OR, United States
    Our annual winter celebration giving thanks for an abundant season of foraging with friends. Attendance is limited to 80 OMS members. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
    Free/Donation

  • Tinctures and Extracts

    Los Hongos Cafe 4330 SE Division Ave., Portland,, Oregon, United States
    The Los Hongos Cafe opened in November 2025 with a focus on incorporating mushrooms into food and drink for health, vitality, and nourishment. David Poplin is a biochemist and deeply involved mycophile, combining these skills to make a variety of tinctures and extracts which are served with...

  • Toxicology Class

    Cedar Mill Public Library 1080 NW Salzman Road, Portland,, Oregon, United States
    Another class coming this spring. There have been a number of serious mushroom poisonings recently, so this class is recommended for all members.  Learn about which mushrooms can make you ill, and how to tell them apart from lookalikes.  You will get a few...
    Sold out!

  • Neil Brent – Mushroom Cultivation: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

    What does it really take to build a mushroom farm from the ground up—without a roadmap, a safety net, or a tidy business plan? This talk pulls back the curtain on more than a decade of trial, error, and hard-earned insight from Neil and the Columbia...

  • Toxicology Class

    This is an intermediate level course which will require you to watch online instructional videos and attend three work sessions.  Starting with an agar plate, you will grow your culture, amplify it into spawn, inoculate a suitable substrate, and record the weight of mushroom...

  • Aaron Hilliard – Myco-history and the mushrooms we love

    Aaron Hilliard is a mycology educator from Kitsap County Washington and creator of Mushroom Wonderland, a social media site dedicated to all things fungi. Experienced forager and amateur mycologist, Aaron travels with his camera to make fun and informative foraging videos. Everything from peaceful mushroom...

  • Rebecca “Bo” Macgill 

    This presentation will cover my research on optimizing pigment production from threespecies of the colorful spalting fungus Scytalidium, and details my research goals,methods, motivations, and major results. Colorants are a hugely important but hugelyoverlooked part of everyday life, and my research aims to illuminate...

  • Spring MycoCamp

    Join us for a weekend of fungi fun. Daniel Winkler is our camp mycologist, providing interesting mycological presentations on Friday and Saturday evening. On Saturday morning, we break off into smaller groups to explore the area for fungi, venturing to several prime locations that...
    $100 – $279

  • Daniel Winkler

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Having been in love with mushrooms since childhood I managed to bend my career as an ecologist and geographer focused on High Asia towards researching mushrooms and rural income in Tibet, Himalayas and China. I am fascinated by ethno-mycology, the role mushrooms play in...

  • Eva Gordon

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Eva Gordon, author of Animal Mycophiles, takes us on a journey into a hidden world of surprising partnerships. From worms feasting on fungi to elephants seeking medicinal mushrooms, this book reveals the captivating ways in which creatures interact with the fungal kingdom. Discover how animals...

  • MSA Annual Conference – Portland OR

    DoubleTree by Hilton 1000 NE Multomah Street, in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, United States
    The 2026 MSA Annual Meeting will take place July 11–15 in Portland, Oregon, bringing together mycologists, researchers, students, and fungal enthusiasts from around the country for a multi‑day program of scientific talks, workshops, poster sessions, and community events.

  • OMS General Meeting

    World Forestry Center - Cheatham Hall Cheatham Hall, SW Knights Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, Portland, OR, United States
    Janai Southworth, from the San Francisco Microscopical Society discusses microscope techniques for fungal research.