Spring has sprung and with it, in addition to the hunt for wild edibles, I learned a few techniques for cooking mushrooms from fellow COMA member Damon Brunette and then enjoyed an amazing mycophagy. This was one of the last photos taken with my trusty five-year-old Canon camera. At this time of year I’m rarely [...]

This year’s Mushroom University study focuses on polypores. These mushrooms grow in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Even in winter, when there are no other mushrooms to be found, you can always find polypores. Our class got out into the field last week and brought back with an amazing array of fungi. Here [...]

Mycology is more than simply naming a mushroom. Learning to see has been priceless.

Thanks to fellow mycophile Tim Sage, I have just viewed Paul Stamets’s presentation of how mushrooms can save the world.

Applying Mushroom U lessons when no expert was at hand.

The perfect book for the aspiring mushroom hunter wishing to safely discover, harvest and enjoy wild mushrooms. It’s the next best thing to being in the field with Gary Lincoff.

Hudler untangles the complex topics and trends in the fungi kingdom with the gift of a true storyteller. I understand his fungi course at Cornell University was popular with the entire student body, not just the science majors.

The mark of a good naturalist is how carefully every detail is studied. In the world of mycology every detail matters.

Autumn should be a good time for mushrooms, now that the rain has come.

It was our mushroom club’s turn to co-host this years regional mycology event, dedicated to the memory of Sam Ristich. Despite the drought, we found several interesting mushrooms as leaf season begins.