It was mid-June; the normal time for the initial festival planning meeting between the Mount Pisgah Arboretum (MPA), the Cascade Mycological Society (CMS), and Lane Community College (LCC). So, we scheduled a Zoom call to decide what to do. Everyone was in agreement that our normal in person festival of thousands of people gathering in …
While taking the Biology of Mushroom class at Lane Community College (LCC) in 2018, Sioux Sternath heard a few stories that indicated there was a relationship between the class she was taking, the Mount Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival, and the Cascade Mycological Society. She decided she wanted to learn more. So she asked her class …
Note: This is an initial list of persons who have committed to presenting at the 2020 Mount Pisgah Arboretum Virtual Mushroom Festival. This list is subject to change. We will also post presentation titles when finalized. Mycology Talks Peter McCoy speaks on behalf of the fungi, the most overlooked and misrepresented organisms in the web of …
When: Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 7:00 pm Where: Online Event – CMS Youtube Channel (click to set a reminder) Join Roo for an exciting adventure into one of the last unlogged watersheds in western Ecuador to document the rich biodiversity that is threatened by mining. He and his international team of researchers have just returned from a National Geographic …
Because we are not able to hold in person CMS meetings at this time, we will be offering virtual meetings. Hopefully, virtual meetings will allow us to reach out to more people, both now, and in the future … a silver lining to our current COVID-19 quarantine. Perhaps, we can also invite a mycologists from …
hen: Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 7:00 pm Where: Online Event – via Zoom or the CMS Youtube Channel Morel mushrooms are famous for thriving in forests the year after a wildfire. Join us and learn how to responsibly locate and collect these edible fungi. Locating ideal burn morel terrain starts online with topographic and satellite maps. …
Location – Eugene Downtown Public Library, 2nd Floor Display Cases, Periodicals When – January and February The “Fascinating World of Fungi” exhibit celebrates 20 years for CMS as an organization and seeks to enlighten Eugene Public Library visitors on a few of the many fascinating aspects of fungi through educational exhibits, examples of their uses, …
