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 …
We are so happy our dear friend and mentor Freeman Rowe was able to reach his 90th birthday as he wished. However, we were saddened to hear of his passing just 9 days later. This years Virtual Mushroom Festival will be dedicated to Freeman, the founder of the Mount Pisgah Mushroom Festival and the inspiration …
A joint meeting with the Native Plant Society When: Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at 7:00 pm Where: Online Event – CMS Youtube Channel (click to set a reminder) Plants are fascinating. Fungi are fascinating. But for sheer entertainment value, it’s difficult to beat plants plus fungi. Fungi have been associated with plants since plants first colonized the land and …
When: Wednesday, Sept 16, 2020, at 7:00 pm Where: Online Event – CMS Youtube Channel (click to set a reminder) When the rains come the mushrooms often come out in abundance. If you are serious about mushrooms and foraging, as Trent and Kristen Blizzard are, you will go out early and often and end up with way more fresh …
Below is a letter CMS received from the Willamette National Forest Service regarding permits for Matsutake season. Matsutake mushrooms are regulated differently from other mushrooms in many forests. For complete information about all mushroom permits visit the CMS Mushroom Picking Permit page. Due to COVID-19, people will need authorizing letter rather than permit Oregon (Sept. …
The 2019/2020 season for the Cascade Mycological Society (CMS) was action packed! We started with our 20th Anniversary Celebration, blew away records at the Mushroom Festival, created a “Fascinating World of Fungi” educational display at the Eugene Library, educated members and the public with our monthly meetings and community classes, helped new and old CMS …
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. …
A friend and retired medical professional whom I met through CMS recently contacted me to request that I share some helpful information regarding the subject of wearing masks. Please feel free to share. When you leave home, always wear a face mask. The COVID-19 virus spreads through aerosolized droplets which are inhaled. A cough, sneeze, or …
