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Cascade Mycological Society
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The Cascade Mycological Society is dedicated to education, research, conservation, safety, and fun with fungi in the Pacific Northwestern mushroom belt.

Eugene, OR
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Cascade Mycological Society @cascademyco.bsky.social · Dec 18
🍄 Hello, Blue Sky! 🌌

We’re the Cascade Mycological Society, a 501(c)3 connecting people to fungi since 1999 in Lane County, Oregon.

Explore our website at cascademyco.org for information about our work, memberships, and unique gifts.

#CascadeMycologicalSociety #Mycology #Fungi #Mushrooms #PNW
A triptych of three photos: the first shows a variety of wild mushrooms, including Boletus edulis, fresh in a basket. The middle photo features an older man with glasses and a gray beard, wearing a mushroom-patterned apron and a humorous hat shaped like a morel mushroom, standing under a pavilion. The third photo displays a close-up of a mushroom-topped pizza with melted cheese, wild mushrooms, and herbs. Indoor Cascade mycological society event where people, including children and adults, are using microscopes to examine fungi samples on a table. The room has a large mirror, and several attendees are mingling in the background, dressed casually. A mushroom identification booth run by the Cascade Mycological Society. Teacher Freeman Rowe, an older man in a blue jacket and glasses, is seated at the booth, speaking to someone with a backpack. Posters displaying mushroom species hang on the wall, with a sign reading 'Mushroom Identification' above the table."
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Two-panel cartoon showing a person asking an AI character, “Is this mushroom edible?” The AI cheerfully replies “Yes!” In the next panel, the person has died, and the AI stands beside a gravestone saying, “You’re right—that mushroom was poisonous. I’m sorry for the confusion!”
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Zeller's Bolete, Xerocomellus zelleri.

The latter 2 are being attacked by the Bolete Eater, Hypomyces chrysospermus.

#FungiFriends
#Fungi #Nature
A singular perfect example of a Zellers Bolete. This one had zero worms. About 4 total spotted nearby but none closer than a meter apart. The stipe is a beautiful red with faint striping. The cap is a mottled browned grey with a yellow pore surface that resembles a sponge. Found in a mixed forest. A grouping of 4 Zellers Bolete stand amongst some what I believe to be wintergreen. All of these were fairly old and likely wormy but still fun to find. A massive Zeller's Bolete that is succumbing to the Bolete Eater at a later stage. The Bolete has grown into a salal spring and has incorporated part of it into its cap. Hopefully the attachment doesn't negatively impact the poor little salal. A Zellers Bolete fully encapsulated by the Bolete Eater stands meekly while leaning against a stem.
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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The Cascade Mycological Society awards teaching and support grants up to $200 to teach children K-12 about fungi and up to $2,00O for Oregon students (community college, university undergraduate or graduate) engaging in mycology research.
Grants and Scholarships
The Cascade Mycological Society awards both grants and scholarships. Grants are for teaching children and teens while scholarships are for students at the college level. Teaching and Demonstration…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Would you buy a ticket to the 2025 Fungi Film Fest ,if we organized a group showing in Eugene, Oregon?

Know any organizations that might be willing to cosponsor the event with us?
www.fungifilmfest.com/group-screen...
Page - Fungi Film Fest
www.fungifilmfest.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Nature book challenge. A book per day in no particular order, until you've shared ALL of the best nature books in your personal library. No explanations, no reviews.
#Books #Nature #Naturewriting #naturebooks #conservation #naturebookchallenge #booksky #MycoBookClub
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FUNGAL KIND, IN PURSUIT OF REMARKABLE MUSHROOMS By RICHARD FORTEY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A CURIOUS BOY
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Love my walks in the woods! Some lovely new mushroom finds. A Chanterelle, Bolete, Bears Tooth, and Cauliflower mushrooms! #mushroom #oregon #pnw #portlandoregon #foraging #chanterelle #bolete #bearstooth #cauliflowermushroom
Chanterelle, Bolete, Bears Tooth, and Cauliflower mushroom. Smiling woman with head sized cauliflower mushroom. Bears tooth mushroom. Amanita
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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6 pm to 8 pm Tuesday, Nov. 11, at McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette. Tickets start at $30 and are available at McDonaldTheatre.com.
eugeneweekly.com/2025/11/06/p...
Paul Stamets Brings Fungal Wisdom and Prosperity to Eugene
An Evening with Paul Stamets: How a Mycologist Helps Communities Thrive comes to the McDonald Theatre Nov. 11, bringing together science, community and a touch of Eugene history coming full circle.…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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So much fun to record this with Tabby, really looking forward to future episodes! listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/wood-... or search (+ subscribe) ‘That’s Science’ on all podcast platforms 🤩
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Enjoy our marvelous woods and trails and most importantly stick with whatever tried and true mushroom species you like to find and eat.
To eat or not to eat, that is the question
On  the 6th of October, Sandy and I decided to try our luck finding some Amanita muscaria mushrooms around the  Florence area. The highly recognizable Amanita muscaria is a mycorrhizal fungus that…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The findings could signify that urban fungi could one day evolve into disease-causing pathogens. #fungi #fungifriends
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Urban fungi show signs of thermal adaptation
A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be adapting to higher temperatures in warmer sites within cities compared to co...
phys.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Thermo Fisher Scientific in Eugene has provided CMS with resources through CMS member Scott Clarke on multiple occasions.
Mycelium Is Disrupting the $30B Packaging Foams Market: Myco’s Plastic-Free Technology Is Efficient, Scalable, and Profitable
Article in partnership with MYCO a Czech deep-tech company developing biodegradable mycelium-based materials from organic waste, offering sustainable and cost-competitive alternatives to single-use…
www.mycostories.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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NASA is intending to get humans on the Moon before the decade is out, as part of the Artemis program.
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-scienc...
Mushrooms on Mars? NASA scientist says we can grow astronaut homes using this unusual method | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Mycelium architecture is the construction of buildings using fungi. Could mushrooms be used to build a base for humans on Mars?
www.skyatnightmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Nov 8-9, 2025 Wildrivers Mushroom Festival (Brookings, OR) - Wild Mushroom Display, Vendors, Food & Brew, Workshops & Lectures, and ID Hikes.
Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival
at Chetco Brewing Company 830 Railroad Street Brookings, Oregon
wildriversmushroomfestival.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Three weeks of mycology workshops, art & illustration, forest forays, culinary demos. At Olympic College in the Kitsap Peninsula region, Washington. 🍂 🍄 #mushrooms #mycology #art
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The local community college is going all in with the mushrooms by doing a whole week of continuing education classes... Mushroom Week!
Mushroom Week
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November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Nov 7-9, 2025 - Westwind Mushroom Camp (near Lincoln City) - Two-night, three-day camp; demonstrations, food and wine pairings. Cost $490.
Mushroom Camp - Westwind Stewardship Group
Join us for an adventure into the Mushroom Safari of Westwind. Mushroom Camp is a fantastic experience you don't want to miss.
westwind.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Researchers have developed a new class of bioinspired hydrogels with transformative biomedical applications.
Could Fungi Inspire the Future of Advanced Hydrogels?
In a groundbreaking development at the intersection of biology and materials science, researchers at the University of Utah have unlocked remarkable properties of a common soil fungus, Marquandomyces
bioengineer.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Happy Halloween #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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A rather ghoulish #Arachtober post for the end of October - a fungus infested Liny found this week.
A tiny spider engulfed in white fungal threads with numerous thin white 'fruit bodies' erupting from its body. The spider's brown legs are visible as are its dark, shiny chelicerae. The spider is sitting on a piece of dark wood.
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Pics from our Spooky Dookie Double Header Halloween Foray, where we hunted for the most haunting of mushrooms!
BLEEDING Mycena, TREMBLING Crusts, WEREWOLF farts, DEADLY Galerina, ALIEN Earthstars, BIOFLUORESCENT fungi,
then to top it all off, we stumbled into an absolute honey hole of CANDY CAPS!
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Happy Halloween! We’re showing off two spooky fungi from Kew. First up, found by a Fungarium Sequencing Project team member, this Cordyceps militaris is parasitising a moth larva!

The beautiful jack-o-lantern orange fruiting body is visible above ground, while the larva is buried beneath the dirt 🪦
Cordyceps miniralis fungi emerging from a moth beneath moss Closeup of Cordyceps militaris fruiting body
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The toilet uses mycelia to convert human waste into compost, is wheelchair-accessible, and requires just four maintenance visits a year.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
World's first mushroom-powered toilet could replace stinky porta-potties
Fungi flush out the odor in this pilot program.
www.popsci.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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"Kamman’s discoveries during her senior year at the University of Oregon could help spur a burgeoning industry that’s spawning sustainable alternatives for apparel, packaging and construction."
news.uoregon.edu/student-rese...
#fungifriends
Student researcher develops building materials from mycelium
Charlotte Kamman grows and tests acoustic panels made from mushrooms
news.uoregon.edu
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Ginger was the best dressed mushroom lover at the festival!
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Ending our festival with a dinner for volunteers that includes matsutake risotto with toppings and an apple pie with candy cap carmel. ❤️🍄
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Learning how to grow our own mushrooms with Jen Olsen from the Mushroomery!
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM