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
Eugene, OR
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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
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
The pellets are designed to boost tree-planting projects in ground where vital fungi may be lacking.
How fungi ‘superpowers’ from mushroom pellets are restoring forests across the world
‘Rhizopellets’ are being planted alongside saplings and enhance the roots of the tree as it grows
www.the-independent.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The pellets are designed to boost tree-planting projects in ground where vital fungi may be lacking.
The Oregon Truffle Festival in February 2026 is the premier event for truffles in the country. oregontrufflefestival.org
Oregon Truffle Festival 2026
Join us during Oregon Truffle Month (February) for a series of truffle-centric events and discover the magic of Oregon’s native fungi.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The Oregon Truffle Festival in February 2026 is the premier event for truffles in the country. oregontrufflefestival.org
Jan 16-19, 2026 - SOMA Camp (Near Occidental, California) - An annual retreat to learn about wild mushrooms, sponsored by the Sonoma County Mycological Association. Cost: $600-$775.
Mushroom forays, gourmet mushroom cuisine, classes and workshops on mushroom identification, cooking, dyeing, paper-making, medicine making, photography, cultivation, and more.
Camp sign-ups are now open!
www.sonomamycology.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Jan 16-19, 2026 - SOMA Camp (Near Occidental, California) - An annual retreat to learn about wild mushrooms, sponsored by the Sonoma County Mycological Association. Cost: $600-$775.
Jan 9-11, 2026 - Santa Cruz Fungus Fair (San Francisco, CA) - Learn about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz/Monterey and Bay Area. Find fungi on display in a re-created woodland habitat. Tickets now available.
Santa Cruz Fungus Fair| Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz
Come to the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair to learn fascinating and fun facts about beautiful and diverse species of mushrooms! View remarkable mushroom arts and crafts, taste unusual and exceptionally good…
www.ffsc.us
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Jan 9-11, 2026 - Santa Cruz Fungus Fair (San Francisco, CA) - Learn about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz/Monterey and Bay Area. Find fungi on display in a re-created woodland habitat. Tickets now available.
The Future is Fungi Award celebrates the world’s most visionary fungal innovators and science entrepreneurs. From 187 global entrants across 59 countries, the top three have emerged as leaders, paving the way in a global movement.
The Future is Fungi Award
Michroma is transforming the way we colour and flavor. Using fungi-derived ingredients, they’re replacing petrochemicals with sustainable, natural solutions, pioneering a new standard for the food…
www.futureisfungi.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Future is Fungi Award celebrates the world’s most visionary fungal innovators and science entrepreneurs. From 187 global entrants across 59 countries, the top three have emerged as leaders, paving the way in a global movement.
The advanced microscopy techniques used to distinguish the fungus from the surrounding plant cells open a powerful new way to identify fossilised life forms.
Scientists discover new species of fungus in 407-million-year-old plant fossil from Scotland
An ancient plant-fungus partnership has been revealed using advanced microscopy imaging, providing evidence of the mutually beneficial relationship that
www.cam.ac.uk
December 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The advanced microscopy techniques used to distinguish the fungus from the surrounding plant cells open a powerful new way to identify fossilised life forms.
Shiitake Mushrooms Could Turn Wood Waste Into Renewable Fuel: The research establishes that fungal pretreatment via shiitake cultivation presents a viable route to cellulosic ethanol production. www.mycostories.com/post/shiitak...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Shiitake Mushrooms Could Turn Wood Waste Into Renewable Fuel: The research establishes that fungal pretreatment via shiitake cultivation presents a viable route to cellulosic ethanol production. www.mycostories.com/post/shiitak...
Danish concrete leader IBF has entered a new partnership with Visibuilt, a Copenhagen-based startup developing the world’s first mycelium binder for outdoor paving materials. www.visibuilt.com/ibf-announce...
December 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Danish concrete leader IBF has entered a new partnership with Visibuilt, a Copenhagen-based startup developing the world’s first mycelium binder for outdoor paving materials. www.visibuilt.com/ibf-announce...
If the forest is alive with music, these scientists are turning up the amps. A British company called Bionic and the Wires is fusing technology with nature in its latest project, which involves affixing tiny robotic arms to clumps of mushrooms.
This Mushroom Plays a Musical Instrument. We Interviewed the Scientist Behind It.
A UK company called Bionic and the Wires has found a way to harness bioelectric current from fungi to play a keyboard
www.outsideonline.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If the forest is alive with music, these scientists are turning up the amps. A British company called Bionic and the Wires is fusing technology with nature in its latest project, which involves affixing tiny robotic arms to clumps of mushrooms.
Who made these
December 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Who made these
Taylor Swift’s snake-print boots and bag cost almost $3,000. Both accessories may appear to be crafted from real snakeskin, but they’re actually fashioned from mycelium. pagesix.com/2025/11/04/s...
Taylor Swift’s snake-print boots and bag are made from mushrooms...
We may not be getting those “Reputation” vault tracks any time soon, but the pop icon still has a soft spot for snakes.
pagesix.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Taylor Swift’s snake-print boots and bag cost almost $3,000. Both accessories may appear to be crafted from real snakeskin, but they’re actually fashioned from mycelium. pagesix.com/2025/11/04/s...
The Macrofungi of Lane County Oregon project sponsored by CMS has been utilizing iNaturalist to document and catalogue the mushrooms in our area since it’s inception in January 2018. The ID-a-thon is taking place December 15, 2025 - January 15, 2026. Join us!
ID-a-thon · iNaturalist
ID-a-thon
www.inaturalist.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Macrofungi of Lane County Oregon project sponsored by CMS has been utilizing iNaturalist to document and catalogue the mushrooms in our area since it’s inception in January 2018. The ID-a-thon is taking place December 15, 2025 - January 15, 2026. Join us!
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Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
ORIGINAL:Defunding one of the world’s key living fungi libraries: Research and farming will lose vital living toolsThis family of fungi can function as natural fertilizers, boosting plant growth and restoring depleted ecosystems. But federal funding that supports the Kansas-based collection has been eliminated, and that will likely result in its closure
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing
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This is Oct. 26 low Olympic Mtns Wa. Chanterelles!!! Soup fixins🍄🟫👍❤️
Longtime!
This is Oct. 26 low Olympic Mtns Wa. Chanterelles!!! Soup fixins🍄🟫👍❤️
December 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hello Bluesky
Longtime!
This is Oct. 26 low Olympic Mtns Wa. Chanterelles!!! Soup fixins🍄🟫👍❤️
Longtime!
This is Oct. 26 low Olympic Mtns Wa. Chanterelles!!! Soup fixins🍄🟫👍❤️
Snow “mushrooms,” spotted by Russians in Colorado. Holiday wishes. #fungifriends
#mushroombrain #mycology #fungiculture #snowmushrooms
#mushroombrain #mycology #fungiculture #snowmushrooms
December 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Snow “mushrooms,” spotted by Russians in Colorado. Holiday wishes. #fungifriends
#mushroombrain #mycology #fungiculture #snowmushrooms
#mushroombrain #mycology #fungiculture #snowmushrooms
You've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for...
December 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
You've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for...
Local story spotlights the highly prized, locally foraged Matsutake mushroom, featuring CMS members Trent and Kristen Blizzard. Read history of commercial matsutake foraging, its cultural significance, and why this mushroom continues to captivate. 🍄
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app.lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/this-l...
This local mushroom once drew the world’s eye. Now, it grows quietly.
Each fall, the rare matsutake rises from sandy soil beneath the pines in a brief season for foragers. Prized for generations and wrapped up in a global export market, the wild mushroom has long seen b...
app.lookouteugene-springfield.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Local story spotlights the highly prized, locally foraged Matsutake mushroom, featuring CMS members Trent and Kristen Blizzard. Read history of commercial matsutake foraging, its cultural significance, and why this mushroom continues to captivate. 🍄
app.lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/this-l...
app.lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/this-l...
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Windmill workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott! This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms! #BoycottWindmillmushrooms
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Windmill workers are fighting for a union! Support their boycott! This holiday season, don’t buy Windmill mushrooms! #BoycottWindmillmushrooms
🍄 Sessions A and B of the 2025 Fungi Film Festival are available to stream on-demand until January 4, 2026.
#FungiFilmFestival
#Mushrooms
#FungiFriends
#NatureFilm
#CitizenScience
#Fungi
#MushroomFilmFestival
www.fungifilmfest.com/2025
#FungiFilmFestival
#Mushrooms
#FungiFriends
#NatureFilm
#CitizenScience
#Fungi
#MushroomFilmFestival
www.fungifilmfest.com/2025
Page - Fungi Film Fest
20 films | 2+ hours | 17 countries
www.fungifilmfest.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
🍄 Sessions A and B of the 2025 Fungi Film Festival are available to stream on-demand until January 4, 2026.
#FungiFilmFestival
#Mushrooms
#FungiFriends
#NatureFilm
#CitizenScience
#Fungi
#MushroomFilmFestival
www.fungifilmfest.com/2025
#FungiFilmFestival
#Mushrooms
#FungiFriends
#NatureFilm
#CitizenScience
#Fungi
#MushroomFilmFestival
www.fungifilmfest.com/2025
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December 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Looking for a great holiday gift? Our mushroom earrings are hand sculpted and painted by Sandy Patton to look like real wild mushrooms.
Gift ready and all proceeds support CMS mycology grants and scholarships. 🍄
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cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
Gift ready and all proceeds support CMS mycology grants and scholarships. 🍄
cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Looking for a great holiday gift? Our mushroom earrings are hand sculpted and painted by Sandy Patton to look like real wild mushrooms.
Gift ready and all proceeds support CMS mycology grants and scholarships. 🍄
cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
Gift ready and all proceeds support CMS mycology grants and scholarships. 🍄
cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
cascademyco.org/cms-store/mu...
Nature on probiotic architecture: fungi and bacteria may support healthier indoor spaces. @uoregon.bsky.social researcher Mark Fretz studies how materials like wood interact with building microbiomes.
go.nature.com/4ajCQ2q
go.nature.com/4ajCQ2q
The Probiotic Home
Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human health.
go.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Nature on probiotic architecture: fungi and bacteria may support healthier indoor spaces. @uoregon.bsky.social researcher Mark Fretz studies how materials like wood interact with building microbiomes.
go.nature.com/4ajCQ2q
go.nature.com/4ajCQ2q
A beautiful "ode to mushrooms in the Polish culture" and peek into how fungi connect families to their heritage and nature. #mushroompicking #fungifriends #mushrooms
culture.pl/en/article/a...
culture.pl/en/article/a...
A Forest on the Table: A Mycological Christmas
At Christmas in Poland, the forest never stays outside. It arrives on the table in the form of mushrooms – humble, fragrant, and carrying centuries of memory. Their place at the feast recalls a deeper...
culture.pl
December 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A beautiful "ode to mushrooms in the Polish culture" and peek into how fungi connect families to their heritage and nature. #mushroompicking #fungifriends #mushrooms
culture.pl/en/article/a...
culture.pl/en/article/a...
Registration is open! Cost - $13 to $16.
Cooking with Wild Mushrooms: Spring Culinary Class at Amazon Community Center with Heather Sielicki
Learn the best ways to clean them preserve them and cook with them. Registration opens on December 10th.
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Learn the best ways to clean them preserve them and cook with them. Registration opens on December 10th.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Registration is open! Cost - $13 to $16.