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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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The CMS Meeting Tonight is at 7pm at the Hilyard Community Center - No Livestream.

A recording will be posted on the CMS YouTube channel within 1 week.
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Presenting research into what the environment of the valley was like previous to settler changes.

David G. Lewis is a citizen of the Grand Ronde tribe, a descendant of the Santiam, Takelma, and Chinook peoples of western Oregon.
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CMS Meeting Feb 2026
Speaker: David G Lewis Topic: Reconstructing the Willamette Valley Environment When: Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 7pm Where: In person at the Hilyard Community Center. We will post a reco...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Special Limited Engagement at the Eugene Art House Sunday, April 12, 2026

Matinee and evening tickets now available for pre-order

🍄 A unique expedition into the wilderness of Australian fungi, plants, and animals. 🐨🌿
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CMS Presents "Follow the Rain"
Special Limited Engagement at the Eugene Art House Sunday, April 12, 2026 World famous fungi hunters invite audiences on a unique expedition into the wilderness of Australia, where the symbiotic ...
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February 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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Time to whip out some love! It’s #HotStickSaturday
The top of a pinkish mushroom, very much resembling a heart (the symbol not the organ) grows from a stick
February 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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For the day.
Rusavskia elegans showing its heart to the world (a bit of a dark heart 😐).
NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Photo of an orange lichen growing flat on rock. There’s a hole in the rock which creates a hole in the centre of the lichen. The hole is in the shape of a heart which gives the impression that the lichen has a black heart at its centre.
February 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Can't remember where I downloaded these wonderful fungi valentines but bravo to the creator ❤️🍄💖
February 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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"We found that the fungi create a lace-like network... it’s so beautiful, and it moves the carbon outward in a wave-like formation. The fungi are controlling the flow, the speed of the traffic and the width of these highways as needed, to maximize how they grow."
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Mapping underground fungal networks: Interview with SPUN’s Toby Kiers
All around her, scientists had their eyes set on studying flora and fauna that lived aboveground. But Toby Kiers’s interest always lay in the oft-overlooked biodiversity that existed beneath it. It wa...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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Publishing, reading and reviewing papers in BMS #journals helps support and promote fungal biology #research, #education, recording and #conservation. Find out how to access the journals, or how to submit your #mycology research or field studies here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/publications...
Front covers of the four BMS journals
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Presenting research into what the environment of the valley was like previous to settler changes.

David G. Lewis is a citizen of the Grand Ronde tribe, a descendant of the Santiam, Takelma, and Chinook peoples of western Oregon.
cascademyco.org/2026/02/cms-...
CMS Meeting Feb 2026
Speaker: David G Lewis Topic: Reconstructing the Willamette Valley Environment When: Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 7pm Where: In person at the Hilyard Community Center. We will post a reco...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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There will be two showings:
on Sunday, April 12th:
1:30pm and 6:30pm

Tickets go on sale starting Tuesday at 8:00 AM
www.eugenearthouse.com/movie/follow...
February 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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Feb 21-22, 2026 - Russian River Fungi Fest (Guerneville, CA) - The first even "Russian River Fungi Fest" is a two-day celebration of the incredible mushrooms and mushroom culture of West Sonoma County. Free event. web.russianriver.com/events/Russi...
Russian River Fungi Fest!
The first ever Russian River Fungi Fest is a 2 day festival celebrating all things mushrooms
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February 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Happy Truffle month!
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The Oregon Legislature has proclaimed February as Oregon Truffle Month in time for the 20th anniversary of the Truffle Festival. oregontrufflefestival.org
February 8, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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Orange Rock Posy Lichen.
NWT, Canada. Lichen is about 3cm long.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Photo of a lichen with a white thallus/body. About 2/3 of the lichen body is covered in fairly large, orange apothecia.
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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"Parallelism Jellyfish'
February 7, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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EU Researchers reviewed 27 research papers to determine the best methods to recycle fashion waste.

I am sure you will know which process came out on top.
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How best to recycle Europe’s fast fashion waste? Grow mushrooms on it, say researchers
With textile waste collection mandated across the EU, questions remain about what to do with all those materials. Latvian scientists explore several interesting solutions, including using waste…
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February 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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I have finished multiple sculptures for my grand fungal art project I hope to finish this year! In the replies, you will find individual photos of each sculpture, and what mushroom they're inspired by. 1/6

#Fungi | #Fungus | #Mycology | #Mushroom | #Sculpture | #Craft | #HandMade | #StarryTigerArt
February 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Apr 12, 2026 or Nov 12, 2026 - Mushroom Dyeing (Eugene Textile Center) - Use local mushrooms to create a rainbow of colors by using different species, mordants, and shifting pH. #fungi #dyeing #mushrooms #oregon

📋Sign up now, classes fill up quickly.
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photo shows a variety of crocheted and other handmade items in beautiful shades of earthy colors. on the left is a beanie style cap with yellow and red mushrooms woven into the design
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Feb 11, 2026 - Author Julie Beeler Webinar

Topic: From Mushroom Spore to Spectrum: Mushrooms as Natural Colorants

Cost: Free for NAMA members, all others $5, register here.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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Mar 25-28, 2026 or Oct 21-24, 2026 - Mushroom Cultivation Design Coarse (Fungi for the People, Westfir, OR) - Learn to grow mushrooms hands on in this unique 4-day course from a team of experienced cultivators on a dedicated farm school.
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Mushroom Cultivation Design Course
Hands-On Mushroom Growing Course at Mushroom Farm School in Oregon
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February 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Mushroom fire hydrant, at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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Portland's protests have the frog. In Eugene we have the mushroom.

Photo from ICE Out EW-Extraby EW Editorial Staff
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Protestors standing outside the federal building, one is dressed in a large blow up Amanita muscaria costume.
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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Jan 29, 2026 - Aaron Hilliard of Mushroom Wonderland

The History of Mycology and Taxonomy: The Mushrooms We Love and the People Who Cared About Them

Cost: Free for NAMA members, all others $5, register here.
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Registration ⇽ The History of Mycology and Taxonomy | Glue Up
Register for "The History of Mycology and Taxonomy" hosted by North American Mycological Association
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January 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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“The idea that I extrapolated from the forestry aspect is that as individuals, we can also be connected through an underground network of elements that connects us to nature."

On display through Feb 6th at the Maude Kerns Art Center. #mushroom #OR
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Married with paintings: Eugene couple feature in forest-themed art exhibit
The ‘co-conspirators’ of some 40 years — as Marco Elliott calls himself and his wife, Joanna Carrabbio — are showing new work at the Maude Kerns show, along with two other Oregon artists.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Happy birthday to the founder of modern mycology and plant pathology. #fungi #mycology #botany
Heinrich Anton de Bary | Fungal Physiology, Plant Pathology & Mycology | Britannica
Heinrich Anton de Bary was a German botanist whose researches into the roles of fungi and other agents in causing plant diseases earned him distinction as a founder of modern mycology and plant…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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A protest sign with block letters reading "I should be in the woods mushroom hunting, but instead I have to be here to fight these MAGA Nazis" there is a large photo of two Boletes in the lower left hand corner
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Fungi: Anarchist Designers is an interdisciplinary show that tries to connect artistic creation and ongoing research by bridging art, science, design, set-making, interactive works and film.
Will Fungi Thwart the Destructive Rise of the Anthropocene?
The earth’s ecosystem relies on interdependency, as the curators of Fungi: Anarchist Designers reflect in an interdisciplinary show that fuses research and art to centre mushrooms in our daily lives.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM