MycoMatch Mobile App
2026 May 23 I previously wrote about MycoMatch, the free computer program which is the most complete Pacific Northwest mushroom guide. It has thousands of photos from hundreds of photographers, and thousands of species and species descriptions. It includes a key where you enter…
The Mycocamp Grant for High School Students Flyer
Interested in mushrooms and want to know more about them? Apply for a Mycocamp grant!
Using GeoForager to find wild mushrooms
Trent Blizzard shares his extensive knowledge of morel habitat in the Pacific Northwest. This video will demonstrate how to use the GeoForager app to locate environmental zones and plant communities favored by morels. Burn areas from past years are shown in great detail. Filters…
GOM Update
Pleurotus citrinopileatus (Golden Oyster mushroom or just “GOM”) has been in the news since my earlier post. (Pretty, but Invasive, Mar 15, 2025). National, international, and local media are sounding the alarm. And researchers have provided hard, scientific data that bolsters concerns about this…
Bo MacGill is our April speaker
‘“This presentation will cover my research on optimizing pigment production from three species of the colorful spalting fungus Scytalidium, and details my research goals, methods, motivations, and major results. The talk will blend topics ranging from biology to art and optoelectronics suited for everyone…
MycoMatch Update Available
2026 Feb 10 MycoMatch (MatchMaker) is a free computer program to help identify Pacific Northwest mushrooms. It’s the most complete Pacific Northwest mushroom guide, with: It includes a key where you can enter multiple mushroom characteristics at once (a synoptic key) instead of working…
iNat Founder Quits
2026 Jan 07 Many OMS members use iNaturalist’s citizen-science platform to record or identify their finds. iNaturalist is in many ways the brainchild of Ken-Ichi Kueda. Kueda is an iNaturalist co-founder who played a leading, continuing role in creating and developing its software. In…
Shopping for Cultivated Mushrooms
Wild mushrooms are available in season at the big grocery stores, but many local Asian stores offer a wide variety of exotic cultivated mushrooms year ’round. We did some comparison shopping and found that most of these items were imported from the far east…
Your 2026 Board of Directors
Each year in November, we choose two new Board of Directors members and renew the positions of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. This year we have exactly one candidate per position, except for Secretary which remains open for now. OMS By-Laws do not mandate…
OMS Fall Mushroom Show Follow-up
At the OMS Fall Mushroom Show at the World Forestry Center last weekend, we saw a dazzling display of fungi in remarkably realistic settings. The seminars were well attended. The cultivation blocks sold out. Book sales were strong. The big hit of the show…