Renew Your NAMA Membership Today
Renew your NAMA membership today! Visit http://www.namyco.org/join.php and select the “renew membership” button at the top of the page. Members of affiliated clubs receive a $5 discount. For only $25 ($30 for non-affiliated members), you will receive 6 issues of The Mycophile, full access to our expanded website, and a standing invitation to all NAMA-sponsored forays. Members enjoy all the benefits NAMA has to offer, including our newsletter, The Mycophile, which is full of educational articles and news about upcoming forays such as our annual foray at Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, New York on August 8-11, 2019.Learn More About NAMA
We've produced a new video about NAMA: what we do, who we are, what happens at a NAMA foray. Check it out on our new NAMA YouTube Channel! Click here to learn more about NAMA.New Scholarship to Honor Michael Beug
Established by Paul Stamets
Last year entrepreneur and mushroom expert Paul Stamets ’79, his wife, Dusty Yao, and their business, Fungi Perfecti LLC, created a new scholarship in the name of faculty emeritus Mike Beug, the professor who helped shape Stamets’ career as a mycologist. The Mike Beug Scholarship is offered to students with financial need who demonstrate a passion for mycology. The first scholarship has been awarded to Evergreen College student Ryan Richter. Follow this link to learn more...
Gary Lincoff's energy and enthusiasm will be greatly missed by mushroomers all over the world.
The New York Times put together a wonderful obituary. Click here to see the article... The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published a wonderful obituary as well.
Lichen Basics
Lichens are amazing organisms. They are all around us and we hardly notice them. Found on soil, tree bark, rocks and even some under water, they are actually two organisms living together (symbiosis). The major component is a fungus (mycobiont), hence they are classified as fungi — the vast majority being ascomycetes. Lichens are fungi that have taken up farming, and they are known as lichenized fungi. There are four major growth forms — crustose, foliose, fruticose and squamulose.
To see the page on Lichens written by Dorothy Smullen, follow this link...
