PSMS Membership Meeting

The membership meeting on September 10, 2024, will be a “hybrid” meeting both in-person at the Center for Urban Horticulture  and virtual on Zoom. We will start letting people into the CUH meeting hall at about 7:00 pm and into the Zoom meeting at about  7:15. The lecture will begin at approximately 7:30 pm.  

Our speaker is Noah Siegel, and his talk is titled “Cascadia—a Fungal Paradise.”  The wet mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest host a spectacular diversity of mushrooms, a true fungal paradise!  This talk will highlight this diversity, the unique habitats, and it’s plethora of mushrooms. 

He will also be giving a preview of his latest project co-authored with Christian Schwarz— Mushrooms of Cascadia, A Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest—written specifically for our region. Just released and hot off the presses, it is just in time for what we all are hoping will be a memorable season. Noah will have copies available to those in attendance so, plan on coming in person. 

Noah is one of North America’s foremost field mycologists. He has spent over three decades seeking,  photographing, identifying, and furthering his knowledge about all  aspects of macrofungi. He travels and lectures extensively across  America, following the mushrooms from coast to coast. Noah was  the recipient of the 2022 North American Mycological Association’s Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology. His primary  research interest is on the taxonomy and systematics of fungi.  

In addition to Mushrooms of Cascadia, he has authored, along  with Christian Schwarz, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, a  Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California and A field Guide to the Rare Fungi of California’s National  Forests. He is currently working on Mushrooms of Alaska, with  Steve Trudell and Kate Mohatt.