The Cain Foray is the MST's annual weekend of mushrooming. Named after founding member Dr. Roy Cain and first held in 1975, this year will be the 48th Cain Foray. In 2026 the Cain Foray will be held at Pinestone Resort in Haliburton. Forays will take place at a rich assortment of public and private sites. Get […]
Join Manitoba Mushroom Society for a webinar on October 20 at 7:00 pm Central Time, featuring Arseniy Belosokhov about his research "Towards a Tractable Model of Lichen Symbiosis". Lichens are classic examples of symbiosis: fungi living with algae or cyanobacteria to form tough little composite organisms. They are common, ecologically important and central to big […]
Join the NAMA Culinary Arts Committee for a deep dive into the warm comfort food of mushroom soups. Explore their components and variations. Learn some great, proven recipes that we're certain will become staples in your house. In this interactive session, committee members from across North America will showcase their favorite culinary techniques, featuring a […]
Repeated Fires, Changing Communities: Fungal Recovery in California's Reburned Mediterranean Shrublands by Dr. Anne Polyakov -->Register Here Learn how restoration projects are trying to bring mycorrhizal fungi back to damaged land, why the most popular approach, of-the-shelf commercial products, often falls short, and what works better. Fungal ecologist Anne Polyakov shares surprising findings from a […]
Pine rust fungi are complex, yet fascinating basidiomycetes that cause diseases in forest ecosystems in pine forests throughout North America. This talk will focus on the diversity of pine rust species in western forest, their life cycles and host ranges, symptomology for identification, and importance to forest ecosystem health. During this talk, you’ll also learn […]
The true 'alpine' (strictly above treeline) covers over 70 million acres in North America, and yet, before we started our research, it was a mycological blank spot on the map. Now 25 years later, we have made progress in discovering the diversity of mushrooms and their ecological roles in this harsh high-altitude landscape. This talk […]
Join Manitoba Mushroom Society for a webinar by Tyson Ehlers "Know Your Slime Moulds". Slime moulds, or myxomycetes (often referred to as “myxos”) are single-celled amoeboid organisms that produce delicate fruiting bodies exquisite in form and colour. Once considered a group of fungi (the name is derived from the Greek myxa for slime and mykes for fungi), they […]
A tale of two dryland fires, examining the impacts of fires in chaparral shrublands versus iconic Joshua trees in the Mojave desert on fungal biomass, richness, composition, and succession. I use multiple methods including field work, molecular work including microbiomes, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and culturing including bioassays, genomics, and transcriptomics to explore the traits of pyrophilous […]
Wildfires are a natural part of California's Mediterranean shrublands, historically occurring every 30–60 years, but what happens when fires return more frequently? While we often focus on how plants and animals recover after wildfires, an indispensable community is also recovering beneath our feet: soil fungi! We'll discuss how fungi respond to […]
Join Manitoba Mushroom Society at 7:00 pm Central Time on 2026 December 12 for a webinar by Paul Kroeger about "Teonanácatl. Psilocybin-containing 'Magic Mushrooms': History and modern use in British Columbia". This presentation provides a brief introduction to the Magic Mushrooms, discussing their ancient use, rediscovery in Mexico in the mid-twentieth century, and their early […]
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