We have two big events coming up this spring. First, is a talk by board member and mushroom author, Greg Marley on April 13th. Second, is our annual board meeting on April 27th. Scroll down for more details.

Foraging for Edible Mushrooms: Beyond the Foolproof Few to Embrace Gilled Mushrooms with Greg Marley

Date: Saturday, April 13th

Time: 1-3 pm

Location: Camden Public Library or on Zoom (for those who need to attend remotely). The Zoom link will be emailed to MMA members a week or so before the event.

Annual Meeting of the Maine Mycological Association, Inc.

Date: Saturday, April 27th

Time: 9:30 am- 3:00 pm

Location: Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street, Augusta

A Note from the President: Once again we will have our annual membership meeting at Viles Arboretum, with a presentation, pot luck, and displays. I am looking forward to seeing each of you there! Please let me know if you have additions to the business meeting agenda, have a fungal related display you would like to share, or have books or tchotchkes you would like to donate for the silent auction. Questions? Please email me. Thank you. – Michaeline Mulvey

Schedule:

• 9:15 AM: Doors open
• Displays of:   
          woody fungi
          spore print demonstration
          copies of prior newsletters (free to take)
• For sale to benefit MMA:
          books and journals, tchotchkes
          mushroom books and items you would like to donate.
• 10:00 AM- Noon: Greg Marley:  An Introduction to, or Review of, Common Mushroom Genera and Species in Maine
• Noon to 1:30 PM: Social time, Potluck Lunch (Please bring ingredient labels. To reduce trash, please bring your place setting.)   
• 1:30 PM Annual Member Business Meeting (see agenda below)

Annual Business Meeting Agenda:

WELCOME
SECRETARY’S REPORT: Laura Martel
    Minutes of Annual Meeting April 29, 2023
TREASURER’S AND MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Jeanne Farrell
    2023 summary
    General Fund
    Samuel S. Ristich Scholarship Fund
    Gary Marshall Speaker Fund   
ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS TO THREE YEAR TERMS:
Terms of Greg Marley, Nicholas Repenning, and Aaron Witham are ending
    Nominations from the floor
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FROM BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
    President
    Vice President
    Secretary
    Treasurer
SCHOLARSHIPS:
    Eagle Hill
    NEMF
    NAMA
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
    Membership: Jeanne Farrell
    Newsletter Editor: David Porter
    North American Mycological Association: Michaeline Mulvey
    Northeast Mycological Federation: Michaeline Mulvey
    Summer Forays: Nicholas Repenning
    Web-site manager: Aaron Witham
    Winter Speaker Series: Aaron Witham
    Librarian: Teague Morris and Del Small
TOXICOLOGY REPORT: Greg Marley
OLD BUSINESS
 NEW BUSINESS
    Dues increase?
    Increase scholarship amounts?
ADJOURNMENT

We have an exciting series of speakers and events planned for the cold months ahead, so grab some hot tea and let’s get to it!

January 13th at 1 pm, Waldoboro (Outside)- Winter Wood Loving Fungi with Cheryl St. Pierre. Details on exact location in the January newsletter.

January 27th at 11 am, Belfast Free Library, Belfast (Inside)- The Mushroom Manifesto (Movie by Taylor Lockwood) followed by Q&A with Dr. David Porter

March 2nd at 10:15 am, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick (Inside)- Fungi & Wild Blueberries by Dr. Seanna Annis

April 13th at 1 pm, Camden Public Library, Camden (Inside)- Foraging for Wild Edible Mushrooms: Beyond the Foolproof Few to Embrace Gilled Mushrooms by Greg Marley

Additionally, there are lots of Myco Consortium speaking events on Zoom that will pop up throughout the winter. Become a member of Maine Mycological Association today in order to receive details about all of these events and more events not mentioned here. For details on the specific events noted above, look at the January newsletter, in particular. You’ll receive the January newsletter in your email.

We thought we were done for the year, but the recent spell of warm weather has kept the mushroom season alive. We are doing one more foray on Sunday, November 5th at 9:30 am in Waldoboro. Check your email from Michaeline with details on exact location.

Please join us on October 21st at 9:30 am in South China, Maine. Dogs are not allowed at this foray. See the general foray expectations here.

For the specific details on location, please see the email sent from Michaeline around October 6th. If you are a new member who has joined since then and have not received foray details, then please ask the person who sent you the welcome email for the foray details.

Join us for our fall virtual foray this coming Sunday, October 15th from 6:30-8:00 pm. We will be going over the typical shrooms we find this time of year, as well as discussing your photo submissions of what you are finding. For a copy of the Zoom link, check your recent email from Michaeline and look at the directions for how the event will run here. You do not need to submit photos to participate, but you do have to be an Maine Mycological Association member. Click here to join.