It’s time to renew your annual membership with MMA! But, wait, before you do, please note that if you joined after September 15th of this year, then your membership is good for all of 2026. Memberships are required for receiving the newsletter, receiving the details needed to attend the forays, and for attending more than one foray. Members may bring a guest to a foray once before they are required to become a member.
To rejoin for 2026, please visit the Join page here.
With one foray successfully in the books, we are looking forward to many more this season! See below for the schedule, and don’t forget to check your email for specific locations and directions from Michaeline…
We will be hosting our first summer foray on June 29th in Alfred at 1 pm. More details on the exact location will be emailed to members directly from Michaeline. Please also review the foray guidelines here, which explain our protocols and etiquette for the forays.
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
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