NEW JERSEY MYCOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

NJMA in the NEWS

1/29/2023

NJMA recently contributed to an NJ newspaper article about the 'Last Of Us' and cordyceps. The article can be found here.

mycological curriculum for teachers and educators

1/23/2023

“What would the world be like if every student learned about flora, fauna AND funga in school? We will soon find out!

The @fungifoundation has launched a mycological curriculum for teachers and educators together with Reconsider (@reconsiderorg) and Fantastic Fungi (@fantasticfungi). After a year of piloting it and teaching the lessons at schools in the US and Chile, it’s officially completed and ready to use.

And guess what: Spanish translation of the curriculum is in the final revision and will soon be available too!

Go to www.fungieducation.org, sign up and get free access to the Fungi Education curriculum + activities for kids and many free resources from the Fungi Education Program (@fungieducation).

Can you imagine the possibilities if we grow tons of mycologists over the next generations? Tell your teacher friends and spread fungal education!”

NJMA is not associated with the Fungi Foundation.

Citizen science helps in the study of fungal diversity in New Jersey

1/10/2023

New Jersey Mycological Association data was used for the research paper mentioned above on fungal diversity in NJ. As citizen scientists, we do not have to understand everything in scientific papers like this, we can concentrate on continuing to collect data and posting into iNaturalist.org or MushroomObserver.org where it is accessible to researchers.

NJMA never stopped our forays or data collection through the 2020-2022 period, but we did restrict attendance to members only, and ceased making recent data available publicly.

Citation:
Shumskaya, M., Filippova, N., Lorentzen, L. et al.
Citizen science helps in the study of fungal diversity in New Jersey.
Sci Data 10, 10 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01916-z

2023 myco Events

12/28/2022

Below is a sneak peek into 2023 mycological events. Subject to change, of course.

Northeast Mycological Federation Regional Foray - Sept 14 to 17th 2023 at Ukrainian Retreat Center, Kerhonkson, NY.

North American Mycological Association Annual Foray - August 24 to 27th 2023 in Hendersonville, NC.

NJMA 2022 FORAY SEASON ENDED

11/9/2022

2022 NJMA's Foray season (late June to early November) has ended. Our team of identifiers traveled to 12 different counties [Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Sussex, Warren] to collect and help NJMA members learn to identify fungi using fresh specimens. Foray locations and dates are disclosed only to members! So be sure to join or renew for 2023.