MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

MEMBERSHIP KEEPS GROWING!

NJMA must be doing something right! By the end of 2020, the NJMA club had over 600 paying members. This is a 50% growth since this 50+ year old club broke the 400 member level in 2012.  Membership now includes  domestic members outside the NJ-Philadelphia area and even members from other countries. The club remains 100% run by unpaid volunteers.

Forays - In-Person forays held on a mix of Saturdays and Sundays during the season is the best way to learn about fungi and lichens. These forays are open ONLY to NJMA members.

Newsletter - Get your watercolors, illustrations, humor,  quizzes, and novice and technical articles published in the newsletter, NJMA News. Let hundreds of people enjoy them.

​Who will be in the  next installment of popular series Who's in  Name? NJMA News contributor John Dawson writes the story behind famous people in the field of mycology (now over 90 articles!).

Virtual Education - Taxonomy Tuesday, a virtual foray EVERY WEEK on Tuesday evenings. Lectures by our own club educators and/or by mycologists in conjunction with other clubs across the United States during the off-season.

Education - Off-season in-person lecturers, classes and workshops. The Microscope Workshop and Introduction to Mushrooms classes are most popular.

Morel Under the Microscope

Tom Volk and Dorothy Smullen @Rutgers Workshop March 2004

Fungi photography - Get helpful tips on improving your photos! Watch our newsletter for rules and submission date for our annual Photo Contest.  [Returns in 2024 after hiatus 2020-2023].

​​Mycophagy and MycoAuction - An event held in February.  Check out some of our guest chefs' recipes. [Returned in 2024 after hiatus 2021-2023]. 

Culinary Group - The NJMA Culinary Group is unlike other NJMA food-centered events, these are not potlucks; they are themed dinners. The most common themes have been national cuisines: Southwest France, Italy, Germany, Vietnam, New Orleans, Caribbean, etc. The group took a pause in recent years, but will return in April 2024. ​

Grete Turchick Memorial Foray & Picnic - A members only picnic event in July or August in Sussex county.  For the past few years, a second potluck picnic has been held in Burlington county.

Holiday Party - A members only event in December - Dinner with Photo Contest. [Returned in 2023 after hiatus 2020-2022].  

Northeast Mycological Federation - (NEMF) Travel and meet your fellow mushroomers at regional events  like the NEMF SAMUEL RISTICH Foray.  In 2018, it was Geneseo, NY. In 2019, it was Lock Haven, PA (jointly hosted by NJMA). Each year the host rotates amongst the clubs in the northeast USA and eastern Canada. ​ In 2023, it was Kerhonksen, NY. In 2024, it will be held in Hyannis, MA.

North American Mycological Association -  (NAMA) Enjoy discounted membership and access to its publications Mycophile and McIlvainea.

Last Updated: 2024-09-03