MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
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MEMBERSHIP KEEPS GROWING!
NJMA must be doing something right! By the end of 2020 (during a pandemic), the NJMA club had over 600 paying members. This is a 50% growth since the 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.
Consider joining as NJMA as begins its 51st year in 2022. |
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Newsletter - Get your watercolors, illustrations, humor, quizzes, and novice and technical articles published in the newsletter, NJMA News. Let hundreds of people enjoy them.
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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 80 articles!).
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Virtual Education - Offered with our own club educators and in conjunction with other clubs across the United States.
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Education - Off-season in-person lecturers, classes and workshops. The Microscope Workshop and Introduction to Mushrooms classes are most popular. All regular in-person education is cancelled until pandemic subsides enough for indoor activities.
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Gene Varney, Tom Volk, Genn and Ania Boyd @Rutgers Workshop March 2004
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Tom Volk and Dorothy Smullen @Rutgers Workshop March 2004
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Fungi photography - Get helpful tips on improving your photos! Watch our newsletter for rules and submission date for our annual Photo Contest.
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Mycophagy and MycoAuction - An event held in February. Check out some of our guest chefs' recipes. Cancelled based on pandemic conditions.
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Bob Hosh, Ursula Pohl, Genia Hosh and Jim Richards 1990 Mycophagy
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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 is ready to make a come back! Cancelled based on pandemic conditions.
Grete Turchick Memorial Foray & Picnic - A members only picnic event in July or August. In 2022, it is back! Pandemic conditions have abated enough for outside eating activities.
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Holiday Party - A members only event in December - Dinner with Photo Contest. Cancelled for 2020 and 2021 due to pandemic conditions.
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Northeast Mycological Federation - (NEMF) Travel and meet your fellow mushroomers at regional events like the NEMF SAMUEL RISTICH Foray. In 2018, it was Genesco, 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 2020, this was a virtual event because of pandemic conditions.
North American Mycological Association - (NAMA) Enjoy discounted membership and access to its publications Mycophile and McIlvainea.
Last Updated: 2022-08-15
