Links
Mushroom Identification Programs/Sites
Legal
Sales
- Fungi Perfecti
- Ostrom's Farms
- Pro Mushrooms - local mushroom CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
Pacific Northwest Mushroom Clubs
Washington
- Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society (KPMS), Bremerton, WA
- Northwest Mushroomers Association (NMA), Bellingham, WA
- Olympic Peninsula Mycological Society (OPMS), Chimacum, WA
- Palouse Mycological Association (PMA), Pullman, WA
- Puget Sound Mycological Society (PSMC), Seattle, WA
- Snohomish County Mycological Society (SCMS), Everett, WA
- South Sound Mushroom Club (SSMC), Olympia, WA
- Southwest Washington Mycological Society (SWMS), Chehalis WA
- Spokane Mushroom Club (SMC), Spokane, WA
- Yakima Valley Mushroom Society (YVMS), Yakima, WA
Oregon
- Cascade Mycological Society (CMS), Eugene, OR
- Oregon Mycological Society (OMS), Portland, OR
- Wild Rivers Mushroom Club (WRMC), Harbor, OR
- Willamette Valley Mushroom Society (WVMS), Salem, OR
NW Canada
- South Vancouver Island Mycological Society (SVIMS), Victoria, BC
- Edmonton Mycological Club, (EMC), Edmonton, AB
- Vancouver Mycological Society (VMS), Vancouver, BC
Idaho
- Southern Idaho Mycological Association (SIMA), Boise, ID
Other Organizations and Reference Websites
- Mushroom Expert
- Fungi Photo
- Mushroom Pro
- Rogers Mushrooms
- Eating Wild Mushrooms
- Is this mushroom edible?
- Matisman.com
- North American Mycological Association
- Pacific Northwest Key Council
- Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival
- Puget Sound Mycological Society
- North American Truffling Society
- New World Truffiers
- Washington Truffle Society
- Sunny's Guide to WA State Nature Resources
- Mushroom: The Journal of Wild Mushrooming
- Mykoweb.com A site devoted to the science of mycology and the hobby of mushrooming.
- Mycological Society of san Francisco operates the largest local amateur mycological association
- Mycological Society of America
- Mushroom Observer is a site to record observations about mushrooms, help people identify muchrooms, and expand the mushroom scientific exploration (mycology) community.
- Radical Mycology
- Fungal Jungal is an educational site maintained by the University of Montana
- Tom Volk Fungi is a site provided by the Department of Biology of University of Wisconson
- Tree of Life is a site which records information and new changes in the Tree of Life.
Books (in order by author's last name)
- Mushrooms Demystified, by David Arora
- All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms, by David Arora
- Mushrooms: Poisons and Panaceas: a Handbook for Naturalist, Mycologists, and Physicians, by Denis Benjamin
- Musings of a Mushroom Hunter: A Natural History of Foraging, by Denis Benjamin
- National Audubon Society field Guide to North American Mushrooms, by Gary Lincoff
- The New Savory Wild Mushroom, by Margaret McKenney, Daniel Stuntz, & Joseph Ammirati
- A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America, by Kent McKnight and Vera McKnight
- Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America, by Roger Phillips
- The Mushroom Hunter's Field Guide, by Alexander Smith and Nancy Weber
- Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, by Paul Stamets
- Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home, by Paul Stamets
- Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi, by Matt Trappe, Frank Evans, James Trappe
- Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, by Steve Trudell
Miscellaneous
- National Geographic: Lightning Makes Mushrooms Multiply
- Taylor Lockwood, amazing photographer of mushrooms and fungi: http://www.kingdomoffungi.com
- Wild About Mushrooms: The Cookbook of the Mycological Society of San Francisco
- South Sound Mushroom Club on Facebook
DOWNLOADS
Washington State Personal Use Mushroom Harvesting Rules
Download (PDF format, Updated November 2012)
National Survey of Mushroom Club Members (2008)
Clemson University
National_Survey_of_Mushroom_Club_Members
Adobe Acrobat Document [586.4 KB]
Capitol Forest Map
Map of Capitol Forest (2008)
capforest08.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document [848.6 KB]
DNR Recreational Harvest of Special Forest Products for Personal Use
Mushroom limits - recreational harvesting of special forest products limits (mushrooms, berries, cones, conk, etc.
DNRSpecialProductsLimits.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document [29.9 KB]
DNR Vehicle User Permits Information
Permits-DNRVehicleUse.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Document [20.2 KB]
Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
This year there's an online print option to obtain your free personal permit including a map of the specific areas by clicking on this link Personal Use Mushroom Permit 2017. Another option is to use the attached permit application, mail it in with a copy of your identification & wait for the permit to be processed & arrive back in the mail.