Cascade Mycological Society

10/17/2026

The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in England is hosting a unique exhibition celebrating the "cultural world" of fungi through a range of innovative installations.

An innovative exhibition at Exeter museum features a musician's unique soundscape, created through collaboration with woodland fungi, and an artist's map of her body's mycobiome.

10/15/2026

A fascinating but familiar read about how fungi pull people into an endless quest to learn more about them.
https://fundis.substack.com/p/people-behind-the-fungi-sigrid-jakob?

From puffballs in a New York City park to kitchen DNA sequencing, scientific publishing, and helping shape FUNDIS

10/13/2026

Previous research shows that fungi dissolve metal-bearing minerals and support plant stress tolerance. They hypothesize that these mechanisms may work similarly in regolith (moon and mars soil).
https://www.mycostories.com/post/trichoderma-and-mycorrhizal-fungi-weighed-for-regolith-farming-on-the-moon-and-mars?

A review published on 17 April 2026 in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences assesses which beneficial fungi could help turn lunar and Martian regolith into a medium for growing crops.

10/10/2026

Check out Ron's Mushroom Musings to learn about summer mushroom hunting.

It's the 5th of August, and I’ve decided to get a jump on composing my article for September’s newsletter. I could attribute my early start to being an amazingly diligent individual, a stickler for punctuality and fully committed to my newsletter obligations. While that’s mostly true, I starte...

10/08/2026

This article covers what is going on in the Medicinal Mushroom sector ...
https://www.mycostories.com/post/immc13-medicinal-mushroom-sector-weighs-regulation-quality-and-hype?

The International Medicinal Mushrooms Conference 13 convened from September 22-25 in the charming historic castle town of Bragança, Portugal in the biodiverse Trás-os-Montes region. An international delegation of some of the world’s top mushroom researchers and industry representatives convened ...

10/05/2026

Mushrooms found on CMS's foray to the coast on Saturday.

10/05/2026

Always something educational and fun from NAMA!

How many of these activities can you complete before World Mushroom Day on October 15th? 🧐

Tag our account to have your fungal themed celebrations shared with the NAMA community 💖

🍄‍🟫Happy foraging 🍄‍🟫

10/02/2026

We all know fungi is fabulous food, and that some fungi can eat plastic. But did you know that fungi can turn plastic into food?
https://www.mycostories.com/post/yeast-engineered-cookies-made-from-plastic-bottles-could-feed-astronauts-and-disaster-survivors?

Scientists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, funded by NASA, have programmed yeast to convert PET plastic and agricultural waste into protein-rich cookies called µBites.

10/01/2026

For people undergoing cancer treatment, the nerve pain associated with blasting the body with chemotherapy can be debilitating. Scientists may have discovered a solution. https://www.fastcompany.com/91602620/scientists-found-a-surprising-potential-use-for-the-psychedelic-in-magic-mushrooms?

Psilocybin shows serious promise for protecting cancer patients from years of chronic nerve pain associated with chemotherapy.

09/29/2026

CMS had a lot of fun marching in the Eugene Bright parade. We dawned costumes with lights and connected ourselves to each other and to a tree with strings of lights. Lots of people along the parade route shouted, "mushrooms and mycelium."