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Spring 2025 "Hildegard Hendrickson ID Clinics" at CUH are done for the season!
Thank you to everyone who participated and helped out. See you in the fall!Save The Dates
The Ben Woo Foray will be Oct. 17-19th, 2025
Our Annual Wild Mushroom Show will be Oct. 25-26th, 2025
PSMS Inclusivity Statement
For over fifty years, the Puget Sound Mycological Society (PSMS) has nurtured collaboration amongst its members for an understanding and appreciation of the wide diversity of mushroom species in the Pacific Northwest. We also depend on a diverse membership to support our mission to foster the understanding and appreciation of mycology as a hobby and a science. In recent months, as systematic inequality in U.S. society is revealed to a broader audience, it becomes clearer that inequality imposes barriers on marginalized groups to participation in a wide variety of activities. PSMS opposes all barriers that limit participation in mycology. PSMS and its board members support a more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming organization where all people, especially those who are underrepresented in our organization and society at large, can enjoy mushrooms and all of the activities associated with them. We realize this will be an on-going conversation and are looking to our members for suggestions on ways to increase diversity, inclusivity, and welcoming. Thank you as we join together to make this long-overdue journey toward systemic equality!
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Upcoming Events
2025 PSMS Tuesday June 10th Survivor’s Social Event
07:30 PM – 09:30 PM
Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH)3501 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA 98105
$10/per PSMS member/Registration opens at 6pm June 1st, 2025
On Tuesday June 10th, we will have our annual Survivor's social event. It will be a "Finger Food" event with pre-purchased trays of light food items, wine, beer and non-alcohol beverages hosted by the PSMS Board. This is not dinner. The Meeting Hall, courtyard, and Atrium will be open.
Sometime during the evening, we will introduce PSMS Officers and Committee Chairs that are present. We will announce the winners this evening for the 2025 Golden Mushroom Award for extraordinary service to PSMS. In addition, this year we invited the artists that submitted entries to the 2025 Call for Art to all join us for this event, to show their works, and to announce the winner of the art contest.
This is "In-Person Only" (no ZOOM) at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Masks will be optional. Doors will open at 7:00 PM.
Seating is limited, so register early to guarantee your place! You must be pre-registered to attend. The cost is $10/person to cover incidentals. Sorry, No refunds. This will be a Members Only event.
This promises to be a fun evening with friends and family, so we hope to see you there!