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Spring 2024 "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!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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If You Suspect
a Poisoning
Contact a physician or Washington Poison Center: 1-800-222-1222
More Poison InformationSpore Prints Newsletter
Spore Prints is the monthly newsletter of PSMS containing announcements of coming events and speakers, plus a variety of tidbits, trivia, recipes, and research developments.
Spore Prints Archive![Spore Prints newsletter](images/img-sporeprints.jpg)
Harvesting Rules
Washington state is divided into numerous federal, state, local and Native American jurisdictions. Learn the proper rules for each jurisdiction.
Harvesting Information![Mushroom harvesting rules](images/img-harvest.jpg)
Upcoming Events
Hello!
We hope that you are having a terrific summer!
A few reminders:
Membership dues are now due! Our membership year is from July 1 of the current year to June 30 of the following year and costs $30 for single or family memberships, and $20 for student memberships with a current student card. Current memberships will expire on June 30, 2025.
PSMS does not meet in July and August. Our next general meeting is Tuesday Sept 10th at 7:30pm (more information on that later...). Fall field trips which will start late Sept or early Oct are posted in the member's area of the website in early September. The 2024 annual PSMS mushroom show will be on Oct 19-20. Registration information for the fall Ben Woo foray on Oct 25-27 will be sent out later this summer.
The PSMS Communications Committee