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Upcoming Club Activities

Feb. 6 - Talk, for members only. Leaf-Cutting Ants and Endophytes: Two Fungal Mutualisms Meet.

Mar. 5 - Cooking Demo, for members only.

What's New on this Site?

Holiday Bazaar Rivals Filene's Basement
By Pam Chamberlain

2011 Banquet
By Jason Karakehian

Dr. Malloch's Lab Session: Secrets of the Deathly
By Jason Karakehian

Information about the current walk schedule, impromptu walks, and all other club events is available to Club members by logging onto this website. It is also mailed to club members.

Although the Club does not post its walks or other events on the public part of this website, we're not closed to the public. You're welcome to inquire about upcoming club activities. If, after joining us for a walk or an event, you'd like to join, that would be great!

Welcome!

The oldest amateur mycology club in the United States, the Boston Mycological Club was organized in 1895 to study mushrooms and other fungi, to collect and spread information concerning them, and to encourage interest with exhibitions, lectures, and publications.

Eating Mushrooms Safely

Don't know the mushroom? Don't eat it! For medical help with suspected mushroom poisonings, call the national poison hotline number (1-800-222-1222) More info here

The Joys & Challenges of Mushroom ID

By Joel Kershner

Directions to Harvard's Herbaria.

Parking near Harvard's campus is at a premium. We recommend traveling by T or bicycle. Take the Red Line to Harvard Square station. The Herbaria is about a ten minute walk north across the Harvard campus.

Harvard Campus Map

How to Park at Harvard