BMC Facts

In the summer and fall, weekly ID sessions are held on Monday nights at the Harvard Herbaria conference room.

Boston Mycological Club

Founded in 1895

The oldest amateur mycological club in North America.

News Archive

Jul 19, 2010: New club walks have been added to the schedule! Members: please check the Members Only section for our revised walk schedule.
Jul 15, 2010: Members-- Revised walk schedule coming to you soon!
Jul 09, 2010: The July 11 walk is ON, as scheduled, despite no rain. We will begin the DeCordova project of "mapping" their grounds with any fungi we find.
Jul 02, 2010: First walk of the season is July 11, 10:30 AM at DeCordova Museum in Lincoln. Please see walk notes posted on members-only section of this site for more info.
Jun 07, 2010: Each June, BMC members eagerly look forward to the Walk List -- walks generally begin in July and continue through October.
Apr 15, 2010: In April, members look forward to the Annual Meeting and the wonderful Culinary Meeting and raffle.
Feb 21, 2010: In March, we offer members a talk on Tibetan mushrooms, study of microscopic features of fungi, and a winter foray for the hardy.
Feb 06, 2010: The Chinatown Foray has been postponed to February 20th. Hope to see members there!
Jan 26, 2010: Join the club and enjoy a winter and spring of workshops, field trips, lectures and movies.
Sep 13, 2009: Yes, we have a full schedule for fall 2009! We mail the walk list to members, only.
Jul 01, 2009: The 2009 walk list went out with the June bulletin, and should be in members hands by now.
Apr 21, 2009: We are leaving last year's walk schedule posted, in case you are interested. The 2009 walk schedule will be ready by early June, and start shortly after July 4th.
Oct 19, 2008: Walk! 1:30 PM Bay End Farm, 200 Bournedale Road, Bourne, MA at the parking area in front of the farm stand.
Oct 13, 2008: Identification of New England Boletes with Noah Siegel. More information at right.
Oct 11, 2008: Platypus, Pademelon, Python and Plenty of Fungi A slideshow by award winning photographer Noah Siegel
Oct 11, 2008: Special ID weekend for members with Noah Siegel. Email for more information.
Oct 11, 2008: Walk! 10:30 AM Purgatory Chasm State Park, Sutton, MA Meet at the shelter on the hill above the visitor’s center.
Oct 06, 2008: Beginner's Class: Edible Wild Mushrooms, More information at right
Sep 05, 2008: Today marks the beginning of our experiment with posting walks publicly.
May 07, 2005: Spring Culinary. 6:00 pm. Bring a potluck mushroom dish and a list of its ingredients!
Apr 25, 2005: Annual Business Meeting and guest author, Russ Cohen.
Oct 01, 2004: Last ID meetings of the season will be on November 1 and 8.
Sep 06, 2004: no meeting on Labor Day Monday.
Aug 30, 2004: mailing sent out containing: Bulletin, Banquet notice, ID class, 2004 club Roster.
Jun 30, 2004: the Walk Schedule has been mailed to the current members of the BMC.
May 22, 2004: Spring Culinary Meeting - Check your March Bulletin for details. It's on a Saturday evening this year.
Apr 26, 2004: Annual Business Meeting of the BMC. To see the club's by-laws, <a href="bmc_bylaws.html/">click here</a>.
Apr 05, 2004: Next winter program lecture: "Mosses and Liverworts". Sue Williams studies what we fungiteers step over and around: the mosses and liverworts. We might learn enough from Sue to encourage us to take a second look at these soft, bright green patches on the ground.
Mar 18, 2004: the March Bulletin is mailed. Look for the membership renewal.
Nov 10, 2003: the last weekly meeting of the season will be Monday, November 10. Then the winter program starts on December 1.
May 12, 2003: Winter Bulletin and Winter Program have been mailed out to all members - bulk rate postage.

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