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What's New at NAMA!!

Medicinal Mushrooms

Robert Rogers, Chair of NAMA's new committee on Medicinal Mushrooms, explores the healing potential of mushrooms on a new page on the website. Follow this link to learn more...

Meet Diana Smith, Our New Mycophile Editor

Dianna Smith Dianna Smith is in her fourth term as president of the Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association (COMA). Since joining COMA nearly ten years ago, she has been documenting the club's weekly finds with photos and commentary at www.pbase.com/comafungi. She studies mycology on her own and with Gary Lincoff during late winter workshops at COMA's Mushroom University. Her mycology lessons based on these studies can be found on her educational website www.fungikingdom.net.

Renew Your NAMA Dues Online

You can now join NAMA or renew your membership dues online. You can pay with either your PayPal account or with a credit card. When you start the application, be sure to tell us how you would like to be involved. Please include your current telephone number. If you are joining through an affiliated club, be sure to tell us which one. There is still a paper application if you'd rather send a check, but we encourage you to make the switch for your 2012 dues. To learn more, follow this link...

NAMA Annual Foray 2012

Redwood tree The next annual foray will be held in Scotts Valley, California, December 13-16, 2012. Save the date. Details coming soon!

NAMA 2011-2012 Directory

The new version of the NAMA Directory is now available to members. To get your copy, send an email to Ann Bornstein at annstitcher [at] charter.net. NAMA needs your email address. If yours is not listed in the directory, please send a message to Ann.


NAMA is committed to the promotion of scientific and educational activities related to fungi.

NAMA supports the protection of natural areas and their biological integrity.

We advocate the sustainable use of mushrooms as a resource and endorse responsible mushroom collecting that does not harm the fungi or their habitats.