Mycological Associations

Palouse Mycological Association

By morel delimma ⋅ July 24, 2006 ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

The Palouse Mycological Association (PMA) is the amateur mushroom club of Washington State University, the University of Idaho, and surrounding area. The PMA is a relatively new club, formed in January, 1993 by Norma Copes who served as president until 1995. The goal of this association is to provide opportunities for members to gain a better understanding of mushrooms and related fungi through forays, presentations and fungal feasts. They have a dedicated and highly enthusiastic core of members and their numbers are growing each year. Members include amateur and professional mycologists from the Pullman - Moscow area and the surrounding communities of the Palouse. Scientific advisors are Dr. Lori Carris, associate professor at Washington State University and Dr. Edmund Tylutki, professor emeritus of the University of Idaho. Dr. Tylutki is the author of several books on regional fungi, including Volumes 1 and 2 of Mushrooms of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest, dealing with Discomycetes and allied fungi, and non-gilled hymenomycetes, respectively.

The PMA meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month from September to May, at the Cougar Depot, located on the corner of Grand Avenue and Davis Way in downtown Pullman, WA. The PMA is affiliated with the North American Mycological Association (NAMA). Visit their site for more information.