New York Mycological Society

🗓️ Sunday, Oct 11, 2026 ⏰ 11:00–16:00 📍 Battery Park, NYC 🆓 Free admission 🔗 www.newyorkmyc.org/fungus-festi... 17 Days until our 4th Fungus Festival on October 11 in partnership with @thebatterynyc this year in lower Manhattan! #fungusFestival2026

Our NYMS iNaturalist project — "Fungi of NYC" has reached over 1000 sequenced observations! 🥳 Congratulations to everybody who got us to this milestone! #DNASequence #Mycology #Fungi #citzenscientist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

In person ID sessions are the best! Have Fungi’s!

Over the past month we've introduced the remarkable world of #Myxomycetes—from giant single cells to intricate fruiting bodies. If you'd like to learn how to find, identify, and study slime molds yourself, our new online course is now open. #slimemoldSunday www.newyorkmyc.org/courses/myxo...

One of the joys of studying slime molds is realizing that an organism only a millimeter tall can have extraordinary microscopic architecture. Beautiful spores. Elegant capillitium. Intricate fruiting bodies. Tiny doesn't mean simple. #Myxomycetes #Microscopy #SlimeMoldSunday

One of our favorite biology facts: A slime mold plasmodium is a single cell. Not a colony. Not thousands of cells. One enormous multinucleate cell that slowly crawls through the forest before transforming into fruiting bodies. Nature never stops surprising us. #Myxomycetes #Biology

Most people walk right past them. Slime molds (#Myxomycetes) aren't fungi—they're #amoeboid organisms that spend part of their lives as giant single cells before producing intricate fruiting bodies only millimeters tall. Once you start looking, forests become very different places. #SlimeMolds

🗣️: @@sigridjakob.bsky.social: NYMS Mycological Diversity Report 📆: 05.26.2026 @ 20:00 🔗: Link in bio to RSVP Community Science Guest Speaker: Sigrid Jakob will be sharing about how the New York Mycological Society compiled their 2025 New York City Mycological Diversity Report

🗣️: Anne Pringle: Why Are Mushroom Poisonous, Anyway? 📆: 04.30.2026 @ 18:30—20:00 🔗: www.newyorkmyc.org/event/anne-p... 🎟️: newyorkmyc.org/join #poisonous #mushroom #mycology #mycotalk

This talk was recorded & will be available on YouTube shortly.

🗣️: Andrew Cannon: Smuts, Mildews, and Leaf Spots: Fungal Plant Pathogens of New York City 📆: 04.17.2026 @ 18:30—20:00 📍: Pier 57 Oyster Classroom, 25 11th Avenue, NYC 🎟️: Free!! Open to the public www.newyorkmyc.org/event/andrew... #mycotalk #mycology #talks #rust

🗣️: BREAKING: The Correct Way to Say “Fungi” Has Been Decided Is it fun·gee, fun·gai, or fun·jigh? www.newyorkmyc.org/breaking-new... #aprilfools #fungyay

🗣️: Emma Richter: How to Appreciate Crust Fungi — Exploring a Diverse Fungal Grouping and Unique Species of the Northeast 📆: April 3rd, 18:30-20:00 🔗: www.newyorkmyc.org/event/emma-r... 📍: Pier 57 Oyster Community Classrooms, 25 11th Avenue #mycotalk #lecture

🗣️: Andrew Cannon: Rust Fungi of the Northeast 📆: 03.26.2026 @ 19:30—21:00 🔗: www.newyorkmyc.org/event/andrew... 🎟️: Members only #mycotalk #mycology #talks #rust

We kept getting this question: “Where are the lecture recordings?” Fair. So we made a proper lecture library. 🍄 Searchable, organized, and full of fungi, slime molds, microscopy & more. Some talks are free. The full archive is for members. Start exploring: www.newyorkmyc.org/introducing-...

🗣️: From Waste to Wonder: The Mysterious World of Fungi that Grow on Dung 📆: 02.22.2026 @ 10:00—12:00 📍: Zoom! 🔗 : www.newyorkmyc.org/event/from-w... #mycotalk #mycology #talks #mushroom

There's no shortage of stunning lichens — like this Devil's matchstick (Pilophorus acicularis), which grows these tiny black-tipped stalks across rock surfaces. 📷 volcanoesandbugs on iNaturalist 📍 United States 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

"The scientist warns that the planet has long “neglected” to map, monitor or protect fungal systems – which are now under threat from deforestation, erosion and agricultural practices."

Every species from our walks is logged, building a 17+ year public dataset on NYC fungal diversity. Our 2025 report covers drought, wildfires, invasive fungi, warming temps, and species new to NYC: www.newyorkmyc.org/2025-parks-r... #citizenscience #biodiversity #NYCparks #nature #datascience

So glad my Myxobox slime vault made it through customs. Looking forward to seeing what they are able to find, discover and confirm!

We are thrilled to have Ethan Crenson, President of @newyorkmyc.org as an expert guest writer for NAC's Understories blog! 🍄 Ethan shares 5 of his favorite NYC tiny fungi and provides tips for identifying each; where you might spot them; as well as detailed insight into their biology: bit.ly/473stfK

🗓️ Sunday, Oct 5, 2025 🗣: Festival Map & Schedule 📍 Randall’s Island, NYC 🆓 Free admission Make sure you book mark this post or head on over to our website to view the Map & Schedule. #NYMS #NYCFungustFestival2025 #FungusFestival #festival #mushroomfestival #fungus #fungi #mycology

🍄 Save the Date! Fungus Festival 2025 is coming 2 Randall’s Island on Sunday, October 5 🌱 Talks, workshops, mushroom yoga, food, and family fun—all free + open 2 every1. 🕚 11:00–15:00 | Randall’s Island, NYC #NYMS #NYCFungustFestival2025 #FungusFestival #festival #mushroomfestival #fungus #fungi