46th Annual Telluride


Mushroom Festival Telluride, Colorado August 13–16, 2026 The biggest (and wildest) wild mushroom festival in North America! For information, see telluridemushroomfest.org.


66th Annual North American Mycological Association (NAMA) Foray Marquette, Michigan August 27–30, 2026


For information, see namyco.org.


13th Annual Northwoods Foray Lakewoods Resort, Lake Namakagon, Wisconsin September 3–6, 2026


For information, see wisconsinmycological society.org.


46th Annual Clark


Rogerson Foray Copake, New York September 4–7, 2026 Hosted by the Connecticut- Westchester Mycological Association (COMA). For information, see comafungi.org.


On the Cover:


Cyathus stercoreus, courtesy Benjamin Hasselburg.


26th Annual


Gary Lincoff Foray North Park (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania October 10, 2026 Hosted by the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club. For information, see www. wpamushroomclub.org.


13th International Mycological Congress


(IMC13) Incheon, South Korea August 15–19, 2027 For information, see imc13.kr.


2 Editor’s Letter 3 Obituary: Dr. Peter H. Raven 4 Obituary: Katrina Blair


4 Poetry: Katrina, Art Goodtimes 4 Poetry: Dauntless, Joanna Yonder 5 Editor's Picks


8 Birds Nest Fungi: A Fifth Kingdom Curiosity, Jim Cornish


17 Jane Colden: America’s First Woman of Mycology and Botany, Britt A. Bunyard


18 Mycological Society of America: Statement of Support for the U.S. National Fungus Collections and Agricultural Biosecurity


21 Te World’s Leading Mycological Composer, Lawrence Millman


22 Amanita muscaria and the Consumer Gummy Market: What the Chemistry and the FDA Action Actually Tell Us, Belle Gibson


25 Rewilding Te Planet! And Te Importance of Biotrophic Fungi, Britt A. Bunyard


30 Celebrating Two Decades of Mushroom Observer Nathan Wilson


34 Photographer's Focus: Mycologist’s Extreme Macro Rig, Mark Spear


40 Medicinal Mushrooms: Desert Shaggy Mane, Robert Dale Rogers


47 Poetry: Haiku, Kirk Lumpkinr


43 Poetry:We Could Be, Lesley Wheeler 44 Bookshelf Fungi


48 Unusual Sightings: Te (Arizona) Desert Shaggy Mane: Podaxis longii


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