About Pioneer Valley Mycological Association (PVMA)

The Pioneer Valley Mycological Association is very dedicated to enhancing the public’s knowledge and appreciation of fungi by providing regular education programming in the following forms:

• Guided forays
• Lectures
• Newsletters
• Information regarding regional and national multi-day forays
• Citizen science projects

The PVMA has an incredible amount of educational material on their website.  They have documented previous presentations on their Education page.  They have over a dozen PDF’s on their Resources page.  Some of the titles are as follows:

• Mushroom Nutrients and Safety
• 100+ edible Fungi and Toxic Look-alikes
• Myco-Speak: A glossary of Mycological terms
• 150+ Spring Mushrooms
• And more!

The PVMA also has a paid program you can attend called Fungi Kingdom University.  The event happens in the spring and consists of a series of 3-4 hour workshops where they talk about all things fungi.  This is an incredible opportunity to get a lot of information from great sources very quickly.  Access to this program is just one of the many benefits of becoming a PVMA member.

Becoming a member

The annual cost of becoming a member is $15 for an individual and $25 for a household.  If you’d like to join a PVMA sponsored foray without doing so, you can pay $10 per person to tag along.  

Special Events

As a member of the PVMA, you will have access to following special events:

• The Fungi Kingdom University
• Workshops
• Guided walks
• Scholarships multi-day forays

Staying up to date

After you’ve become a member, you can stay up to date with the PVMA via their private Facebook group.  They discuss all the goings on of the organization within this group.  They also have a quarterly newsletter that has a lot of great information as well as discuss current events.

The Pioneer Valley Mycological Association is an incredible educational organization.  If you are in the New England area you have the opportunity to be a part of something very exceptional in the fungal community.