NEMF 2026 Registration Now Open!

We’re excited to share that registration for the Northeast Mycological Federation (NEMF) Foray 2026, happening Thursday, July 30 – Sunday, August 2 at Pennsylvania State University in Mont Alto, PA is now open! 

The foray organizers have lined up a great roster of faculty and workshop presenters, including Dr. Cathe Aime, Colin Domnauer, Noah Siegel, Hannah Huber, and more! The area around Mont Alto boasts a number of incredible walk locations, and the Mont Alto campus offers plenty of space for all of the fun. 

To register, visit 2026 Foray | Nemf.  For ticket pricing and details, visit Ticket Details | Nemf.

NEMF also offers scholarships to the annual foray- details can be found at Homola Scholarships | Nemf.    

The Maine Mycological Association also offers a scholarship! Please reach out to one of the MMA directors to apply!

Upcoming 2026 MMA Events

Myco-consortium Talks & Pop-Up Events throughout the year (Check emails from Emma or Tom for Details)

POP-UP Foray!, May 10th in Edgecomb (Exact Location and time to be Sent to Members via Email)

Foray, June 20th in Portland (Exact Location and time to be Sent to Members via Email)

Foray, July 12th in Hartland (Exact Location and time to be Sent to Members via Email)

🌿 MMA iNaturalist Project

The Maine Mycological Association now has an iNaturalist project—a place for members to share and explore fungal observations together! If you use iNaturalist, we’d love to have you join. Add your finds, browse what others are seeing, and help build a collective picture of Maine’s fungi. Once you’ve joined, your observations can be included automatically.

It’s time to renew your annual membership with MMA! But, wait, before you do, please note that if you joined after September 15th of this year, then your membership is good for all of 2026. Memberships are required for receiving the newsletter, receiving the details needed to attend the forays, and for attending more than one foray. Members may bring a guest to a foray once before they are required to become a member.

To rejoin for 2026, please visit the Join page here.

May you have a berry mushroom holiday season!

2026

Annual Membership Meeting, April 25th at Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street, Augusta, ME

• 9:15 doors open/ 9:30 am start
• Displays of fungi related fun things
• Silent auction
• 10 am to 12 pm-
• Louis Giller of North Spore: Mushroom Cultivation
• 12 pm- 1:30 pm-
• Social Time & Potluck Lunch (Ingredient labels required & BYO place settings)
• 1:30 pm- 3:00 pm
• Annual Member Business Meeting

2025

April 6th– Foraging for Wild Mushrooms; Balancing Safety as you Expand Your List of Edibles, Camden Public Library at 1:30

April 27– Annual Membership Meeting, Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street, Augusta, 9:15- 3 pm

May 3– MMA Microscope Workshop, Orono, 10 am (Let Michaeline know by April 10th if you want to attend in order to get more details)

FORAYS:

To receive information on times and locations of forays, you have to become an MMA member and refer to email notifications from Michaeline-

July 13

July 27

August 9 or 10

August 23 or 24

September 6 or 7

September 20 or 21

October 4 or 5

October 19

November 2

With one foray successfully in the books, we are looking forward to many more this season! See below for the schedule, and don’t forget to check your email for specific locations and directions from Michaeline…

July 14th at 2 pm in North Yarmouth

July 27th in Waldoboro

August 11th in Auburn

August 24th in Orland

September 8th in Temple

September 22nd in TBD

October 5th in Northport

October 20th in Warren

November 3rd in TBD (Weather Dependent)

We will be hosting our first summer foray on June 29th in Alfred at 1 pm. More details on the exact location will be emailed to members directly from Michaeline. Please also review the foray guidelines here, which explain our protocols and etiquette for the forays.