President's Message
This was an unusal year for mushrooms. East and Middle Tennesse had a lot of rains in the spring. In the summer and fall, we experienced a serious drought. So, 2024 was not a very fruitful year for mushroom hunting. Hopefully, 2025 will be a different story.
2024 is my last year as club president. Virginia Creasy, of Knoxville, will be assuming this role on March 1, 2025, which is the beginning of the club's fiscal year. Virginia looks forward to serving you as the club's new leader. Cumberland Mycological Society has a bright future ahead.
Thank you, Virginia, and thanks to all of you for your continued support!
-Steve Roberts
CMS President
Mushrooms in the Media:
A lady invites her in-laws to supper, feeds them mushrooms, and they don't live to tell about it -CNN NEWS
Unearthing the Secret Superpowers of Fungus: In the fight against warming, a formidable ally hides just beneath our feet -New York Times
Amazon forests of the underground: Why scientists want to map the world's fungi -NBC NEWS
A Mushroom Out of a Fairy Tale That You Might Find in the Forest -from the New York Times
Why do mushroom hunters keep finding dead people? -from the Kansas City Star
An article from Science Magazine about a mysterious white mushroom in China that has many concerned
The Death Cap is Spreading -an
article on a very deadly mushroom HERE
Thinking of hunting mushrooms on private property without permission? Think again! "Officers Nab Mushroom Hunters"
Why some mushrooms are bioluminescent -NBC NEWS
