PPMS members Mike Essam, Jessica Langley, Ben Kinsley, and Graham Steinruck are in the Vogue Magazine feature about the 2019 Telluride Mushroom Festival!
www.vogue.com/slideshow/telluride-mushroom-festival-2019
PPMS winners at Telluride Mushroom Festival
PPMS board members Ben Kinsley and Jessica Langley (and guest Riitta Ikonen) were awarded “Best Ascomycetes” in the 2019 Telluride Mushroom Festival Costume Parade for their embodiment of Xylaria Polymorpha (Dead Man’s Fingers).
Weekend Foray: 7/27-7/28
Club foray this weekend! We will meet as a group on Saturday at 10:30am. Where we are going is a bit of a drive, so some people might want to camp overnight. Keep an eye on your email for foray details!
Foray – Sunday, August 12
We will go on a club foray this Sunday, August 12. Meet up is at 8:00am. Details can be found on our members-only Forays page.
Some of our members will continue on to Denver to attend the Colorado Mycological Society’s Annual Mushroom Fair at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
April 2018 Newsletter is out!
The newest edition of Spore Addict Times has been released! If you are a current member of PPMS, you should have received a digital or printed copy. Additionally, a digital PDF version has been added to our newsletter archive, which you can browse (with your member password) here: pikespeakmyc.org/newsletter
If you are a current member, and have not received a newsletter (or don’t have the member password) please email: treasurer@pikespeakmyc.org
Newsletter archive now online!
A digital archive of the PPMS Spore-Addict Times newsletter is now online. You can read newsletters dating back to 1978 on our Newsletter page!
There are some gaps in the archive, so if you have a newsletter (PDF version is preferable) from a month that we don’t currently have online, please send it via email to Ben Kinsley at: webmaster@pikespeakmyc.org
Enjoy!
2018 Membership Information
We’ve updated our membership options, and it is now possible to join/renew your membership online using paypal!
PPMS Dues Policy
Individual Membership: $25.00
Individual Membership + printed newsletter by mail: $30.00
Family Membership: $30.00
Family Membership + printed newsletter by mail: $35.00
Lifetime Individual Membership: $250.00
Lifetime Family Membership: $300.00
Visit the JOIN page for more details.
2018 Schedule of Events
Our 2018 Schedule of Events has been posted on our events page!
Our first event will take place on Monday, April 23 at 6:30pm at the Penrose Library (Aspen Room) in downtown Colorado Springs. PPMS President Mike Essam will give a lecture introducing the Kingdom Fungi.
For the full schedule of upcoming events please visit the events page
New website
It’s a new year, and we have a new website! Please note our new URL: www.pikespeakmyc.org
**Please be aware: our old website “www.pikespeakmushrooms.org” has been purchased by a 3rd party, and is still visible on the web. This website is NOT operated by the Pikes Peak Mycological Society. Information on this site is not current, and not accurate.