News & Stories / Mycology & Art News Bedbugs Banished by Beauveria Bassiana Just when those creepy little bloodsuckers seemed to become resistant to all pest control options, in comes the mycological equivalent of Buffy the vampire slayer, Nina Jenkins and colleague Matthew Thomas. Cortinarius • May 12, 2014 Grasshoppers killed by B. bassiana (on wikimedia.org) In truth, the real heroine is an arthropod-killing fungus, Beauveria bassiana. Jenkins and her team are pursuing research and development on a new bio-pesticide utilizing powdered fungal spores of B. bassiana. Initial bioassays show promise. Invading bedbugs marching through the dust appear to be highly susceptible, going belly-up within 6 days. Although this is a novel approach to bed bug infestations, B. bassiana is already in use as a bio-pesticide for termites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids and some beetles. Nina Jenkins is working at Penn State in the Thomas Lab where her work centers on the development of bio-pesticides derived from fungi. Development includes strategies for mass production of fungal conidia, its enhancement and long term stability. For more, visit [a copy of] the original article: https://web.archive.org/web/20140926020643/http://www.huck.psu.edu/about/news-archive/thomas-bedbug-control/ Members Only Content Login Join FFSC Related Posts Microscopy of Gilled Mushrooms Mycology & Art News Could a Stropharia Filter E. Coli Bacteria From Drinking Water? Mycology & Art News Previous Article All News & Stories Next Article

Support TEST - We're still moving the following info over to this new system: Past orders (such as tickets and memberships)--don't worry, if you registered for Albion in December, we still have your details! Past announcements about monthly speakers, culinary events, forays, etc. Past Fungus Fair announcements and speaker lists Past field reports Past news articles Past bio pages (e.g., MycoGeeks) If you can't find what you're looking for, try using the Search icon at the top of the page. If you still can't find what you're looking for, feel free to use the Contact Us form and ask where to find it. Where Did Things Go? In November 2025, we started moving this website to a new system. Here is a list of what is still being migrated.

Avoid the Forest After Dark. Photo by Dan Tischler Avoid the Forest After Dark Dan Tischler With Halloween just around the corner, be extra careful when you go into the forest at night. Camera Olympus TG-4 Focal L. 10mm Aperture f/3.5 Shutter Sp. 1/200s ISO 100 Flash Off Photo taken on January 19, 2022 Mushroom(s) ... Previous Photo Back to Gallery Next Photo

Candy Cap with Newt. Photo by Linda Maxwell Candy Cap with Newt Linda Maxwell Thanks for sharing this photo, Linda. We also loved your Newt-Free Candy Cap cookies at the January General Meeting! Camera Canon PowerShot SX260 HS Focal L. 5mm Aperture f/3.5 Shutter Sp. 1/300s ISO 640 Flash Off Photo taken on December 17, 2014 Mushroom(s) ... Previous Photo Back to Gallery Next Photo

News & Stories / Field Reports 2015 January Local Foray Wrap Up A group of about 30 FFSC foragers descended into the western Santa Cruz area yesterday morning, searching for shrooms... Cass Fuentes • January 26, 2015 Local Foray attendees. Photo by Cassandra Fuentes Members Only Content Login Join FFSC Related Posts Field Report on January 2015 Local Foray Field Reports Previous Article All News & Stories Next Article

News & Stories / Mycology & Art News Stephen Axfords Macro Lens Photography This other-worldly view of fungi from New South Wales, Australia should not be missed. Cortinarius • May 20, 2014 These specimens look like oysters holding silver pearls. This image is hosted on www.dailymail.co.uk . © Stephen Axford/Hotspot Media Axford’s work is 12 years in the making, and worth a look. Much of his work allows us to see structure and detail otherwise invisible. The images are jaw dropping, crisp and colorful. Some are even glow-in-the-dark. For more, visit the website below. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2630349/Now-theyre-magic-mushrooms-Amazing-images-reveal-glow-dark-fungi-lighting-forests-alien-like-toadstools.html Members Only Content Login Join FFSC Related Posts Forager's Feast Photo Album Mycology & Art News Mushroom Photo Exhibition Mycology & Art News Previous Article All News & Stories Next Article

Showcase a Photo Do you have beautiful, interesting or just plain quirky photos of mushrooms to share? FFSC members share their photos of mushrooms and events to our FFSC Google Group and the FFSC Facebook Group. Selected images (editor’s choice) can also be posted on this FFSC website and FFSC's Instagram page. Strobilurus trullisatus (Fort Bragg 2013). Photo by Hugh Smith Some of the photos on this website were originally posted many years ago when the size limitations were much lower. We'd love to replace them with sharper originals if possible--and we're interested in new photos too! Info We Need from You If you have great photos to share, here's the information we'll need from you: Your name - For the photo credit. Latin binomial (if it's a mushroom you've identified) Date shot - Approximate month and year Backstory - Any stories to tell about the photo? Or rough location or region, or habitat info, did you leave them in the field or bring home? If edible, how did you prepare them? The photo's specs : If you're sharing a photo to include in Fungi Photo Gallery, please provide the photo's ISO speed, exposure, focal length, and aperture; flash usage if any; and the camera make and model. (Or don't delete the photo's original EXIF data.) Technical Requirements This website automatically crops and resizes each photo to adapt to different page layouts, screen sizes and orientations, etc. Thus, your photo will work better on this site if you follow these guidelines: Don't crop the photo: Instead, share a photo in which the main subject has plenty of breathing room around all sides (so the interesting bits don't get cropped out by our system). File size: At least 100KB (max is 25 MB). Resolution: At least 2560x1440. 3000x3000 is better for images that will be zoomed in, and for background images DPI : 72 DPI is acceptable. (Or up to 300 DPI.) File format: We recommend AVIF, WebP, or JPEG. For illustrations, PNG is also fine. If you share an SVG, it should be under 250KB with no embedded images. (Our system supports most other image file formats too, but the quality might be affected during conversion.) File name: Use plain English, including spaces. Don't replace spaces with dashes, underscores, etc. You can include periods, commas, parentheses, and/or a copyright symbol in the filename. For example, here are some filenames on a Mac: Usage of Your Photos and Other Creative Works This website uses content and automated feeds from the FFSC Facebook group, FFSC Instagram posts, FFSC's iNaturalist projects, FFSC's YouTube, and other social media managed by FFSC. This means any artwork or other works that you post to FFSC-managed pages/feeds may also be displayed on this website without notice or a photo credit. If we individually select one of your photos/videos from an FFSC social media channel or system and include it on this website, we'll do our best to include your name as a credit on hover (or mobile device tap). That said, if you see one of your own photos on this website without a photo credit, it's probably because we didn't know you took it (or one of our volunteers forgot to include it). Feel free to use the Contact Us form on this website to let us know whether you'd like to be credited (or if you would like us to remove the photo). Including Someone Else's Photo If you saw a beautiful photo on someone else's website and you'd like to share it, you can post a link to it in our Google Group or our Facebook group. If you're writing an article for this website and you want to include photos that you didn't take yourself, one option is to provide a link to the original photo (rather than including the photo as an attached file). Depending on the source website, our system might render the first image on the target page as part of the link. For example: www.inaturalist.org inky caps (Genus Coprinus) inky caps from Santa Cruz County, US-CA, US on October 30, 2016 at 09:06 AM by Peter Vahlberg. Gigantic! www.mykoweb.com California Fungi: Cantharellus californicus Photographs and descriptions of the Mushrooms and other Fungi of California, USA That said, if you prefer to include the image inline, then you must have the transferable legal right to copy and share the photo on this website: You must make sure the photo is licensed for free, non-commercial use worldwide. Be sure to include whatever credits the photographer requires, and also let us know where you found the photo (e.g., is it from Mushroom Observer, MykoWeb, iNaturalist, etc.). Do not include any photos, videos, or images you downloaded from Google or other search engines. Those images are often protected under copyright law. If you're using a mushroom stock photo, it must be licensed for free noncommercial use worldwide, and please make sure it's a genuine photo (not generated by AI). See FFSC Terms of Use for more information about the use of copyrighted content on this site. Members Only Content Login Join FFSC

Reishi Mushroom. Photo by Katherine Elvin Reishi Mushroom Katherine (Kitty) Elvin Lisa's finds... Camera Nikon COOLPIX P510 Focal L. 4mm Aperture f/3.0 Shutter Sp. 1/800s ISO 400 Flash Off Photo taken on September 18, 2015 Mushroom(s) ... Previous Photo Back to Gallery Next Photo

News & Stories / Field Reports SC Report, February 2014 I've been out 3 or 4 times in the last 2 weeks in a variety of locations. I've seen an abundance of very small mushrooms (<.5" caps), but few of any species any larger. It almost seems like things started to come up and then paused. Yevgeny Nyden • February 26, 2014 Nettles. Photo by Yevgeny Nyden Members Only Content Login Join FFSC Related Posts Collecting Conditions in Mendocino at ACCF 2014 Field Reports Previous Article All News & Stories Next Article

News & Stories / Mycology & Art News Citizen Science - Amateur Ain't a Dirty Word In 2014, after a lot of flamey discussions over at Mushroom Observer, Christian Schwarz came to realize that many folks aren’t sure what "citizen science" is, how it works, or how it should be done. Christian Schwarz • July 5, 2014 A very far eastern Dendrocollybia… (hosted on https://mycobratpack.tumblr.com/). © Christian Schwarz "I thought a blog post might help quell the animosity and clear up some of the common outstanding questions and misconceptions under discussion," writes Christian. "The discussions revolve around Citizen Science and the associated questions: How does it work? Is it really science? Am I a citizen scientist? If so, is there a cure?" Read Christian's full article on Notes of a Mycophile (tumblr). Members Only Content Login Join FFSC Related Posts How Many Mushrooms in One Day? Field Reports Previous Article All News & Stories Next Article

Coprinopsis lagopus gr. © Terry Way Coprinopsis Lagopus Group Terry Way This beautiful mushroom was found in Terry's backyard. Phil Carpenter pegs it as being in the Coprinopsis lagopus group. One of the Inky Caps, this exquisite and evanescent member of the Psathyrellaceae family is a feast for the eyes. Not for the table, though: this tiny mushroom is considered inedible. Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III Focal L. 100mm Aperture f/22.0 Shutter Sp. ISO 10000 Flash Off Photo taken on September 29, 2014 Mushroom(s) ... Previous Photo Back to Gallery Next Photo

Red Russula. Photo by Justin Ciccone Red Russula Justin Ciccone This beautiful Russula was photographed by Justin Ciccone during a nice rainy hike at Nisene Marks park on November 19, 2014. Happy Holidays! Camera Nikon D90 Focal L. 35mm Aperture f/7.1 Shutter Sp. 1/200s ISO 125 Flash Fired Photo taken on November 19, 2014 Mushroom(s) ... Previous Photo Back to Gallery Next Photo