The New York Mycological Society is a nonprofit organization of people who share an interest in

mycology Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...

as well as in

mycophagy Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi. Many different organisms have been recorded to gain their energy from consuming fungi, including birds, mammals, insects, plants, amoebas, gastropods, nematodes, bacteria and othe ...

. The present NYMS was reincarnated in 1962 by the composer

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

and a small group of other mushroom lovers and students, including illustrator

Lois Long Lois Bancroft Long (December 15, 1901 – July 29, 1974) was an American writer for ''The New Yorker'' during the 1920s. She was known under the pseudonym "Lipstick" and as the epitome of a flapper. She was born on December 15, 1901, in Stam ...

and noted mycologist Guy Nearing. The NYMS runs events and mushrooming walks throughout the greater NYC area. The society started from a class at

The New School The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

in 1959.

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New York Mycological Society
Mycology organizations Science and technology in New York City {{mycology-org-stub