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Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Scholarship/Grant Application

  • The objective of the Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Scholarship/Grant program is to provide support for projects, individuals, institutions, equipment purchases, or events that promote the club’s mission of education, research, teaching, training, and increasing the public’s awareness of wild mushrooming.

    Support may be given in the form of an educational Scholarship to someone studying in an area related to mycology; a Grant to an institution or event, or a Grant for a specific mycological project. In the case of a Grant, a proposal should be submitted summarizing the objectives, methods, timelines, and anticipated costs.

    Although applications are welcome at any time, they should be received by the WPMC Scholarship Committee by June 30th of each year. Applications or recommendations for grants must be sponsored by a WPMC member.

    Monetary awards are not to exceed $1,000 per application with a cumulative yearly amount not to exceed $2,000. The Scholarship Committee will make their recommendations to the WPMC Board of Directors for final approval.

    Please either use the form below, or this PDF .

  • Describe your proposal. Include your background/education, objectives, methods, time schedule for the project, and anticipated costs.
  • Please attach any supporting documents that you deem necessary. (If you have more than two files compress the files in to a zip archive or similar first).
  • Max. file size: 2 MB.
  • Max. file size: 2 MB.

Events

27 Sep
Mushroom Forage, Foray and Fun!
27 Sep 25
Wexford
04 Oct
McConnells Mill State Park - Hell’s Hollow Trail (Butler County)
4 Oct 25
Ellwood City
05 Oct
Mushroom Walk during RP Day at Riverview Park
5 Oct 25
Pittsburgh
07 Oct
Girty’s Woods with ALT and City Girls Who Walk
7 Oct 25
Reserve Township
11 Oct
Glade Run Lake Conservancy
11 Oct 25
Valencia

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Events

27 Sep
Mushroom Forage, Foray and Fun!
27 Sep 25
Wexford
04 Oct
McConnells Mill State Park - Hell’s Hollow Trail (Butler County)
4 Oct 25
Ellwood City
05 Oct
Mushroom Walk during RP Day at Riverview Park
5 Oct 25
Pittsburgh
07 Oct
Girty’s Woods with ALT and City Girls Who Walk
7 Oct 25
Reserve Township
11 Oct
Glade Run Lake Conservancy
11 Oct 25
Valencia

Calendar

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3:00 PM - Blue Knob State Park with John Plischke
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10:00 AM - McConnells Mill with Jack Baker
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10
10:00 AM - Talk and Walk with Stonefruit Community Herbalists
11
9:00 AM - Phipps BioBlitz 2017
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13
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17
10:00 AM - Mushroom Education Classes
4:00 PM - Salamander Park after Class
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20
7:00 PM - Monthly Meeting
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24
10:00 AM - Fungus Among Us Hike at Linbrook Woodlands with ALT
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Blue Knob State Park with John Plischke
28 May
05/28/2017    
3:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Blue Knob
Join Club Mycologist John Plischke at Blue Know State Park for a free walk open to everyone. He's done ones there several times in the [...]
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McConnells Mill with Jack Baker
03 Jun
06/03/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
McConnells Mill State Park
  • Walk
Join Club Identifier Jack Baker at McConnell's Mill State Park. This walk will include a significant change in elevation as we walk down into the [...]
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Talk and Walk with Stonefruit Community Herbalists
10 Jun
06/10/2017    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Pavilion 2, South Shore Moraine State Park
Club Mycologist La Monte Yarroll will be giving an introductory mushroom talk and leading a short walk at Moraine State Park for the Stonefruit Community [...]
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Phipps BioBlitz 2017
11 Jun
06/11/2017    
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Phipps Conservatory
  • BioBlitz
The BioBlitz and Biodiversity Festival will be Sunday, June 11, 2017, opening to the public at 9:00 am. WPMC will be participating for the second [...]
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Mushroom Education Classes
Mushroom Education Classes
06/17/2017    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cooper-Siegel Community Library
  • Mushroom Class
WPMC is pleased to announce this year’s mushroom classes on June 17 at the Cooper-Siegel Library in Fox Chapel. Organized by Education Chair Fluff Berger. The [...]
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Salamander Park after Class
17 Jun
06/17/2017    
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Salamander Park, Fox Chapel
  • Walk
Join us after the mushroom classes for a walk at Salamander Park. We expect most of the teachers will attend.
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Monthly Meeting
20 Jun
06/20/2017    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Two guest speakers tonight. There will be a short presentation by WPMC scholarship recipient Dacia Neely, an Environmental Studies student at California University of Pennsylvania, [...]
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Fungus Among Us Hike at Linbrook Woodlands with ALT
24 Jun
06/24/2017    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lindbrook Woodlands
  • Walk
This walk is co-organized with Allegheny Land Trust. Meet the ALT representative (TBD) and WPMC Identifier Fluff Berger to explore Linbrook Woodlands. You will need [...]
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Events on 05/28/2017
28 May
Blue Knob State Park with John Plischke
28 May 17
Imler
Events on 06/03/2017
03 Jun
McConnells Mill with Jack Baker
3 Jun 17
Portersville
Events on 06/10/2017
10 Jun
Talk and Walk with Stonefruit Community Herbalists
10 Jun 17
Portersville
Events on 06/11/2017
11 Jun
Phipps BioBlitz 2017
11 Jun 17
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/17/2017
Mushroom Education Classes
Mushroom Education Classes
17 Jun 17
Pittsburgh
17 Jun
Salamander Park after Class
17 Jun 17
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/20/2017
20 Jun
Monthly Meeting
20 Jun 17
Pittsburgh
Events on 06/24/2017
24 Jun
Fungus Among Us Hike at Linbrook Woodlands with ALT
24 Jun 17
Sewickley

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