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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

11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
11 Jul 25
Blairsville
15 Jul
Monthly Meeting
15 Jul 25
Pittsburgh
19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
Johnstown
26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
26 Jul 25
McCandless
01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis

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Events

11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
11 Jul 25
Blairsville
15 Jul
Monthly Meeting
15 Jul 25
Pittsburgh
19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
Johnstown
26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
26 Jul 25
McCandless
01 Aug
West Virginia Mushroom Club 2025 Annual Foray
1 Aug 25
Davis

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10:00 AM - Mushroom Walk with Millvale Community Development Corporation at Irwin Ln
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10:00 AM - Bethel Green Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
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9:00 AM - Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust
Mushroom Walk with Millvale Community Development Corporation at Irwin Ln
10 Jul
07/10/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Girty’s Woods
  • Walk
For our next “Saturdays in the Woods” meetup, Cara Coulter from the Western PA Mushroom Club will be leading a mushroom walk and ID session! [...]
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Bethel Green Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
16 Jul
07/16/2021    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Bethel Green
  • Walk
Join ALT Senior Director of Education & Curriculum and WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for an introductory walk and ID session. Learn how and where to [...]
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Hartwood Acres
17 Jul
07/17/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Hartwood Acres, Middle Road entrance
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Barbora Batokova at the Middle road Parking Lot at Hartwood Acres. There is no sign up for this walk, just turn up [...]
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Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting
07/20/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual
  • Meetings
Examining the genetics of mushroom development in the cultivated edible mushroom Flammulina velutipes with Thomas Roehl WPMC scholarship grant recipient Thomas Roehl will present his research [...]
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Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust
31 Jul
07/31/2021    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sycamore Island
  • Walk
Join ALT staff and WPMC identifiers for a mushroom hunting trip to Sycamore Island. The boat (provided by Allegheny Cleanways) will begin transferring participants from [...]
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Events on 07/10/2021
10 Jul
Mushroom Walk with Millvale Community Development Corporation at Irwin Ln
10 Jul 21
Reserve Township
Events on 07/16/2021
16 Jul
Bethel Green Conservation Area with Allegheny Land Trust
16 Jul 21
Bethel Park
Events on 07/17/2021
17 Jul
Hartwood Acres
17 Jul 21
Allison Park
Events on 07/20/2021
Monthly Meeting
Monthly Meeting
20 Jul 21
Virtual
Events on 07/31/2021
31 Jul
Sycamore Island with Allegheny Land Trust
31 Jul 21
Verona

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