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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

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Headwaters Park (Erie County)
5 Jul 25
Erie
11 Jul
WPMC Camping Retreat (Indiana County) 
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Blairsville
15 Jul
Monthly Meeting
15 Jul 25
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19 Jul
North Fork Bens Creek/North Fork Reservoir
19 Jul 25
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26 Jul
Garden in the Park NORTH with Penn State Master Gardeners
26 Jul 25
McCandless

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Events

05 Jul
Headwaters Park (Erie County)
5 Jul 25
Erie
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

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1:00 PM - Beginners Mushroom ID Hike with Allegheny Land Trust at Audubon Greenway
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11:00 AM - Mushroom Treasure Hunt with Upper Saint Clair Library
3:00 PM - Riverview Park Day with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
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12:00 AM - NEMF foray
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5:00 PM - Pre-Meeting Lichen Walk to Homewood Cemetery
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10:30 AM - Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area (Butler County)
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10:00 AM - Lincoff foray at Cook Forest State Park
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7:30 AM - The Twenty Third Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
Clear Creek State Forest Kennerdell Overlook (Venango County)
02 Sep
09/02/2023    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Clear Creek State Foreest-Dewoody Rd. Parking Lot
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Dirk Cappo at the Dewoody Road trailhead for a walk to the Kennerdell Overlook.  This is a fairly easy walk on level [...]
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Beginners Mushroom ID Hike with Allegheny Land Trust at Audubon Greenway
08 Sep
09/08/2023    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Audubon Greenway
  • Walk
Join ALT staff and WPMC Identifier Julie Travaglini for a mushroom hike and ID table at Audubon Greenway. Hike runs rain or shine. NO WALK [...]
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Mushroom Treasure Hunt with Upper Saint Clair Library
09 Sep
09/09/2023    
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Boyce Gardens
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifiers Josh Doty and Jared White at the Boyce Gardens parking lot on Boyce Road to explore the trails of Boyce Mayview Park. [...]
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Riverview Park Day with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
09 Sep
09/09/2023    
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Riverview Park Visitors Center
  • Walk
As part of annual RP Day, meet WPMC Mycologist Jim Tunney at the Riverview Park Visitors Center to look for and learn about mushrooms while [...]
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NEMF foray
14 Sep
09/14/2023 - 09/17/2023    
All Day
Soyuzivka Heritage Center
  • Foray
  • Out Of State
The Northeast Mycological Federation annual foray will be held in September at the Soyuzivka Heritage Center. The Soyuzivka Heritage Center, also known as Soyuzivka, Suzi-Q, [...]
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Pre-Meeting Lichen Walk to Homewood Cemetery
19 Sep
09/19/2023    
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Walk
Meet September’s Guest Speakers Tom McCoy and Natalie Howe at the Frick Environmental Center at 5:00 p.m. for a walk to the Homewood Cemetery to learn the [...]
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Monthly Meeting
19 Sep
09/19/2023    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Frick Environmental Center
  • Meetings
TOPIC: Lichens SPEAKERS: Natalie Wood, PhD and Tom McCoy from the Mycological Association of Washington (DC)
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Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area (Butler County)
23 Sep
09/23/2023    
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area
  • Walk
Meet WPMC Identifier Josh Mowris in the parking lot at Wolf Creek Narrows.  Free and open to the public; no registration required.
More Info
Lincoff foray at Cook Forest State Park
29 Sep
09/29/2023    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cook Forest State Park
  • Walk
With Park Ranger Dale Luthringer. Meeting point Shelter 2. There is no charge for this walk, but you will be responsible for your own transportation [...]
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The Twenty Third Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
30 Sep
09/30/2023    
7:30 am - 5:30 pm
The Lodge at North Park
  • Foray
Mark your calendars now for the 23rd annual Gary Lincoff Foray.  Here are the events we’ve planned for that weekend: A Pre-Foray Walk walk will [...]
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Events on 09/02/2023
02 Sep
Clear Creek State Forest Kennerdell Overlook (Venango County)
2 Sep 23
Sigel
Events on 09/08/2023
08 Sep
Beginners Mushroom ID Hike with Allegheny Land Trust at Audubon Greenway
8 Sep 23
Sewickley
Events on 09/09/2023
09 Sep
Mushroom Treasure Hunt with Upper Saint Clair Library
9 Sep 23
Upper St Clair
09 Sep
Riverview Park Day with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
9 Sep 23
Pittsburgh
Events on 09/14/2023
14 Sep
NEMF foray
14 Sep 23
Kerhonkson
Events on 09/19/2023
19 Sep
Pre-Meeting Lichen Walk to Homewood Cemetery
19 Sep 23
Pittsburgh
19 Sep
Monthly Meeting
19 Sep 23
Pittsburgh
Events on 09/23/2023
23 Sep
Wolf Creek Narrows Natural Area (Butler County)
23 Sep 23
Slippery Rock
Events on 09/29/2023
29 Sep
Lincoff foray at Cook Forest State Park
29 Sep 23
Cooksburg
Events on 09/30/2023
30 Sep
The Twenty Third Annual Gary Lincoff Mushroom Foray
30 Sep 23
Allison Park

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