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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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NEMF 2025 Samuel Ristich Foray - Ithaca, NY
18 Sep 25
Ithaca
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

Recent Comments

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    on Hearts Content National Scenic Area (Warren County)
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    on Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
  • Adam Eisenstat August 18, 2025
    on Trail Tour in Hays Woods with Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
  • Robert Bosiljevac July 29, 2025
    on The Lodge at North Park
  • Amanda Wray July 20, 2025
    on Clear Creek State Forest (Venango County)

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Events

18 Sep
NEMF 2025 Samuel Ristich Foray - Ithaca, NY
18 Sep 25
Ithaca
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

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Mushroom Education Day – “Dye Day” - postponed to 2021
01 Aug
08/01/2020    
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
North Park intersection of Babcock Blvd and E. Ingomar Road
  • Mushroom Class
This year’s Mushroom Education Day will be “Dye Day” is now postponed to 2021. Water is no longer available at the site and the course [...]
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Devil’s Hollow with Allegheny Land Trust
15 Aug
08/15/2020    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Devil's Hollow
9:00 a.m. – ALT Presentation 10:00 a.m. – Mushroom Walk Meet WPMC Identifier Fluff Berger and ALT naturalists at the trailhead on Sevin Road. Due [...]
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Virtual Monthly meeting - Boletes!
18 Aug
08/18/2020    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve
  • Meetings
Club Bolete Specialist Scott Pavelle brings us back for a bunch of edibles in a timely presentation about Boletes. YouTube live stream followed by Zoom [...]
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Foraging for Fungi in Your Backyard
26 Aug
08/26/2020    
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Bermuda triangle
  • Mushroom Class
Want to learn more about the incredible fungi who call Pittsburgh home? Join Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club Identifier Stephen Bucklin for a presentation where he [...]
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"Secret" walk in Westmoreland County
05 Sep
09/05/2020    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Bermuda triangle
  • Walk
Meet WPMC identifier Richard Jacob at a secret location for a socially distanced walk in Westmoreland County. Due to social distancing restrictions the number of people [...]
More Info
Events on 08/01/2020
01 Aug
Mushroom Education Day – “Dye Day” - postponed to 2021
1 Aug 20
McCandless
Events on 08/15/2020
15 Aug
Devil’s Hollow with Allegheny Land Trust
15 Aug 20
Sewickley
Events on 08/18/2020
18 Aug
Virtual Monthly meeting - Boletes!
18 Aug 20
Pittsburgh
Events on 08/26/2020
26 Aug
Foraging for Fungi in Your Backyard
26 Aug 20
Bermuda
Events on 09/05/2020
05 Sep
"Secret" walk in Westmoreland County
5 Sep 20
Bermuda

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