Forays & events
Supporting the logistics, supplies, and organization behind mushroom events across Alabama.
ALABAMA MUSHROOM SOCIETY SHOP Books, shirts, calendars, and a little Alabama mushroom obsession.Pick up the AMS field guide, browse society merchandise, or find something fungal for the bookshelf. 
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FIELD GUIDE
The AMS mushroom bookAn Alabama-focused guide to learning readily identifiable edible wild mushrooms and their important look-alikes. See the book → MERCHANDISEShirts & AMS gearSociety merchandise is sold through Etsy so inventory and fulfillment can happen outside WildApricot. Browse Etsy → FIELD LIBRARYMore mushroom booksLooking for regional field guides, specialist references, microscopy books, or additional foraging resources? See our recommendations →
PUBLISHED BY THE ALABAMA MUSHROOM SOCIETY Edible Wild Mushroom Foraging & IdentificationLearn a useful group of edible mushrooms well. This guide focuses on readily identifiable edible mushrooms found in Alabama and nearby states, with particular attention to the characters that establish an identification and the look-alikes that need to be ruled out. Rather than trying to catalog every mushroom in the region, it is designed to help newer foragers build confidence with a manageable collection of species.
220
pages
500+
photographs
SOUTHEAST
regional focus
Orders are handled directly through IngramSpark. AMS does not need to manually process the order through WildApricot. AMS MERCHANDISE Wear the fungus.Shirts, seasonal items, and other AMS merchandise live in our Etsy shop. Keeping merchandise on Etsy means availability can change without leaving stale inventory on the AMS website. If the shop is temporarily paused or a particular item is sold out, check back later. Browse the AMS Etsy shop
Alabama fungi are more interesting than generic mushroom clip art.
ALABAMA MUSHROOM CALENDARS Twelve months of fungi on the wall.When available, AMS calendars showcase mushroom photography from Alabama and the community around it. Calendar availability is seasonal, so they may not appear in the Etsy shop year-round. Check current Etsy inventory →MORE THAN MERCH Purchases help support the society.AMS is a volunteer-run organization. Revenue from society products helps us continue the work members actually joined for. Learning resourcesHelping AMS produce useful identification, foraging, and fungal-education resources. Fungal documentationSupporting the documentation and preservation work connected to Alabama fungal diversity. Statewide accessHelping a volunteer organization serve more people and more parts of Alabama. NEED A DIFFERENT BOOK? We built a whole reading list.The AMS book is intentionally focused. Your mushroom library probably should not stop there. Our recommended-books guide covers Southeastern field guides, large North American references, boletes, milkcaps, waxcaps, amanitas, polypores, microscopy, terminology, and more. Browse recommended mushroom books →OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT AMS You don't have to buy anything.
MEMBERSHIP
Join the societyBecome part of the statewide mushroom community and support the organization year-round. See membership → SUPPORT THE MISSIONMake a donationSupport AMS education, community programming, field activities, and fungal documentation directly. Donate to AMS → SHOW UPCome to a forayThe easiest way to understand what AMS does is to spend a morning in the woods with us. Find an event →TAKE SOMETHING FUNGAL HOME Then take it back into the woods. |