2022 Mushroom Festival Mycoblitz

Below are all of the pertinent stats for the 3rd annual Mushroom Show Mycoblitz. This annual event is one of the good things that came from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to the CMS MLCO/Taxonomy team members Bruce Newhouse & Susie Holmes who organized and monitored the event.

Also thank you to the many CMS members and others who participated in making observations on iNaturalist, and also those that helped with the identification of the observations posted.

The weather definitely made a difference: 2020 Mycoblitz observations were 2296, and we had 2476 observations for the 2021 Mycoblitz.

Observation and Species stats

The number of species is just under our species count for the festival.

A few pictures of the observations with the most comments and favs

FYI, that beautiful blue mushroom was shot with a UV flashlight. It does make for a beautiful photograph!

Most Observations, Species, and Most Observed

Not surprised that False Chanterelle came in 2nd. A dry September seems to really bring them out!

Our Star Identifiers

CMS member and Interpretation Coordinator at the Arboretum, August Jackson, is leading the pack with 193! Noah Siegel and Bruce Newhouse also contributed over 100 identifications.