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March 2025 Newsletter: Ecuador Reflections & Planning our Year

May 19, 2025
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We had a blast in Ecuador this February, with both of our groups - the Adventure Foray and the Luxury Foray. People from the Adventure Foray in particular went crazy with uploading observations to iNaturalist. We were so impressed that we are including the stats below. Click on the button to view the project on iNaturalist.

 

Adventure Foray iNat Project 

 

 

 

We love Ecuador so much that we are thinking of going back before the end of the year. Stay tuned for more details about our upcoming international trips!

 

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't Podcast Live from Ecuador

Joey Santore from Crime Pays joined Mycena and Waska Amazonia on our Adventure Foray. After the trip, Alan and Joey recorded a podcast about our journeys in the jungle. You can stream the podcast on Spotify (link below) or wherever else you might listen to podcasts.

Upper Amazon Fungi w/ Alan Rockefeller in Ecuador

Listen to this episode from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't on Spotify. A conversation with mycologist Alan Rockefeller about fungal and pl...

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Sacred Mycology Summit April 8-10, 2025

Mandie Quark is teaming up with Fungi Academy to do a LIVE panel discussion about Fungal Conservation with Gabriela D’Elia and Guilana Furci on April 10th!!! Excited for this one!!

 

 

Photo Exhibition in Mexico City April 17-July 20, 2025

This spring and summer 84 of Alan’s favorite photos (that he ever took!) in Mexico will be on exhibit from April 17 to July 20 in Mexico City. They will be extra large 1.2 x 1.8 meter prints, on display outdoors, along the forest fences at Paseo de la Reforma. A few of the images Alan submitted can be seen below. If you happen to visit, please tag Alan Rockefeller and Mycena Media on socials!

 

 

Telluride Mushroom Festival Aug 13-17, 2025

Alan and Mandie will be presenting at Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado again this year! We are hosting a pre-fest workshop: Creating Community Mycologists featuring the Rare Fungi Foray. Together with participants we will collect and photograph mushrooms in the field for DNA sequencing. If you plan to join us, mark your calendars - special event tickets, including our Workshop, go on sale on May 1st at 10:00 AM MT at the TMF website below.

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