“If You See Fungus, We Want It!”

April 14, 2026

With the snow gone and temperatures warming, a dozen students gathered at Adirondack Circle on a recent Sunday morning for the mycology club’s first mushroom walk of the spring season. Head forager Daniel Lyons ’29 briefed the group on their mission: To find as many specimens of fungi as possible, record observations, and prep the samples for genome sequencing. Having downloaded the iNaturalist app and stocked up on sample bags and field data slips, the group made a short trek to the Trail Around Middlebury near the College’s athletic fields. Though early in the season, the fungi were plentiful and the club gathered more than a dozen samples within an hour. Read more »