2024 Photo Contest Winners
Armillaria mellea - Natalia Pederson
Director's Award
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii - Rita Berg
1st Place Pictorial (Tie)
Arcyria denudata - Mark Kiefer
1st Place Pictorial (Tie)
Coprinopsis lagopus - Janet Nelson
3rd Place Pictorial
Schizophyllum commune - Anastasia Jacklitch
4th Place Pictorial
Chromosera cyanophylla - Christine Salomon
1st Place Scientific
Calonarius suaveolens - Nancy Etzwiler
2nd Place Scientific
Boletus edulis - Ross Haugberg
3rd Place Scientific
Omphalotis illudens - Claudette Lamprecht
4th Place Scientific
Hairy - Mark Kiefer
1st Place Humor/Other, Blewit Award
Rare yosemite sam mushroom - Christine Hoffman
2nd Place Humor/Other
Tale of two ascomycetes - Ross Haugberg
3rd Place Humor/Other
I toadally need a bigger umbrella - Paul Trapp
4th Place Humor/Other (Tie)
Buzz off! - Alan Todczydlowski
4th Place Humor/Other (Tie)
Craterellus fallax - Rita Berg
Honorable Mention Pictorial
Stemonitis splendens - Claudette Lamprecht
Honorable Mention Scientific
Cantharellus flavus - Nancy Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Gloeophyllum sepiarium - Nancy Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Clitocybe subconnexa - Nancy Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
2023 Photo Contest Winners
Calycina citrina - Aaron Berg
1st Place Pictorial
Leucocoprinus cretaceus - Kerri Mueller
2nd Place Pictorial
Aleuria aurantia - Henry Miller
3rd Place Pictorial
Mycena - Nadine Sehnert
4th Place Pictorial
Gasteriod fungi - Nancy Etzwiler
1st Place Scientific (1 of 2) - Blewit Award
Gasteriod fungi - Nancy Etzwiler
1st Place Scientific (2 of 2) - Blewit Award
Amanita daucipes (Carrot-footed lepidella) - John Lamprecht
2nd Place Scientific
Leucoagaricus americana - Aaron Berg
3rd Place Scientific
Leucoagaricus leucothites - Howard Goltz
4th Place Scientific
Agaricus campestris - Nancy Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Lactarius indigo - Nancy Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Suillus americanus Lactarius - Nancy Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Blah (Rhodotus palmatus) - Anthony Randazzo
1st Place Humor/Other
You've Been Slimed! - Mark Kiefer
2nd Place Humor/Other
Mushroom from Outer Space - Nadine Sehnert
3rd Place Humor/Other
Before and After, existing side by side - Nikki Miller
4th Place Humor/Other
Pleurotus ostreatus - Anthony Randazzo
Director's Award (Pictorial)
2022 Photo Contest Winners
Bolete Brings Home The B-Acorn - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Humor/Other - Blewit Award
Found in its natural habitat, the rare duck-billed blewit - Gretchen King
2nd Place Humor/Other
A New Meaning to Dog Stool - Amelia Nora
3rd Place Humor/Other
Bacon of the Woods - Mark Keifer
4th Place Humor/Other
Amanita bisporigera (Destroying Angel) - Nan Etzwiler
1st Place Scientific
Cespitose: a feature of some macrofungi sharing a common fused stem attachment point forming dense clusters of fruitbodies - John Lamprecht
2nd Place Scientific
Amanita multisquamosa (White Panther) - Claudette Lamprecht
3rd Place Scientific
Tricholoma focale - Alex Saari
4th Place Scientific
Leucopaxillus albissimus - Nan Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Galerina marginata - Nan Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Suillus luteus (Slippery Jack) - Nan Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Leccinum insigne (Scaber Stalk) - Nan Etzwiler
Honorable Mention Scientific
Weeping Mushroom - Nan Etzwiler
1st Place Pictorial
Pretty in Pink - Shane Brown
2nd Place Pictorial
Stemonitis splendens (Chocolate Tube Slime) - Janet Nelson
3rd Place Pictorial
All the Textures - Nikki Miller
4th Place Pictorial
2021 Photo Contest Winners
2020 Photo Contest Winners
2019 Photo Contest Winners
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2018 Photo Contest Winners
Rhodotus palmatus (Wrinkled Peach Mushroom) by Gale Oxley
1st Place Pictorial
Flammulina velutipes (Velvet Foot) by Tim Clemens
2nd Place Pictorial
Mycelia Escape by Christine Salomon
3rd Place Pictorial
Suillus pictus (Painted Slipperycap) by Gale Oxley
Pictoral Honorable Mention
Xylaria hypoxylon (Carbon Antlers - glorious guttation) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Pictoral Honorable Mention
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill Fungus) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (1of 4)
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill Fungus) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (2 of 4)
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill Fungus) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (3 of 4)
Schizophyllum commune (Split Gill Fungus) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (4 of 4)
Boletinellus merulioides (Common Ash Bolete) by Nancy Etzwiler
2nd Place Scientific/Technical
Part of the life cycle of Lactarius deceptivus (Orange-latex Milky) by Jeff Donaldson
3rd Place Scientific/Technical (1 of 4)
Part of the life cycle of Lactarius deceptivus (Orange-latex Milky) by Jeff Donaldson
3rd Place Scientific/Technical (2 of 4)
Part of the life cycle of Lactarius deceptivus (Orange-latex Milky) by Jeff Donaldson
3rd Place Scientific/Technical (3 of 4)
Part of the life cycle of Lactarius deceptivus (Orange-latex Milky) by Jeff Donaldson
3rd Place Scientific/Technical (4 of 4)
Hydnellum caeruleum (Blue-Green Hydnellum) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (1 of 4)
Hydnellum caeruleum (Blue-Green Hydnellum) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention - (2 of 4)
Hydnellum caeruleum (Blue-Green Hydnellum) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (3 of 4)
Hydnellum caeruleum (Blue-Green Hydnellum) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (4 of 4)
Mycena pura (Lilac Bonnet) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (1 of 4)
Mycena pura (Lilac Bonnet) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (2 of 4)
Mycena pura (Lilac Bonnet) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (3 of 4)
Mycena pura (Lilac Bonnet) by Marjie Carr-Oxley
Scientific Honorable Mention (4 of 4)
Diachea leucopodia (slime mold) by Nancy Etzwiler
Scientific Honorable Mention
"Alms for the spores" by Nancy Etzwiler
1st Place Activity/Humor/Other and Blewit Award (overall winner)
"You can eat any mushroom once" Amanita bisporigera (Destroying Angel) by Michael Herrick
2nd Place Activity/Humor/Other
"Love beneath the Mushrooms" by Marjie Carr-Oxley
3rd Place Activity/Humor/Other
"Doughboys protest being boxed in" by Ron Spinosa
Activity/Humor/Other Honorable Mention
"Time for Depends® ?" by Nancy Etzwiler
Activity/Humor/Other Honorable Mention
2017 Photo Contest Winners
Lycoperdon echinatum (Spiny Puffball) by Nan Etzwiler
1st Place Pictorial and overall winner
Cyttaria darwinii (Darwin’s fungus) - Denise Banaszewski
2nd Place Pictorial
"Shadow Selves" - Marjie Carr-Oxley
3rd Place Pictorial
Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Flame-shield cap) - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (1 of 4)
Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Flame-shield cap) - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (2 of 4)
Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Flame-shield cap) - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (3 of 4)
Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Flame-shield cap) - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (4 of 4)
Brefeldia maxima (tapioca slime mold) - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (1 of 4)
Brefeldia maxima (tapioca slime mold) - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (2 of 4)
Brefeldia maxima (tapioca slime mold) - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (3 of 4)
Brefeldia maxima (tapioca slime mold) - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (4 of 4)
Suillus pictus (slippery cap) - Howard Goltz
3rd Place Scientific/Technical
#donteventhinkaboutit - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Activity/Humor/Other
So do you like my new chef’s hat? - Claudette Lamprecht
2nd Place Activity/Humor/Other
Shaggy Role Model - Howard Goltz
3rd Place Activity/Humor/Other
Nidulariaceae species (Birds Nest fungus) - Elsa Vezino
Honorable Mention 1
Coprinus species (Inky cap) - Trey Richards
Honorable Mention 2
Boletus bicolor - John Lamprecht
Honorable Mention 3
Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentaríus) & Amadou - Bobby Boergerhoff
Honorable Mention 4 - (1 of 2)
Amadou - Bobby Boergerhoff
Honorable Mention 4 - (2 of 2)
2016 Photo Contest Winners
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, Cedar-Apple Rust - Howard Goltz
1st Place Pictorial
Stairway to the Sky - Marjie Carr-Oxley
2nd Place Pictorial
Cystoderma fallax - Kathy Yerich
3rd Place Pictorial
Rhodotus palmatus, Wrinkled Peach Mushroom - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (1 of 2) and overall winner
Rhodotus palmatus, Wrinkled Peach Mushroom - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Scientific/Technical (2 of 2) and overall winner
Amanita rhopalopus - Joanie Furlong
2nd Place Scientific/Technical
Terana caerulea - Ron Spinoza
3rd Place Scientific/Technical
Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Activity/Humor/Other
Impossible Split - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Activity/Humor/Other
Shrek Shroom - Ron Spinoza
3rd Place Activity/Humor/Other
Aphyllophorales Clavariaceae, Violet-branched Coral - Keith Kleinschmidt
Honorable Mention 1
Craterellus fallax, Black Trumpets - John Lamprecht
Honorable Mention 2
Amanita muscaria - Timo Kanning
Honorable Mention 3 (1 of 3)
Amanita muscaria - Timo Kanning
Honorable Mention 3 (2 of 3)
Amanita muscaria - Timo Kanning
Honorable Mention 3 (3 of 3)
Albatrellus Caeruleoporus - Jane Onorati
Honorable Mention 4
Mushroom Calendar Girl - Maddie Papermaster
Honorable Mention 5
2015 Photo Contest Winners
Xeromphalina campanella, “Lift Your Face to the Sun” - Marjie Carr-Oxley
1st Place Pictorial
Stereum ostrea, “Ode to Howard” - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Pictorial
Polyporus alveolaris - Ron Spinosa
3rd Place Pictorial
Lactarius indigo - Claudette Lamprecht
1st Place Scientific/Technical
Craterellus fallax - Van Bialon
2nd Place Scientific/Technical
Hericium Coralloides - William Noe
3rd Place Scientific/Technical
“Geotropism Trametes versicolor” - Kathy Yerich
1st Place Other and overall winner
Young Jack O’Lantern cluster - John Lamprecht
2nd Place Other
Tylopilus intermedius, “Family Portrait” - Howard Goltz
3rd Place Other
“Fungal Sparklers” - John Lamprecht
1st Place Humor
“Don’t Mess with Maggie” - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Humor
“Just when you thought you'd found the tiniest possible mushroom…” - Marjie Carr-Oxley
3rd Place Humor
Ganoderma tsugae - Michael Herrick
Honorable Mention 1
Stemonitis splendens - Keith Kleinschmidt
Honorable Mention 2
“I saw it first! Get away or I'll slime you!" - Bobby Boergerh
Honorable Mention 3
Laccaria amethystina - Jordan Jones
Honorable Mention 4
2014 Photo Contest Winners
Auricularia delicata - Howard Goltz
1st Place Pictorial
Boletus mirabilus - Kathy Yerich
2nd Place Pictorial
Hericium americanum - Ron Spinosa
3rd Place Pictorial
Boletus frostii - John Lamprecht
1st Place Scientific/Technical
Pholiota squarrosa series - Howard Goltz
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (1 of 3)
Pholiota squarrosa series - Howard Goltz
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (2 of 3)
Pholiota squarrosa series - Howard Goltz
2nd Place Scientific/Technical (3 of 3)
Gomphus floccosus - Claudette Lamprecht
3rd Place Scientific/Technical
Bird’s Nest Fungus With and Without Lids and Eggs - Claudette Lamprecht
1st Place Other and overall winner
Eruptive mushroom, likely Armillaria nabsnona on dead wood - Howard Goltz
2nd Place Other
Amanita pantherina variations - John Lamprecht
3rd Place Other
Hurry Up and Take the Picture, This Thing is Heavy! - John Lamprecht
1st Place Humor
Sluggin’ Away on a Russula - Claudette Lamprecht
2nd Place Humor
NAMA 2014 NO LIE! - Howard Goltz
3rd Place Humor
Mycena galericulata with Galerina marginata - Mike Featherstone
Honorable Mention 1
Phaeolus schweinitzii - Mary Kosowski
Honorable Mention 2
Mushrooms' Muster: A Mycological Mobilization - Nicole Gibas
Honorable Mention 3
Come! Come! Join the Club - Jennifer Drew
Honorable Mention 4
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