2025 SOMA Wild Mushroom Camp

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Faculty Biographies

Kathy Yerich

Co-author of the popular and accessible field guide, Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest (Adventure Publications) Kathy Yerich has been hanging out with the Minnesota Mycological Society (MMS) and North American Mycological Society (NAMA) for more than 15 years. Current MMS Vice President, her mission in those organizations is to make learning about mushrooms fun and accessible to everyone! Annual NAMA forays have brought her around the country in search of interesting fungi. Like mushrooms, mushroom enthusiasts are interesting company, and no matter the location or time of year, nothing beats time in the woods.