Lichenology organizations

Larger organizations

Learned societies:

Illinois Mycological Association — Their main meeting place is the Chicago Botanic Garden, and many of their other events occur near Chicago.
- Events and surveys
- YouTube
- The annual show is the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. (in early September)
- Social media: Instragram
Chicago Mushroom Club
- Social media: Instagram, Discord
Wisconsin Mycological Society — They meet near Milwaukee.
Madison Mycological Society

Other organizations:

Thorsten Lumbsch, PhD [2] — Vice president of science, chair of the department of botany, associate curator.
~~Sabine Huhndorf~~, PhD — Assistant curator.
Steven Leavitt, PhD [2] — Postdoctoral research scientist.
Eimy Rivas Plata, PhD
Robert Lücking, PhD [2] — Adjunct curator, and collections Manager.
Patrick R. Leacock, PhD [2] — Adjunct curator.
~~Carrie Andrew~~, PhD [2] — Research assistant.
Sue Zaleski Hamnik — Research assistant.
Wyatt Gaswick — Assistant collections manager, fungi and lichens.
list of volunteers

- Collections — The basement level of the museum.
  - Collections overview — [Fungi] [Lichens]
  - Collections details — [Fungi] [Lichens]
  - Collections staff
  - Policies on herbarium loans
  - Paleobotany collections
  - Collections Club — Volunteers who help digitize the collections.
  - Field Museum Collections 101 — [1] [2] [3]
- Library — On the third floor, by appointment only.
NAMA (the North American Mycological Association) donates the specimens from its annual Fungal Diversity Survey to the collections at the Field Museum of Chicago. [collections details]
MycoGuide — Lots of assorted information here.