Become a SOMA Member!Your membership helps provide us with predictable funding so we can provide world-class speakers at our events, pay for event space and permits, and keep the wheels of our 100% volunteer-run organization in motion.As a member you unlock steep discounts on foray tickets, opportunities to volunteer at events instead of paying ticket prices, and important announcements about our events and ticket sales. We are continuing to explore how we can make your SOMA membership feel exclusive and rewarding. If you would like to support our scholarship program or our DNA sequencing initiative, please consider an additional monthly or one-time donation.

Love mushrooms? Join the Sonoma County Mycological Association (SOMA), a volunteer-run non-profit that has been bringing mushroom lovers together in Sonoma County for more than 30 years. Members meet other enthusiasts, learn to identify fungi, and share interests like cooking, growing mushrooms, making natural dyes and pigments, and contributing to community science.Most of what SOMA does is open to the public, but members get all the goodies:Volunteer at SOMA Camp. Volunteers make Camp work, and volunteering is open to members only. Your membership needs to be in good standing through January. If it expires before Camp ends, renew early. Your renewal date won’t change; you’re just paying forward.Early bird discount on SOMA Camp registration.Monthly meetings during mushroom season, with mushroom ID and guest speakers. Speakers are often nationally known mycologists, authors, and experts in cultivation and taxonomy.SOMA Groups. Join the Cultivation Group, the Culinary Group, or both, and learn to grow and cook your own mushrooms.Members-only events, like our annual December potluck, plus first word on forays, SOMA Camp and more.Discounted membership in the North American Mycological Association (NAMA).SOMA News, our newsletter, packed with speaker news, dye techniques, recipes and foraging reports.Good to knowMemberships last 12 months from your purchase date. Lifetime memberships never expire.Each membership covers one person, regardless of shared address or marital status.Kids 15 and under come to all our events free with any member.Membership dues support SOMA’s programs, including our mycology scholarships.Questions? Contact us at sonomamycology.org/contact.