About WCMA
We have club meetings every first Monday of the month at the Carbondale Community School. Our Club meetings our open to everyone. You do not have to be a member to attend our club meetings. Each meeting will feature a presenter to share their wisdom and knowledge is different fields of mycology.
During mushroom season we will have expert guided forays. These are Member Only Forays. You can sign up to become a member HERE
Click the calendar to learn more about our Events + Forays.
The Western Colorado Mycological Association aims to foster a community of individuals who share a passion for fungi and their essential place in the natural world. Through programs, events, and partnerships, its mission is to elevate mycology and provide mycological resources in Western Colorado, empowering youth and building connections around all things fungi.
Meet the Board of Directors
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Hamilton Pevec
WCMA PRESIDENT
Hamilton is a documentary filmmaker and a self described Ethnomycologist. He has been hunting, growing and studying fungi since 2009. He loves the stories that surround mushrooms. In order to make films about fungi he started an organic mushroom extract company to finance his mycology films, events and educational efforts. His company Hamilton's Mushrooms does wholesale to other brands, organizes mycology events, and supports mycology wherever possible. Hamilton lives in Carbondale Colorado with his wife and 2 children.
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Jane Mason
WCMA VICE PRESIDENT
Jane is a children’s book writer, open water distance swimmer, maker, forager, grower, and general foodie. She has been fungally obsessed since 2018, when she found herself stewarding a piece of land that offered up natural morels in the spring. It is safe to say that Jane has been myceliated for life. Jane lives in Carbondale, Colorado with her husband and, now that their three children have flown the coop, a small collection of unruly but adorable animals.
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Matthew "Mateo" Rader
WCMA BOARD TREASURER
After living and working on several organic farms, the love of cultivating mushrooms occured 11 years ago and I have not stopped since.
I have lived in many places, but nowhere as long as the Roaring Fork Valley at 15 years. As an autodidact, jack of all trades, mycology has required many interdisiplianry interests such as building, electrical wiring, farming, producing medicine and making a positive differece in the community.
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Gabriela Mejia
WCMA BOARD SECRETARY
Gabriela E Mejia is a versatile artist whose passion for the arts sprouted at the age of five in Honduras. Her family later relocated to the United States, where she continued to myceliate her talents in music, arts, and culture. Today, she is a professional fine artist, teacher, muralist, crafter, graphic designer, dancer, and musician, enriched by her travels both domestically and abroad. Her business, GEMART LLC, forms symbiotic relationships with various organizations in the RF valley, including Toadstool Traditions LLC, where she assists in operating a mushroom farm as well as creating mushroom-themed products for the market seasons. Follow her: www.instagram.com/one_gemart
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Jake Renner
WCMA BOARD DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Jake has been foraging his own food and medicines for about a decade and enjoys nourishing himself with the bounty of the forest. He is passionate about herbalism, natural wellness, and establishing food sovereignty. Jake offers to lead individuals on forays via Colorado Mountain Foraging, so that they may connect with Mother Earth and establish relations with certain plants, fungi and animals. Jake lives in El Jebel and works closely with his friends at Toadstool Traditions, Stick and Bindle, and Grow Green Now- catch him at the Aspen Farmers Market this Summer.