MSA Awards Chart
| Award | Eligibility Requirement | Award Received | Administering Committee |
| Distinguished Mycologist Award | Mycologist | Plaque | MSA Distinctions |
| The Gordon and Tina Wasson Award | Non-traditional Mycologist | Plaque, lifetime membership, Mycologia access | MSA Distinctions |
| Early-career Mycologist | Plaque & Monetary Award | MSA Distinctions | |
| Teacher of Mycology | Plaque | MSA Distinctions | |
| Mid-career Mycologist | Plaque | Honorary Awards | |
| Mycologist | Lifetime membership | Honorary Awards | |
| Undergraduate Student | $500 | Student Awards | |
| Graduate Student | 2 @ $2,000 each | Student Awards | |
| Graduate Student | $2,000 | Student Awards | |
| Graduate Student | $1,000 | Student Awards | |
| Current member of MSA | $10,000 | Research Awards | |
| Faculty in a small department | $3,000 | Research Awards | |
| MSA Member | $1,200 | Research Awards | |
| Robert W. Lichtwardt Student Research Award | M.S. or undergraduate degree seeking students. Ph.D. candidates will be considered. | $1,000 | Research Awards |
| Graduate/Undergraduate Student | $1,000 | Research Awards | |
| Graduate/Undergraduate Student | $500 | Research Awards | |
| Graduate Student (MS or PhD) | $500 | Research Awards | |
| Graduate/Undergraduate Student | Varies | Mentor Travel Awards | |
| MSA Members: Long-Term International Members | 1 @ $1200 | International Committee | |
|
Meredith Blackwell and John Taylor Best Student Oral Presentation |
Graduate student | 2 @ $200 each | Student Awards |
| Graduate student | 2 @ $200 each | Student Awards | |
| Undergraduate student | 1 @ $100 each | Student Awards | |
| Special Topics Award (not available in 2020) | MSA Members | $2,000 to $10,000 | Research Awards |
|
Forest Fungal Ecology Award (not available in 2020) |
Graduate/Undergraduate Student | $1250-2,500 | |
| Forest Fungal Ecology Post-Doctoral Award (not available in 2020) | Post-Doctoral Researchers | $1250-2,500 | Research Awards |
|
Translational Mycology Award (not available in 2020) |
MSA Student | $1250-2,500 | Research Awards |
|
Translational Mycology Postdoctoral Award (not available in 2020) |
Post-Doctoral Researchers | $1,250-2,500 | Research Awards |
|
International Travel Award (not available in 2020) |
Post-Doctoral Researchers and New Faculty (only available for IMC meetings) | $1,500 to $2,500 | International Committee |