This weekend course will include the following fundamental aspects of mushroom/fungal understanding; Fungal Ecology, Field Identification, Toxicity & Poisonings, Edibility, Mushroom Medicine(Myco-Medicinals), Cultural History & Uses of Fungi, Collection Protocol and Harvesting Ethics, as well as home mushroom farming.
Course Structure
Friday Evening:
Check-in 4:00-5:00pm
Dinner 6:00pm
Mushrooms of the Northeast Presentation
Saturday Morning:
Mushroom Ecology & Field Identification (9am-noon)
Lunch 12:00 noon
Saturday Afternoon:
Mushroom Edibility & Toxicity (1pm-5pm)
Dinner 6:00pm
Evening Presentation:
Ethnomycology & Open ID: (7pm-8:30pm)
Sunday Morning:
Medicinal Mushrooms (9am-noon)
Lunch 12:00 noon
Sunday Afternoon:
Home Mushrooms Cultivation & Myco Remediation (1pm-4pm)