The winter rains have come, which means we should see a good crop of wild mushrooms at our Yuba Watershed Fungus Foray and Wild Mushroom Exposition, on December 8 – 9, 2018.
We have an great lineup of speakers and activities for this year’s Fungus Foray, including Sunday workshops on mushroom cultivation, cooking with wild mushrooms, and making mushroom medicines.
Online pre-registration is required for participation in the Saturday morning foray, so sign up today while spaces are still available!
Saturday’s Schedule:
9:00 – 9:15 • Sign in and Register. Please arrive by 9:00 to ensure time for orientation.
9:15 – 10:00 • “Introduction to the Foray” and “Basic Forms of Fungi and Where to Find Them” – Daniel Nicholson, local mycologist and naturalist
9:30 – 10:15 • Foray groups organize and depart to foraging sites in the Tahoe National Forest and nearby U.S. Bureau of Land Management lands
1:00 -1:30 • Leave Foray sites and return to Shady Creek Center
2:30 – 3:30 • “Santa Cruz Fungi and Myco-flora Project” – Christian Schwarz, mycologist and author
3:30 – 4:30 • “Fungi of Vanuatu” – Dr. Brian Perry, mycologist and professor
Sunday’s Schedule:
11:30 -12:30 • “Fungi of Mexico (Hongos Insolitos de Mexico)” – Alan Rockefeller, mycologist
11:30 – 1:00 • “Uses of Fungi in Society” and “Mushroom Cultivation Workshop: Make Your Own Mushroom Kit” (1 per family to take home!) – Jeff Weld, farmer (New Leaf Permaculture Farm)
1:15 – 2:30 • “How to Cook Mushrooms, Creatively and a Wild Mushroom Cooking Demonstration” – Chad Hyatt, chef and author
2:45 -4:00 • “Medicinal Mushrooms of California” and “How to Make Medicine with Mushrooms” workshop – Dr. Christopher Hobbs, herbalist and author