Serving Mushroom Growers Around the World Since 1992
Serving Mushroom Growers Around the World Since 1992
Learn how to grow mushrooms in your garden and greenhouse! Install a mushroom garden bed, create medicinal log cultures of native Reishi and Turkey Tail, and use materials that are usually in your garden to grow mushrooms in a greenhouse or coldframe. This is a hands-on workshop for integrating fungi into your world, be it a edible forest garden or community garden plot. No prior mushroom knowledge required, this class is all about getting to know fungi and learning to interact with them.
Where: Eugene, Oregon, home address given upon registration
Cost: $40
Email: Ja Schindler at
Phone: 1-586-321-9727
Details at: FungiForThePeople.org
Lawrence Millman (Author, Ethnographer, Mycologist) will be joining you at Dana Forest Farm for a spring mushroom walk in the woods.
Location:
Dana Forest Farm
459 Dana Hill Rd.
Waitsfield, Vermont
Details at: www.facebook.com/DanaForestFarm Events Section
Join Ben Campelia of Pawtuckaway Mushroom Company and learn how to grow Oyster Mushrooms at home. Each person will have the opportunity to inoculate a mini mushroom log with Oyster Mushrooms. People can take their log home and harvest fresh mushrooms from it after about a year.
Location:
Mary and Brock's home
3 Benjamin Way
Dover, NH
Cost: The cost for this workshop is on a sliding scale of $15-25. Because of the materials Ben is purchasing ahead of time for this workshop, we are asking for a deposit of $15 to secure your spot in this class by April 27th.
Details at: www.meetup.com/GreaterSeacoastPermaculture/events/51392282/
Learn traditional Laboratory and progressive open-air Mushroom Spawn Cultivation techniques. In this class we will prepare grain, sawdust, dowel plug, and straw/coffee ground substrates for generating healthy mushroom mycelia. I will walk you though every step of the process, and we will employ sterile lab techniques as well as an Open-Air technique that I have developed, which alloys for culturing without a laboratory or harsh chemicals. This course is intended for those who wish to grow their own spawn, capture strains from the wild, or are interested in commercial cultivation. Every attendee will have the chance to do transfers, and a workbook and cultures will be provided. A healthy vegetarian lunch will also be provided.
When: 10 am to 6pm Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Where: Eugene, Oregon, home address given upon registration
Cost: $100
Email: Ja Schindler at
Phone: 1-586-321-9727
Details at: FungiForThePeople.org
This class is intended for novice mushroom students to learn the basics of mushroom identification. Learn about the various types of mushrooms, how they grow, and how you can properly identify them. This classroom lecture will include real mushrooms for students to identify.
2pm - 4pm
Cost: $95.00
Details at: www.herbalbear.com/learnidmush190512.html
Learn how to grow mushrooms in your garden and greenhouse! Install a mushroom garden bed, create medicinal log cultures of native Reishi and Turkey Tail, and use materials that are usually in your garden to grow mushrooms in a greenhouse or coldframe. This is a hands-on workshop for integrating fungi into your world, be it a edible forest garden or community garden plot. No prior mushroom knowledge required, this class is all about getting to know fungi and learning to interact with them.
When: March 18, 2012 11am - 4pm
Where: Eugene, Oregon, home address given upon registration
Cost: $40
Email: Ja Schindler at
Phone: 1-586-321-9727
Details at: FungiForThePeople.org
Mushroom education, strolling musicians, street performers, and several city blocks of unique booths. For children, Munchkinland captivates kids with rides, games and continuous entertainment. The festival raises funds for educational scholarships, which are granted annually and provides an opportunity for many local non-profit organizations, clubs and schools to create awareness of their cause.
Where: Downtown Morgan Hill
Cost: Free admission, free parking
Details at: www.mhmmg.org
The course begins with a slide show presentation that explains how to identify a wide variety of mushrooms found in the Northeast. The course continues with a mushroom foraging hike. The afternoon is spent practicing identification skills with the mushrooms gathered on the foraging hike, learning mushroom cultivation techniques. Hand-outs are provided with resources for further learning. Each student will receive a mushroom kit that they can take home and grow their very own mushrooms. Tuition includes lunch. Lodging is not included. If you wish to stay in the area, we can recommend several local motels or inns.
Saturday: 10am - 3:30pm (lunch is included)
Location: The Herbal Bear Catskill Location
11 Old Ferris Farm Road
Grand Gorge NY 12434
Cost: $295.00
Details at: www.herbalbear.com/mushidcult140712.html
The congress of the International Society for Mushroom Science is a regular forum for the world's mushroom researchers to exchange research results and development activities across all segments of the mushroom industry and promote international communication and cooperation. This year's event is hosted by the International Society for Mushroom Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Edible Fungi Association, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-Products, and will be organized by Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
You may register on the website or contact:
Ms. Xi Feng
China International Conference Center for Science and Technology
Room 703 East, 86 Xueyuan Nan Road
Beijing 100081, China
Phone: +86-10-6217 4059
Fax: +86-10-6210 3108
Email:
Details at: www.isms2012.com
ECO Consult Foundation is organizing a 7 day tour following the International Society for Mushroom Science Congress in Beijing. The tour will explore the province of Yunnan with a focus on agriculture and mushroom cultivation while paying attention to the typical Chinese highlights. The tour will include visits to several agricultural and mushroom companies. Peter Oei, mushroom researcher from the Netherlands and visiting professor at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University will be accompanying the tour.
If you are interested in taking the tour, please send an email to: - Subject: "Mushroom tour Yunnan"
More Details at: www.spore.nl
This informationally intense course is taught personally by Paul Stamets and the experienced staff of Fungi Perfecti. Further information will be sent upon registering. Since space is limited, early registration is strongly advised (many seminars sell out six months in advance). Registration must be reconfirmed two weeks prior to seminar, and 50% of the tuition for the Stamets Seminar is non-refundable.
Phone: 360-426-9292
Email:
Details at: www.fungi.com/seminars/
This informationally intense course is taught personally by Paul Stamets and the experienced staff of Fungi Perfecti. Further information will be sent upon registering. Since space is limited, early registration is strongly advised (many seminars sell out six months in advance). Registration must be reconfirmed two weeks prior to seminar, and 50% of the tuition for the Stamets Seminar is non-refundable.
Phone: 360-426-9292
Email:
Details at: www.fungi.com/seminars/
This page was updated on May 1, 2012.