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Finding Edible Mushrooms

Start
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
End
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Schedule
2 sessions
#1.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 7:00 PM 8:30 PM
#2.
Saturday, October 26, 2019, 9:00 AM 4:00 PM
Location
BARN Kitchen Arts Studio & Small Classroom, Class Code KI102319DA
Spaces left
0

Registration

Guest Price – $106.00
$81 + $25 materials fee
Member Discount Price – $88.00
$63 + $25 materials fee

To register and pay off-line or use a credit in your BARN account, please call the registrar at (206) 842-4475 x216 or come into BARN.

Be sure to "Join Waitlist" if this class fills (there is no cost to do so) and we will notify you if a seat opens up or this class gets offered again.

Registration is closed

It's Fall, so our woods are full of wild mushrooms, hundreds of species. A few of them are choice edibles -- chanterelles, porcinis, cauliflowers, lobsters. But how do you find them, and how do you know for sure what you're collecting?

This class is an introduction to finding, identifying and safely consuming local wild mushrooms. It will start with a Wednesday evening discussion, "How To Look at A Mushroom," and continue with a Saturday foray in promising habitat less than two hours away. We are sure to find mushrooms, but there is no guarantee they will be edibles.

Details:

Open to ages 14+.
The materials fee covers a one-year membership in the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society, so you will be notified about club forays so you can continue learning about the amazing diversity of local mushrooms.
The first session will be held in the small classroom at BARN.
Instructions for getting to the foray site will be given at the first meeting, and participants can arrange carpools then. Please do not bring dogs on the foray.
If the weather is unsuitable on the day scheduled for the foray, it will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, instead.

Instructor: David Ansley is a member of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society who often leads group forays in western Washington forests. He also manages the KitsapMushrooms.org website, which includes a regional mushroom photo gallery and a recipe collection.