Siskiyou Field Institute Class 2008
November 7-9, 2008: Learn about the biology, ecology and field identification of mushrooms. Investigate edible as well as poisonous mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Prowl the Illinois Valley for mushrooms on Friday. On Saturday, drive the scenic Smith River Gorge, scout for mushrooms ni teh redwoods and along the Oregon Coast, and spend the night at the Redwood Youth Hostel (lodging included). On Sunday, continue shrooming along the coast and inland. beginners and teh fingi-literate are welcome. Go to the Deer Creek Center on the Siskiyou Field Insitute website for more information. Taught by David Lebo, Deer Creek Center, Selma, Oregon and Oregon/California Coast. Tuition: $140. Course Code: MUS8. Naturalist Certificate.
2008 Mushroom Festival at Mt. Pisgah
The Mushroom Festival, co-sponsored by the Cascade Mycological Society, is held on Sunday October 26th 2008 from 10am to 4pm, and features a broad range of fungi collected throughout western Oregon. Experts are on hand during the show to help with mushroom identification. The Mushroom Festival also includes hayrides, cider pressing demonstrations, wine tasting, and a scarecrow contest. Suggested donation:
$5/person or $10/family. MPA members free!
Visit the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum website for more details.
Members’ Foray — Saturday October 18th, 2008
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. We’ll be collecting some less ephemeral species for the Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Show and likely edibles as well!
Meet at the South Eugene High School by 8:45 for introductions and directions. We will leave at 9:00am sharp.
Yachats Mushroom Festival 2008
October 17-19, 2008: Fabulous Wild Mushroom Cuisine, Guided Mushroom Walks, Talks, Exhibits and Identification, as well as Fungi products, Music, Entertainment and lots of FUN-gi! The Yachats Village Mushroom Fest is hosted by the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce and is generously supported by Yachats Restaurants, the Yachats Lodging Association, the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center and Scenic Area, Forest Ecologist Marla Gillham, OSU Faculty, Students and Alumni, Cascade Mycological Society, North American Truffling Society, Mycological Natural Products, the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program, and many Yachats area businesses, naturalists and culinary mushroom enthusiasts. Our 2008 Mushroom Fest schedule will be similar to the 2007 Mushroom Fest schedule. Information: (541)547-3530, 1-800-929-0477.
Members’ Foray — Sunday October 12th, 2008
Forays are limited to CMS members (and friends) only. Meet at the South Eugene High School by 8:45 for introductions and directions. We will leave at 9:00am sharp.
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Identifest October 9th, 2008 at 7pm
Join the Cascade Mycological Society for our annual mushroom
Identifest. If you’ve ever wondered about that mushroom growing in
your yard, or the fungus you see popping up everywhere in the woods
and fields this time of year, now is your chance to find out! Bring
your specimens to Lane Community College, Building 16, room 115 at
7:00pm on Thursday October 9th, 2008.
Oregon Mycological Society 2008 Mushroom Show
Join Oregon Mycological Society at their 58th annual Mushroom Show, Sunday, October 12, Noon to Five. Location: Cheatham Hall, World Forestry Center, near the Portland Zoo. Admission: Adults $5, Students & Seniors $3, children under 12 free.
OMS Describes the event:
This colorful event also showcases mushroom cookery or preservation, toxic mushrooms information, books for sale, demonstrations of mushroom dyeing, a “Kids’ Corner” and much more. OMS Members put this all together between 5:30 a.m. and noon on that Sunday for a noon to 5 p.m. show. It’s a miracle – and a fund-raiser for programs and the library.
Common Mushroom Checklist
This file contains a Common Mushroom Checklist for the Pacific Northwest area, composed of species commonly found and displayed at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum Annual Mushroom Show, during the 1983 – 2002 years.
Mushrooms in Modern Times – 2008 Mushroom Conference
The 2008 Mushroom Conference at Breitenbush Hot Springs Resort near Detroit, Oregon will feature the many uses of mushrooms for humans and the earth. Our expert mycologists will teach you to positively identify the mushrooms and our chefs will demonstrate how to prepare our delectable forest and field fungi. Dr Tom Volk, Paul Stamets and Daniel Winkler will teach and enlighten you about how mushrooms can save the world and the new functions that we have discovered for our fungus friends. Mushroom feasting will be directed by Chef Michael Blackwell at an Interactive Cooking and Tasting event. Paul Kroeger will serve as our conference mycologist and expert identifier of our Pacific Northwest fungi. Mushroom Illustrator and mushrooms for color expert Dorothy Beebee will provide a workshop experience that you will never forget.
Guided field trips, lectures, cooking, art, and identification workshops will fill the time between soaking in the hot waters of the natural springs. The practitioners of healing arts at Breitenbush can soothe your tired muscles after hiking to collect fungi for both the identification and dinner tables. Treat yourself to an educational, delicious, and relaxing autumnal event in the midst of the old growth forests of Oregon.
DATES:October 23 – 26, 2008
INFO: Patrice 206.819.4842 or Patrice@mushroominc.org
REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320
BEGINS: Thu dinner
ENDS: Sun lunch
COST: $165 plus lodging
DEPOSIT: cost of lodging