Mushrooms of Cascadia
Event Details
Autumn rains, varied forests and deep soils nourish a proliferation of mushrooms in Cascadia. There are red ones and purple ones, large ones and small, some good to eat, others unpalatable, some shaped like coral, others smelling of almonds or licorice. Together, we’ll venture into the field to learn more about the wide world of fungi!
Evan will provide an overview of mushrooms and their habits and habitats as well as helpful identification techniques.
After a brief introduction to mushrooms, we'll head into the forest for samples, practicing observation and collection skills and learning to recognize and describe the basic characteristics and roles of mushrooms.
This class is a great start to a lifetime of confident foraging and a thorough refresher for those who simply want to know more! We'll be foraying just inland from Bowman Bay for this course, with a potential forest site change in the afternoon.
