WORKSHOP – Slow Mushrooming

SLOW MUSHROOMING

Fungi are diverse, delicious and sometimes deadly. With interest in foraging for wild food on the rise, learning to accurately identify fungi reduces both poisoning risk to humans and harm to the environment.

Developing the skills to find fungi requires slowness, not speed. The workshop will focus on assisting participants to identify a few edible species thoroughly, rather than many superficially. We will engage multiple senses to examine the major diagnostic features of edible fungi alongside their toxic lookalikes.

We will also follow the principles of ‘ecological foraging’ – an approach based on care, conservation and an understanding of ecosystem dynamics.

Following an interactive indoor identification session around a specimen table we will then head to a private property to search for fungi.

Please note that no fungi will be collected during this event.

This workshop is being presented by Wooragee Landcare and Friends of Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park.

Further workshops can be viewed at this link.

BOOKINGS

DATE: SATURDAY 18 MAY 2024

VENUE: WOORAGEE HALL, 1001 Beechworth-Wodonga Rd, Wooragee VIC 3747, Australia

COST: $45 for Landcare members, $55 for non-members

TIME: 9:30AM–3PM

BOOKINGS