2025-2026 MCMC Monthly Meeting & Event Lineup
General Club meetings - All are welcome.
Doors open at 5:30, Meeting begins at 6:00.
Meetings are in person and via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84739231502?pwd=WXJtNEdkQmF2cDhhSThYcUM2cEVCQT09
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell.
All meetings will be held on the second Tuesday, from September through March, unless otherwise noted.
Doors open at 5:30, Meeting begins at 6:00.
Meetings are in person and via Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84739231502?pwd=WXJtNEdkQmF2cDhhSThYcUM2cEVCQT09
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell.
All meetings will be held on the second Tuesday, from September through March, unless otherwise noted.
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September 9: FIRST MEETING OF THE SEASON
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Meet and greet, and catch up. Talk about ideas and plans for upcoming season. October 13: FORAY - JDSF public foray Join JDSF forestry personnel on guided walks in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). All are welcome. Location: Camp One Day Use Area Time: 10:00 am IMPORTANT: You MUST bring your JDSF mushroom permit to pick any mushrooms. October 14: CLUB MEETING
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Eric Schramm Topic: So you wanna be a mushroom mogul? Eric has over 40 years of experience picking, buying and selling wild mushrooms. He'll tell stories from his adventures and connections on the trail of the mushrooms. November 11: CLUB MEETING - POTLUCK!
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg 
December 8: FORAY - JDSF public foray Join JDSF forestry personnel on guided walks in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). All are welcome. Location: Camp 20 Time: 10:00 am IMPORTANT: You MUST bring your JDSF mushroom permit to pick any mushrooms. Email [email protected] to confirm your spot! December 9: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Michael W. Beug, Professor Emeritus (via Zoom) Topic: Medicinal/Culinary Mushrooms: Fantastic Fungi to save Body, Mind, and Spirit The talk will be about medicinal uses of Psilocybe mushrooms and general medicinal/culinary fungi. I will discuss the potential of psilocybin and psilocin to treat PTSD, depression, and its potential to slow and possibly reverse Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s symptoms. I will then cover mushroom food value and nutrition and the vast range of potential functional foods and medicinal uses of fungi. I will describe mushroom use by individuals diagnosed with cancer and some incredible outcomes. January 15 FORAY - JDSF public foray Join JDSF forestry personnel on guided walks in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). All are welcome. Location: Highway 20 & Road 900 (Mile Marker 19.97) Time: 11:00 am IMPORTANT: You MUST bring your JDSF mushroom permit to pick any mushrooms. Email [email protected] to confirm your spot! >Note: Thursday instead of the usual Tuesday January 15: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Alan Rockefeller Topic: TBD More soon… February 9: FORAY - JDSF public foray Join JDSF forestry personnel on guided walks in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). All are welcome. Location: Camp 20 Time: 10:00 am IMPORTANT: You MUST bring your JDSF mushroom permit to pick any mushrooms. Email [email protected] to confirm your spot! February 10: CLUB MEETING
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Chad Hyatt Topic: Cooking Demonstration - more details to come… March 10: LAST CLUB MEETING OF THE SEASON
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg Speaker: TBD Topic: TBD |
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For a listing of past meetings, speakers, and events, visit The Archive.
Meeting Details
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
5:30 - Doors open - socialize and look at mushrooms
6:00-7:30 - club updates and regular features; Guest Speaker & Q&A
5:30 - Doors open - socialize and look at mushrooms
6:00-7:30 - club updates and regular features; Guest Speaker & Q&A
Venue: online via Zoom and in-person. See the meeting dates above for exact location.
First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg, located at 367 S Sanderson Way in Fort Bragg. Please use the second, or North entrance to the parking lot. Also, please use the second door, not the main church doors, located on the West side of the parking lot.
The Education Center at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, located at 18050 Ocean Drive, Fort Bragg (turn off Hwy 1 at Rollin' Dough and continue down Ocean Drive about 1/2 mile, the entrance for the MCBG Education Center will be on the right-hand side of the road). Parking is inside the gate along the driveway and in spaces on either side of the vegetable garden.
First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg, located at 367 S Sanderson Way in Fort Bragg. Please use the second, or North entrance to the parking lot. Also, please use the second door, not the main church doors, located on the West side of the parking lot.
The Education Center at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, located at 18050 Ocean Drive, Fort Bragg (turn off Hwy 1 at Rollin' Dough and continue down Ocean Drive about 1/2 mile, the entrance for the MCBG Education Center will be on the right-hand side of the road). Parking is inside the gate along the driveway and in spaces on either side of the vegetable garden.
Zoom meeting link for all meetings this season:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84739231502?pwd=WXJtNEdkQmF2cDhhSThYcUM2cEVCQT09
Meeting ID: 847 3923 1502
Passcode: 963138
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Meeting ID: 847 3923 1502
Passcode: 963138
One tap mobile
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2025-2026 Speaker Profiles
Eric Schramm
Forty years at the everyday whim of mushrooms has taken Eric Schramm, proprietor of Mendocino Mushrooms, on a journey of understanding and wonder for the earth, mushrooms, our lives and connections.
Eric runs his operation from his five-acre property outside Fort Bragg during the fall and winter months and from the road in his mobile mushroom buying station in the Mount Shasta area in the spring. He's been foraging, buying and selling thousands of pounds of mushrooms for more than 30 years. There are numerous articles and videos available to learn more about this mushroom pioneer and all-around great guy.
Articles:
"The Mushroom Man Eric Schramm discusses current bizarre ”shroom season"
"Is Eric Schramm Northern California’s Ultimate Forager?"
"Eric Schramm, the Mushroom Man"
Eric runs his operation from his five-acre property outside Fort Bragg during the fall and winter months and from the road in his mobile mushroom buying station in the Mount Shasta area in the spring. He's been foraging, buying and selling thousands of pounds of mushrooms for more than 30 years. There are numerous articles and videos available to learn more about this mushroom pioneer and all-around great guy.
Articles:
"The Mushroom Man Eric Schramm discusses current bizarre ”shroom season"
"Is Eric Schramm Northern California’s Ultimate Forager?"
"Eric Schramm, the Mushroom Man"
Michael W. Beug, Professor Emeritus
I completed my Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Washington in 1971 and spent 32 years at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington where I taught chemistry, environmental studies, mycology, and organic farming. I started mushrooming in 1968 and my photographs now have appeared in well over 80 books and articles on mushrooms. In 1974 I joined both the Pacific Northwest Key Council and the North American Mycological Association (NAMA where, I served on the Education Committee, was chair of the Toxicology Committee, chair of the Editorial Committee, and past editor of the Journal McIlvainea and am now active on the medicinal mushroom committee). I won the 2006 NAMA Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology. With coauthors Alan and Arleen Bessette, I wrote Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide, University of Texas Press, 2014.
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My book, Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest, Second Edition, Ten Speed Press, was published in 2024. My speaking schedule, updates to our knowledge of western fungi, and links to podcasts and videos are found on my website https://www.mushroomsofcascadia.com.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Alan roams the globe studying mushrooms—has microscope; will travel. Based out of Oakland, CA, Alan does DNA sequencing, photography, identification for iNaturalist (44,000 IDs in 2020!) and is also one of the most knowledgeable people on the planet concerning psilocybe mushrooms and their distribution.
Much of his photography is on display in Mushroom Observer and iNaturalist, as well as on his Facebook page, along with lots for great tips on how to photograph mushrooms and advice on gear. You'll also find links to his published articles. |
Chad Hyatt
Chad Hyatt has made a name for himself in Northern California and beyond by sharing his delicious spin on wild mushroom cookery at public and private events. Both an expert forager and classically trained chef, he has cooked in a variety of restaurants and private clubs around the San Francisco Bay area, where he can often be found putting on wild mushroom themed dinners and teaching mushroom related classes.
Chad's cooking career began after leaving an engineering career for culinary school. He has cooked in a wide range of kitchens, from Michelin-starred fine dining to opening a BBQ restaurant, and from country club to gastropub. He is passionate about approachable comfort food, based on local, seasonal ingredients, and, of course, wild mushrooms. He has been working as an independent freelance chef since the middle of 2018, with a focus on special events.
Chad's cooking career began after leaving an engineering career for culinary school. He has cooked in a wide range of kitchens, from Michelin-starred fine dining to opening a BBQ restaurant, and from country club to gastropub. He is passionate about approachable comfort food, based on local, seasonal ingredients, and, of course, wild mushrooms. He has been working as an independent freelance chef since the middle of 2018, with a focus on special events.
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Chad dove into mushroom hunting shortly after beginning his cooking career, and quickly gained a local reputation for eating the “weird mushrooms” that nobody else collected. As his mushroom hunting knowledge improved, his kitchen skills began to open up doors to cooking and teaching at various mushroom events in California and beyond. He still has a reputation for eating all of the weird mushrooms, though these days people often pay to share the experience.
Chad's second edition of his wildly popular cookbook, The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen, contains new recipes, updates to recipes and more. |
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