2023-2024 MCMC Monthly Meeting & Event Lineup
General Club meetings - All are welcome.
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 May
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 May
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: online via Zoom and in-person. See the meeting dates below for exact location.
September 12: 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 meetings.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom
Meet and greet, and catch up. Talk about ideas and plans for upcoming meetings.
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October 10: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Jess Starwood Topic: To The Ends of the Earth And Back Again—In Search of Fungi and The Best Dining Experience in the World Jess Starwood, author, herbalist and chef, shares a summer full of mushroom hunting stories from Alaska to Appalachia, Copenhagen to Colorado and everywhere in between—with a five hour lunch at Noma, one of the world’s top “taste of place” restaurants. November 14: CLUB MEETING - Mushroom Social Potluck & Holiday Marketplace Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Enjoy some potluck snacks and beverages, socialize, and do some holiday shopping. December 12: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Tom Jelen Topic: Amanita muscaria - Myths, legends and a cooking/tasting demo Tom will be doing a workshop on detoxifying and cooking the iconic Amanita muscaria mushroom and discussing some of the myths and legends associated with it. The Amanita muscaria is arguably the most identified mushroom in the world. For years, the mushroom has been demonized and thought to be deadly poison. Amanita muscaria has been called the Santa Claus mushroom, and indeed, it has a long history as a vision quest substance, used by Siberian shamans. It also fruits in large quantities in December here on the Coast, so hopefully we'll have plenty to work with. January 9: CLUB MEETING
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speakers: Alan Rockefeller Topic: Mushrooms of Ecuador and more… Alan Rockefeller spent 5 weeks during the Spring of 2023 in the Ecuadorian Amazon documenting fungi. This presentation highlights the most interesting, beautiful and unusual finds and will give some insight into what it is like to look for mushrooms in this beautiful country. Alan will also talk about the work he and other community scientists do to identify mushrooms at the DNA level and show you some ways to contribute to the effort. Meeting Recording January 10: FORAY!!! - MCMC-JDSF sponsored foray Our guest speaker, Alan Rockefeller, will join JDSF forestry personnel along with MCMC club members to lead guided walks in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). All are welcome. Location: Caspar Scales-JDSF (click here for a map) Time: 9:30-3:30 - meet up at Caspar Scales at 9:30 groups will start heading into the forest around 9:45 so don't be late! IMPORTANT: You MUST bring your JDSF mushroom permit to pick any mushrooms. February 13: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Brag & Zoom Speaker: Art Goodtimes Topic: Shrooming from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains: How mushrooms led me from the altar of Catholicism to the church of the Great Outdoors and into the arms of Entheogenic awareness I will be tracking my journey from neophyte pothunter with the San Francisco Mycological Society to tripping hippie in the urban wilds of the Haight-Ashbury to poet-in-residence of the Telluride Mushroom Festival. We’ll be touching on Manny Salzman, Gary Lincoff, Andy Weil, Paul Stamets, Dolores LaChapelle and the wildest mushroom parade in America. Meeting Recording March 12: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speakers: Billy Sprague Topic: Get Ready for Morel Season With all the recent snow, morel season may be a bit later this year, but weather in the mountains in highly unpredictable, so if it's morels that you're after, you need to start mapping out a plan to be ready when it happens. Billy has been successfully hunting morels for the past eight years in California, Oregon, Idaho and his native Michigan, and will share his thoughts and tips for how to hunt for these delectable and elusive morsels. What he'll cover in the talk: * morel hunting near and/or far * when to go look, timing! * how to read weather and temp patterns * soil temps * where to look * how to find environment: trees, temps, skids, micro climates etc... * where to stay * permits and laws around collecting * burns vs. naturals * what to bring * how to pick, store and dry * other indicator fungal species to be aware of. * other edible species often in the same area * how to respectfully share and request tips from others about morel fruiting Meeting Recording - Part 1 Meeting Recording - Part 2 April 9: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speakers: Lama Nasser-Gammett Topic: Local Mushroom Cultivation: The Forest People Mushroom cultivation can provide large quantities of nutritionally dense food with very few inputs. This can be done in a small space with relatively little water usage on a number of different substrates. With the climate challenges our world is currently facing, it is imperative that we disengage from the exploitative agricultural system, instead looking for local, sustainable ways to nourish our bodies. Lama will share her family’s story as The Forest People, a small-scale oyster mushroom cultivation business that’s grown thousands of pounds of mushrooms for their community. |
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May 14: LAST CLUB MEETING OF THE SEASON
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg Topic: Potluck Party & Mushroom Marketplace! |
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2023-2024 Speaker Profiles
Jess Starwood
Jess Starwood is an established author, chef, herbalist and educator. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Herbal Medicine and Holistic Nutrition.
In 2021, she wrote and photographed her first book, Mushroom Wanderland: A Forager’s Guide to Finding, Identifying and Using More Than 25 Wild Fungi. She also writes regularly for Edible Ojai & Ventura County, Edible San Fernando, and Enchanted Living magazines as well as The Mycophile—the publication of the North American Mycological Association (NAMA).
Jess founded The Wild Path School where she teaches foraging, wild foods, herbalism and nature education classes for adults and children. She is a member of the Culinary Committee for NAMA and is on the board of directors for the Arizona Mushroom Society and the newsletter editor for the Los Angeles Mycological Society. She has also worked as a wild food consultant and forager for Michelin starred chefs Niki Nakayama and Aitor Zabala. Jess has been featured in National Geographic, The Guardian, and the Orange County Register.
In 2021, she wrote and photographed her first book, Mushroom Wanderland: A Forager’s Guide to Finding, Identifying and Using More Than 25 Wild Fungi. She also writes regularly for Edible Ojai & Ventura County, Edible San Fernando, and Enchanted Living magazines as well as The Mycophile—the publication of the North American Mycological Association (NAMA).
Jess founded The Wild Path School where she teaches foraging, wild foods, herbalism and nature education classes for adults and children. She is a member of the Culinary Committee for NAMA and is on the board of directors for the Arizona Mushroom Society and the newsletter editor for the Los Angeles Mycological Society. She has also worked as a wild food consultant and forager for Michelin starred chefs Niki Nakayama and Aitor Zabala. Jess has been featured in National Geographic, The Guardian, and the Orange County Register.
Tom Jelen
Tom Jelen has been a forager all his life. He grew up in a small town in Wisconsin, where he graduated from UWEC in Social Work. Tom lived in the small town of Ellsworth, Wisconsin as a kid. His family had a cottage on Lake Pepin where her foraged for berries and wild nuts, but was barred from picking mushrooms, as his mother was sure it would kill him. He started hunting mushrooms when he moved to Fort Bragg in 2005 and has been an avid forager ever since. He has had the great good fortune to call David Arora a friend and has foraged with him many times.
Tom took the reins as Chair of the MCMC a year into the pandemic and has been trying to keep the Club together and bring interesting experts to speak to and do events with mushroom experts from all over.
At The December meeting, we will be demystifying the Amanita muscaria mushroom with a hands-on cooking demo and tasting. The mushrooms will be thoroughly detoxified, and we'll put some out for folks to try. This is a technique that I learned from David Arora, who, as with many things, pioneered the expansion and the understanding of the Amanita muscaria mushroom. Here is a link to the published paper by David and his friend and colleague William Rubel:
A Study of Cultural Bias in Field Guide Determinations of Mushroom Edibility Using the Iconic Mushroom, Amanita muscaria, as an Example.
Tom took the reins as Chair of the MCMC a year into the pandemic and has been trying to keep the Club together and bring interesting experts to speak to and do events with mushroom experts from all over.
At The December meeting, we will be demystifying the Amanita muscaria mushroom with a hands-on cooking demo and tasting. The mushrooms will be thoroughly detoxified, and we'll put some out for folks to try. This is a technique that I learned from David Arora, who, as with many things, pioneered the expansion and the understanding of the Amanita muscaria mushroom. Here is a link to the published paper by David and his friend and colleague William Rubel:
A Study of Cultural Bias in Field Guide Determinations of Mushroom Edibility Using the Iconic Mushroom, Amanita muscaria, as an Example.
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. |
Art Goodtimes
Having studied to be a Roman Catholic priest for seven years (1959-1966), Art Goodtimes left the seminary, did two years alternative service as a VISTA volunteer on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, worked as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, graduated from San Francisco State in English in 1970, and started hunting edible mushrooms as a member of the San Francisco Mycological Society.
Dropping out of graduate school and turning on to the magic of shrooms, he taught pre-school for ten years and went from mainstream Catholic to radical street poet with the Cloud House Poetry Center. In 1980 he moved to Colorado, met Dr. Emanuel Salzman and helped organize Wild Mushrooms Telluride, which became the Telluride Mushroom Festival (1981-present).
Over 43 years he has managed operations for the fest, been the director, the poet-in-residence and the parade leader. Currently he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Telluride Institute that runs the festival and has recently become facilitator for the festival's new management group called Team Mushroom. He was Western Slope (Colorado) Poet Laureate (2011-13) and served five terms (20 years) as Colorado's only Green Party county commissioner (supervisor). His website is <goodtimespoet.blogspot.com>
Dropping out of graduate school and turning on to the magic of shrooms, he taught pre-school for ten years and went from mainstream Catholic to radical street poet with the Cloud House Poetry Center. In 1980 he moved to Colorado, met Dr. Emanuel Salzman and helped organize Wild Mushrooms Telluride, which became the Telluride Mushroom Festival (1981-present).
Over 43 years he has managed operations for the fest, been the director, the poet-in-residence and the parade leader. Currently he serves on the Board of Trustees of the Telluride Institute that runs the festival and has recently become facilitator for the festival's new management group called Team Mushroom. He was Western Slope (Colorado) Poet Laureate (2011-13) and served five terms (20 years) as Colorado's only Green Party county commissioner (supervisor). His website is <goodtimespoet.blogspot.com>
Billy Sprague
BILLY SPRAGUE is a local here in Fort Bragg, CA and member of the MCMC since it’s inception. Around that time Sprague became an avid mushroom hunter pooling expertise from our club's members, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast book and seasoned hunting mentors. Sprague curated a world of fungi around him by infusing them into his art, diet and social practices—using mushroom illustrations from vintage mushroom books to create collage works, creating a mushroom foraging knife and brush combination that enhances the harvesting process and creating a forage friendly “Shroom Shack” for fellow mushroom and foraging enthusiasts who visit the Mendocino Coast area. Shroom Shack is used as a home base and place to share and trade foraging tips and current intel on what's happening in the surrounding forests.
He sells his fresh and dried mushrooms to locals who can’t get into the woods or don’t have the time to hunt them down, often swapping forage stories and recipes along the way. Sprague also leads forays focusing on edible, medicinal and dye mushrooms and proper harvest and woodland etiquette procedures.
He sells his fresh and dried mushrooms to locals who can’t get into the woods or don’t have the time to hunt them down, often swapping forage stories and recipes along the way. Sprague also leads forays focusing on edible, medicinal and dye mushrooms and proper harvest and woodland etiquette procedures.
Lama Nasser-Gammett
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Lama Nasser-Gammett is owner/operator of The Forest People, a small-scale mushroom farm in Mendocino County that she and her husband Matthew began in 2018. She has been cultivating mushrooms for over 10 years as part of a larger picture of subsistence farming and regenerative ag.
Her fascination with fungi began with her discovery that mycelium is everywhere in nature and has the ability to communicate with and influence its local environment. Lama is a Board member of the Mendocino Organic Network, and has been an active organizer for the Anderson Valley Foodshed and the Not-So-Simple Living Fair. She and her family have just moved to Fort Bragg from Boonville and are in the process of re-visioning and rebuilding their business in their new community. |
2022-2023 MCMC Monthly Meeting & Event Lineup
General Club meetings - All are welcome.
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 third Wednesday (except December), from October through May
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 third Wednesday (except December), from October through May
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: online via Zoom and in-person. See the meeting dates below for exact location.
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October 19: 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 meetings. Meeting Recording November 16: CLUB MEETING Location: The Education Center at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens & Zoom Speakers: Angelic Garza and Niko Summers Topic: Mushrooms and Indigenous Plant Medicine Talk Surprise Guest Speaker: Alan Rockefeller December 14: CLUB MEETING Location: Zoom ONLY Speaker: Noah Siegel Topic: Exploring the Unknown: Cryptic Mushroom Diversity In Your Backyard California has an extremely diverse 'mycoflora', with over 4,000 species of macro fungi documented. Modern taxonomical tools have shown that this is just the tip of the iceberg. This talk will highlight some of the recent discoveries, and how you can help move mycology forward January 18: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Daniel Winkler Topic: "Fungal Fruits of the Forest" - Edible Mushrooms of the PNW" Daniel will present in detail our choice edible mushrooms such as morels, chanterelles, hedgehogs, king boletes, bear head and cauliflower mushroom which are easy to identify, helping one to overcome fungophobia and truly appreciate wild mushrooms. However, there are many more other mushrooms that need much more experience for safe identification. In this richly illustrated presentation Daniel will help you get to know, identify and find many great edible mushrooms while steering you clear of dangerous look-a-likes. You will be advised how to properly collect, carefully transport, safely prepare and reliably store your mushrooms. Key in finding prime mushrooms is getting to know their preferred habitat and their seasonality. Daniel will share lots of new insights from his new book “Fruits of the Forest – Handbook to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest", which Daniel will have copies for sale ($25). In addition, Daniel is mixing in some fungal fun & facts from his ethno-mycological research and Mushroaming adventure travels. February 15: CLUB MEETING Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Lisa Green Topic: Recent Scientific Advances in Understanding the Therapeutic Value of Psilocybin Mushrooms Mushrooms containing psilocybin have been used in sacred rituals for 3,000 years in Mexico. Recently there has been a proliferation of research studies on the therapeutic value of these mushrooms and the bioactive compounds they contain, and overall the results have been very promising. As news spreads about these scientific advances, many people find themselves curious about the details and applications. This talk will review recent research, discuss their biomedical implications, and give an overview of some of the ways people have incorporated this new knowledge into personal practices like microdosing. Meeting Recording Link to Slide Deck March 15: CLUB MEETING
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker: Klara Scharnagl, PhD Topic: The role of lichenized fungi in the Homogenocene Before the term "Anthropocene" was proposed for our age, another term, the "Homogenocene," was proposed. This was proposed to describe the condition by which human globalization combined with invasive species was homogenizing global biodiversity. Here I will present some evidence from lichen communities about other ways that the earth's biodiversity is homogenizing, and what long term impacts this may have. I invite a general discussion at the end of what other groups of fungi we should examine in the light of the Homogenocene. Meeting Recording WORKSHOP
April 15 & 16: Mycopigments: Mushroom and Lichen Dyes of the Mendocino Coast with Alissa Allen Sponsored by the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club and Pacific Textile Arts. April 19: CLUB MEETING
Location: The Education Center at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens & Zoom Speaker: Alissa Allen Topic: Mycopigments: Dye Mushrooms are for Everyone Meeting Recording May 17: LAST CLUB MEETING OF THE SEASON & POTLUCK!
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Fort Bragg & Zoom Speaker & Topic: JDSF Panel Discussion & Potluck We'll have a discussion with a panel of speakers associated with JDSF to talk about permits, forest health, biodiversity and how to get involved via organizations related to JDSF. We'll finish the evening with a potluck dinner. Meeting Recording |
Noah Siegel
Daniel Winkler
Lisa Green
Dr. Klara Scharnagl
Alissa Allen
JDSF Panel
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2022-2023 Speaker Profiles
Angelic Garza
Angelic loves learning and teaching about mother nature, fishing and all things fungi.She farms fungi at Hunt Over Farm and leads retreats and workshops at NorCal Foraging, Fishing and Plant Medicine group. You can find her on Facebook.
Niko Summers
Niko is a fifth-generation herbalist and comes from a long line of root workers and midwives. He became fascinated by fungi while studying their medicinal properties. In 2020, Niko founded Native Mushrooms, a mycology company that cultivates rare and medicinal species.
When not studying herbs or fungi, Niko likes to go foraging in the woods or spend time in his garden. He is a Native San Franciscan, where he still lives with his dog. Find him on Instagram @nativemushrooms. |
Niko recently collaborated with June Lee to author Mushrooms: An Illustrated Field Guide: a compact, beautifully illustrated field guide to 50 of North America’s most popular mushrooms. Inside this elegant hardcover, you’ll find profiles on individual species, each showcasing a full-page illustration, plus a definition of fungi, information on where to find mushrooms and how—and when—to collect them, and, last but not least, notes on how to avoid mushroom poisoning.
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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. |
Noah Siegel
Noah’s field mycology skills are extensive – he has spent over two decades seeking, photographing, identifying, and furthering his knowledge about all aspects of macrofungi. He has hunted for mushrooms throughout the United States and Canada, as well as on multiple expeditions to New Zealand and Australia.
He is one of the premier mushroom photographers in the nation, having won numerous awards from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) photography contest. His technique and attention to detail are unrivaled, arising from a philosophy of maximizing utility for identification purposes while maintaining a high degree of aesthetic appeal. His photographs have appeared on the covers and have been featured in articles of multiple issues of FUNGI Magazine and Mushroom the Journal, the primary mushroom enthusiast magazines in the United States, numerous mushroom books, as well as many club publications.
He is one of the premier mushroom photographers in the nation, having won numerous awards from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) photography contest. His technique and attention to detail are unrivaled, arising from a philosophy of maximizing utility for identification purposes while maintaining a high degree of aesthetic appeal. His photographs have appeared on the covers and have been featured in articles of multiple issues of FUNGI Magazine and Mushroom the Journal, the primary mushroom enthusiast magazines in the United States, numerous mushroom books, as well as many club publications.
He is co-author, along with Christian Schwarz, of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, a comprehensive guide for the northern California coast. With full treatments of more than 750 species, and references to hundreds more, tips on mushroom collecting, descriptions of specific habitats and bio-zones, updated taxonomy, and stunning photography, this book is the most modern and comprehensive guide to mushrooms in the region.
Please buy the book from the authors' website or your local book seller.
Noah travels and lectures extensively across America, following the mushrooms from coast to coast, and everywhere in between.
Please buy the book from the authors' website or your local book seller.
Noah travels and lectures extensively across America, following the mushrooms from coast to coast, and everywhere in between.
Daniel Winkler
Daniel grew up collecting and eating wild mushrooms in the Alps and is sharing his enthusiasm as an ethno-mycologist, mushroom educator, photographer and guide.
In his presentations he is combining his stunning photography with a blend of entertaining stories and scientific information. Daniel managed to bend his career as an ecologist and geographer focused on High Asia towards researching Tibet's enormous fungal economy. His ethno-mycological Cordyceps research has been featured in National Geographic, New York Times, The Economist, NPR, BBC World Service etc. In the last decade Daniel started exploring neotropical fungi. With his travel agency MushRoaming Daniel is organizing mushroom focused eco-adventures since 2007, current destinations are Bhutan and Colombia. |
Daniel just published his “Fruits of the Forest – Field Guide to Pacific Northwest Edible Mushrooms” (available at mushroaming.com), a product of a life time of mushroom hunting, the last twenty-five in Western North America.
Daniel previously published a series of fold-out field guides: Edible Mushrooms of the PNW, Edibles of California (both Harbour Publishing), Amazon Mushrooms, and Medicinal Mushrooms of North America, as well as MycoCards "Boletes of Western North America".
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Lisa Green
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Lisa Green grew up spending most of her free time in the woods and/or reading science books. As an adult, her love of science led her to the UC Berkeley Chemistry department. After many years at Berkeley she earned her PhD, and then went on to do science, math, and policy work for many years. She currently lives on the Mendocino coast where she brews kombucha and spends her free time walking in the woods, reading books, and swimming in the ocean.
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Dr. Klara Scharnagl
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Dr. Klara Scharnagl is currently the Tucker Curator of Lichenology at the University of California Berkeley Herbarium. Since the age of six, she has had a passion for learning about fungi, and during her graduate studies she has investigated the ecology of multiple fungal symbioses, including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and lichens.
Klara is interested in the mechanisms involved in initiating and maintaining these fungal symbioses, and the roles that these symbiotic organisms play in the environment, particularly in response to global climate change |
Alissa Allen
Alissa Allen is the founder of Mycopigments. She specializes in teaching about regional mushroom and lichen dye palettes to fiber artists and mushroom enthusiasts all over the world.
Alissa got her start in the Pacific Northwest and has been sharing her passion for mushrooms for over 20 years. She has written articles for Fungi Magazine and Fibershed, is published in Nature's Colorways: Conjuring the Chemistry and Culture of Natural Dyes, Long Thread Media, and her work with mushroom dyes is highlighted in True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments by Keith Recker, Thrums Publications. |
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In 2015, Alissa created Mushroom and Lichen Dyers United and the Mushroom Dyers Trading Post Facebook groups as a platform to mentor, connect, and facilitate discussion between her students and folks with less access to her classes. These groups along with her prolific workshop offerings and informational dye booths have brought together a vibrant community of over 30,000 members.
Though her teachings are centered around regional fungal dye palettes, her overall mission is to inspire people to engage more deeply with nature. It is her hope that with engagement, commitment to care for our planet will grow exponentially.
Though her teachings are centered around regional fungal dye palettes, her overall mission is to inspire people to engage more deeply with nature. It is her hope that with engagement, commitment to care for our planet will grow exponentially.
2021/2022 Season
2021-2022 MCMC Monthly Meeting Lineup
General Club meetings - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell.
Meeting Date: Second Tuesday
September through May
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Venue: online via Zoom
(until county/CDC guidelines permit indoor meetings.)
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell.
Meeting Date: Second Tuesday
September through May
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Venue: online via Zoom
(until county/CDC guidelines permit indoor meetings.)
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September 14: FIRST MEETING OF THE SEASON
Meet and greet, and catch up. Talk about ideas and plans for upcoming meetings. October 12: Eugenia Bone is the co-author and creative force behind the Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook. She will be speaking about this fantastic project, and may touch a little bit on her fabulous book Mycophilia. Presenter: Eugenia Bone Meeting Recording November 9: William Padilla-Brown has been very involved in encouraging food production is areas where it's scarce and where injecting fungal propagation into the social dynamic could be a real boost. He has also been instrumental in developing cordyceps into a cultivable product. Presenter: William Padilla-Brown Meeting Recording December 14: Herbalist-Forager-Chef, Jess Starwood presents her brand new book, Mushroom Wanderland. In addition to taking us through the sections of the book, Jess talks about the process of writing the book, shooting photos and getting it published in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presenter: Jess Starwood Meeting Recording January 11: The January meeting will feature Wendy So, who is a mushroom forager with world wide credentials. Wendy's presentation is called "A Tale of Two Continents" and will focus on the mushrooming traditions and cultures of Southwest China and South-central Africa. Presenter: Wendy So Meeting Recording February 8: This month, two club members, Billy Sprague and Elle Mathews, will be talking about how they have focussed on many aspects of foraging for fungi and other forest delights into their businesses and lifestyles. They both have similar skills, but have parlayed them into quite different aspects of their everyday lives and personal businesses. Please join us for what will be an interesting evening of mushroom focussed information. Presenters: Billy Sprague and Elle Mathews Meeting Recording March 8: James will be talking about culinary applications for the most common mushrooms of the Mendocino Coast. He will be demonstrating some techniques and recipes for preparing and using both dried and fresh mushrooms. You may download the recipe of the dish he prepared - See Recipe, below. Presenter: James Sant Meeting Recording Recipe: Wild Mushroom Ragout |
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April 19: LAST MEETING OF THE SEASON
This Tuesday April 19th will be our last meeting until next September. We don't have a guest speaker for this meeting, but one of the things I'd like to do is get suggestions from the membership on who they'd like to see as presenters for the next season and what topics you'd like to see covered. There are lots of fascinating subjects being researched out there in Mycoworld and I will put a link to a timely and interesting subject at the end of this email. Please don't stay away just because we don't have a speaker. Your input and discussion is just as important and will help us keep the meetings engaging and meaningful. We still need someone or a couple of someones to help us with our membership duties, specifically some very basic bookkeeping. We have a description of what is needed and I'll share that with anybody that would like to help us out. The "job" (not really a job per say) only requires a couple of hours per week in the busiest part of the season. I want to thank all of our members for keeping our Club motivating and viable. It hasn't been easy, through this awful pandemic, but with your continued enthusiasm, I think we've had some of our best meetings ever. We are crossing our fingers that come September we will be able to gather in person, but I'd like to keep the Zoom connection going, so that folks who can't be here in the flesh, could still join us when we get together. It was a great mushroom season this year and I'm very hopeful that we'll have rain and a good year next season too! So please join us Tuesday April 19th for our last meeting of the year. - Tom Jelen Meeting Recording |
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2021/22 Speakers
Eugenia Bone
William Padilla-Brown |
EUGENIA BONE is a nature and food journalist, as well as an author and speaker, whose writing is primarily about the connections between food, sustainability and the natural sciences. Eugenia has written for many magazines and newspapers including Food & Wine Magazine, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of six books, the most recent of which is Microbia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You. Eugenia has lectured widely in venues like the Denver Botanical Gardens, the New York Public Library, and the Stone Barns Center. She’s currently featured in Fantastic Fungi, a movie about the magical world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth.
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Founder of MycoSymbiotics, WILLIAM PADILLA-BROWN is a MultiDisciplinary Citizen Scientist practicing social science, mycology, phycology, molecular biology, and additive manufacturing.
William holds Permaculture Design Certificates acquired through Susquehanna Permaculture and NGOZI, and a Certificate from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences for completing their Algal Culturing Techniques Course. |
William wrote the first books in English on Cordyceps cultivation.
William regularly teaches k-12 classes around the United States, for universities including Cornell’s Small Farms Program, private clubs, and events, as well as offers private consultations. In 2021 William’s research has been sponsored by MUDwtr, and affiliated with Mydecine, Oxford Nanopore, MiniPCR, ExtractCraft, and OmegaBiotek. William and his work have been featured on Fantastic Fungi, VICE, Buzzfeed, The Verge, Outside Magazine, Civil Eats, Public Goods, The Book “One Earth” , and much more. |
Jess Starwood
JESS STARWOOD, herbalist, forager and chef, creates an innovative yet traditional approach to herbal medicine, wild foods and connecting the community with our local natural environment. She was recognized as one of the most creative chefs in Ventura County by Edible Ojai & Ventura County magazine in December 2019 and has worked with Michelin-starred chefs in Los Angeles, CA to bring nutritious, wild foods to the table. Not only sharing a love for unique and unusual foods, Jess strives to help students cultivate an intimate, sustainable and connected relationship with the land.
Mushroom Wanderland, her first book, is a celebration of fungi—perfect for both beginner and longtime mushroom admirers.
Mushroom Wanderland, her first book, is a celebration of fungi—perfect for both beginner and longtime mushroom admirers.
Wendy So
Currently a resident of Mendocino County, WENDY SO was a newsletter editor and speaker coordinator for the Mycological Society of San Francisco. She has traveled with David Arora, chasing mushrooms from California to the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, American Southwest, Europe, Asia and Africa. Now she spends her free time experimenting in the kitchen with underappreciated mushrooms.
She spoke to the club about mushroom hunting and eating traditions in two mushroom-loving regions: southwest China and south-central Africa, and contrasts those traditions with ours here in North America.
She spoke to the club about mushroom hunting and eating traditions in two mushroom-loving regions: southwest China and south-central Africa, and contrasts those traditions with ours here in North America.
Billy Sprague
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BILLY SPRAGUE is a local here in Fort Bragg, CA and member of the MCMC since it’s inception. Around that time Sprague became an avid mushroom hunter pooling expertise from our club's members, Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast book and seasoned hunting mentors. Sprague curated a world of fungi around him by infusing them into his art, diet and social practices—using mushroom illustrations from vintage mushroom books to create collage works, creating a mushroom foraging knife and brush combination that enhances the harvesting process and creating a forage friendly “Shroom Shack” for fellow mushroom and foraging enthusiasts who visit the Mendocino Coast area. Shroom Shack is used as a home base and place to share and trade foraging tips and current intel on what's happening in the surrounding forests.
He sells his fresh and dried mushrooms to locals who can’t get into the woods or don’t have the time to hunt them down, often swapping forage stories and recipes along the way. Sprague also leads forays focusing on edible, medicinal and dye mushrooms and proper harvest and woodland etiquette procedures. |
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Elle Matthews
Hi my name is ELLE MATTHEWS. I live on a small farm on a river in Northern California with my partner and son and our animals. I am a small farmer, and forager and make products from our forages and the food grown on our farm. I sell these products through my mushroom and wild food company MushLove as well as leading forays and events focused on mushrooms and other wild foods.
I am passionate about nature and helping my community and love connecting the two by inspiring people to become educated about and involved in the natural world around them.
I have another Mushroom Tasting, Identification Hike and Dye Workshop at the end of the month with Wilder Herbertson in Mendocino. Join us by contacting me directly on Facebook as Ellle Matthews or on Instagram as @elfirefly.
Please feel free to follow my accounts or friend me to keep updated on my finds, events and small batch product drops throughout the year.
I am passionate about nature and helping my community and love connecting the two by inspiring people to become educated about and involved in the natural world around them.
I have another Mushroom Tasting, Identification Hike and Dye Workshop at the end of the month with Wilder Herbertson in Mendocino. Join us by contacting me directly on Facebook as Ellle Matthews or on Instagram as @elfirefly.
Please feel free to follow my accounts or friend me to keep updated on my finds, events and small batch product drops throughout the year.
James Sant
In 2010, James was very seriously injured and chose to avoid unnecessary surgeries and prescription drugs through studying a 100% plant food diet.
This choice dramatically expedited his healing process and paved the way to a passionate new career promoting the power of food as medicine.
He went on to become Lead Instructor and Culinary Director of Living Light Culinary Institute until 2020.
James is currently teaching healing through plant foods, recipe development, foraging, fermentation, chef training and health coaching to students from around the globe through his new academy in Mendocino, California: Plant Food Culinary Arts.
This choice dramatically expedited his healing process and paved the way to a passionate new career promoting the power of food as medicine.
He went on to become Lead Instructor and Culinary Director of Living Light Culinary Institute until 2020.
James is currently teaching healing through plant foods, recipe development, foraging, fermentation, chef training and health coaching to students from around the globe through his new academy in Mendocino, California: Plant Food Culinary Arts.
2020/2021 Season
2020-2021 MCMC Monthly Meeting Lineup
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General Club meetings - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. Meeting Date: Second Monday, September through May Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Venue: online via Zoom Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents…
September 14: Mushroom Hunting: where to go, what to look for and how to get there and back safely Presenters: Dennak Murphy & Jill Surdzial Meeting Recording October 12: Photographing Mushrooms Presenter: Jon Klein Sorry, no recording available. November 9: Nature Journaling-Drawing Mushrooms Presenter: Mary-Ellen Campbell Sorry, no recording available. December 14: Cooking with Mushrooms Presenter: Chad Hyatt See also: The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen and Catalego Meeting Recording January 11: "Let It Bleed: The Lactarius of California" Presenter: Noah Siegel See also: Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast Sorry, recording no longer available. February 8: "Edible Mushrooms of the Lanna Kingdom" An exploration of the culture of foraging and cooking the edible mushrooms of Northern Thailand. Presenter: Zachary (Mazi) Williams Meeting Recording Zachary provided us with his presentation, his recipe for Nam Prik Hed and the colorful poster of mushrooms of Thailand. Look for these in the Bio section below. March 8: "Fire and Fungi in California: Past, Present, and Future" Presenter: Thea Chesney Meeting Recording Chat Transcript April 12: TBD Presenter: TBD May 10: LAST MEETING OF THE SEASON "Bioluminescent and fluorescent mushroom hunting." Presenter: Alan Rockefeller Meeting Recording Chat Transcript |
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Mary-Ellen Campbell
Mary-Ellen Campbell taught Nature Journaling-Mushrooms at the Nov 9 Monday meeting.
She gave a presentation on what Nature Journaling is; what you should be observing when journaling; a simple how-to on mushroom drawing and supplies if you want to journal on your own.
After a 3 year grant as Visiting Artist and Artist-in-Residence at the Mendocino Art Center, Mary-Ellen Campbell has made the move to Caspar from her native New York. She was a Full Professor of Art at New Jersey City University, NJ. for thirty-four years. She has taught Book Arts workshops across the US and abroad. Her education includes a BA in Art Education, St. John’s University,NY, an MA from Michigan State University, and an MFA from Pratt Institute, NY.
As a multidisciplinary artist who does graphics, painting, sculpture, printmaking, book arts, and mixed media work, she has had 16 national/international solo exhibitions and over 80 group and invitational shows. In 2004-05 she was awarded the Fulbright Scholar Grant to teach Book Arts in Thailand. Her works are in many special collections across the country. Mary-Ellen won 12 residencies since 2007 in Finland, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Costa Rica, Colorado, N. Carolina, California and Minnesota creating more than 75 books and mixed media artworks.
She gave a presentation on what Nature Journaling is; what you should be observing when journaling; a simple how-to on mushroom drawing and supplies if you want to journal on your own.
After a 3 year grant as Visiting Artist and Artist-in-Residence at the Mendocino Art Center, Mary-Ellen Campbell has made the move to Caspar from her native New York. She was a Full Professor of Art at New Jersey City University, NJ. for thirty-four years. She has taught Book Arts workshops across the US and abroad. Her education includes a BA in Art Education, St. John’s University,NY, an MA from Michigan State University, and an MFA from Pratt Institute, NY.
As a multidisciplinary artist who does graphics, painting, sculpture, printmaking, book arts, and mixed media work, she has had 16 national/international solo exhibitions and over 80 group and invitational shows. In 2004-05 she was awarded the Fulbright Scholar Grant to teach Book Arts in Thailand. Her works are in many special collections across the country. Mary-Ellen won 12 residencies since 2007 in Finland, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Costa Rica, Colorado, N. Carolina, California and Minnesota creating more than 75 books and mixed media artworks.
Chad Hyatt
Chad Hyatt was the presenter for the Dec 14 meeting.
Meeting Recording
It is time to question the standard lore about mushroom cookery. Beliefs about how to handle and cook mushrooms, where they fit into a meal, and even what mushrooms are good to eat seem driven more by superstition and tradition than by an understanding of their flavors, aromas, and chemistry. This presentation will take a more modern look at their cooking. The audience should learn some useful tools to breathe new life into their mushroom cooking, with the help of some easy, delicious recipes anyone can try at home. This presentation is meant to be very interactive, with questions encouraged throughout.
Bio:
Chad Hyatt is both a highly knowledgeable mushroom hunter and a classically trained chef, based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He recently released an innovative new wild mushroom cookbook, The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen. Chad frequently teaches wild mushroom cookery at private and public events, does wild mushroom pop-up dinners, and leads mushroom walks. His unique perspective and knowledge base have made Chad a fixture at wild mushroom related events around the US in recent years. In this presentation, Chad will share some recipes from his book, to introduce some fun and delicious new applications and cooking techniques that you can try at home. If all goes well, this should change the way you think about cooking mushrooms.
Meeting Recording
It is time to question the standard lore about mushroom cookery. Beliefs about how to handle and cook mushrooms, where they fit into a meal, and even what mushrooms are good to eat seem driven more by superstition and tradition than by an understanding of their flavors, aromas, and chemistry. This presentation will take a more modern look at their cooking. The audience should learn some useful tools to breathe new life into their mushroom cooking, with the help of some easy, delicious recipes anyone can try at home. This presentation is meant to be very interactive, with questions encouraged throughout.
Bio:
Chad Hyatt is both a highly knowledgeable mushroom hunter and a classically trained chef, based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. He recently released an innovative new wild mushroom cookbook, The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen. Chad frequently teaches wild mushroom cookery at private and public events, does wild mushroom pop-up dinners, and leads mushroom walks. His unique perspective and knowledge base have made Chad a fixture at wild mushroom related events around the US in recent years. In this presentation, Chad will share some recipes from his book, to introduce some fun and delicious new applications and cooking techniques that you can try at home. If all goes well, this should change the way you think about cooking mushrooms.
Noah Siegel
Noah Siegel was the presenter for the Jan 11 meeting.
Noah’s field mycology skills are extensive – he has spent over two decades seeking, photographing, identifying, and furthering his knowledge about all aspects of macrofungi. He has hunted for mushrooms throughout the United States and Canada, as well as on multiple expeditions to New Zealand and Australia.
He is one of the premier mushroom photographers in the nation, having won numerous awards from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) photography contest. His technique and attention to detail are unrivaled, arising from a philosophy of maximizing utility for identification purposes while maintaining a high degree of aesthetic appeal. His photographs have appeared on the covers and have been featured in articles of multiple issues of FUNGI Magazine and Mushroom the Journal, the primary mushroom enthusiast magazines in the United States, numerous mushroom books, as well as many club publications.
Noah’s field mycology skills are extensive – he has spent over two decades seeking, photographing, identifying, and furthering his knowledge about all aspects of macrofungi. He has hunted for mushrooms throughout the United States and Canada, as well as on multiple expeditions to New Zealand and Australia.
He is one of the premier mushroom photographers in the nation, having won numerous awards from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) photography contest. His technique and attention to detail are unrivaled, arising from a philosophy of maximizing utility for identification purposes while maintaining a high degree of aesthetic appeal. His photographs have appeared on the covers and have been featured in articles of multiple issues of FUNGI Magazine and Mushroom the Journal, the primary mushroom enthusiast magazines in the United States, numerous mushroom books, as well as many club publications.
He is co-author, along with Christian Schwarz, of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, a comprehensive guide for the northern California coast. With full treatments of more than 750 species, and references to hundreds more, tips on mushroom collecting, descriptions of specific habitats and bio-zones, updated taxonomy, and stunning photography, this book is the most modern and comprehensive guide to mushrooms in the region.
Please buy the book from the authors' website or your local book seller.
Noah travels and lectures extensively across America, following the mushrooms from coast to coast, and everywhere in between.
Please buy the book from the authors' website or your local book seller.
Noah travels and lectures extensively across America, following the mushrooms from coast to coast, and everywhere in between.
Zachary (Mazi) Williams
Zachary (Mazi) Williams was the presenter for the Feb 8 meeting.
Meeting Recording
Edible Mushrooms of the Lanna Kingdom
Northern Thailand, a collection of nine provinces in the far northern part of the country is unique in several fascinating ways. The region is very mountainous, and borders both Myanmar and Laos, jutting up into the center of the SE Asian peninsula. Centered around the largest city in the area, Chiang Mai, the area was once the powerful Lanna Kingdom (1269-1558), and remained locally administered until it's last king died in 1939. Not surprisingly, the food and cultures of Northern Thailand is unique. Forest management and foraging is a big part of its history, rich in various Hill Tribes (cuisines/customs) that have moved from China and around the SE Asian peninsula and operated as small communities outside of the kingdoms themselves.
This talk is an opportunity to join me on my journey as I recount my explorations of the (mostly wild) edible mushrooms in Northern Thailand, the culture of foraging & cooking, with language and recipes woven in, through the eyes of a curious chef. Thailand is an emerging myco-region, so it is a special time to be here, helping to bring more attention to the incredible edible mycoflora of the world.
Meeting Recording
Edible Mushrooms of the Lanna Kingdom
Northern Thailand, a collection of nine provinces in the far northern part of the country is unique in several fascinating ways. The region is very mountainous, and borders both Myanmar and Laos, jutting up into the center of the SE Asian peninsula. Centered around the largest city in the area, Chiang Mai, the area was once the powerful Lanna Kingdom (1269-1558), and remained locally administered until it's last king died in 1939. Not surprisingly, the food and cultures of Northern Thailand is unique. Forest management and foraging is a big part of its history, rich in various Hill Tribes (cuisines/customs) that have moved from China and around the SE Asian peninsula and operated as small communities outside of the kingdoms themselves.
This talk is an opportunity to join me on my journey as I recount my explorations of the (mostly wild) edible mushrooms in Northern Thailand, the culture of foraging & cooking, with language and recipes woven in, through the eyes of a curious chef. Thailand is an emerging myco-region, so it is a special time to be here, helping to bring more attention to the incredible edible mycoflora of the world.
Classically trained in the art of French cuisine, with a personal love of New American and Pacific Northwest cuisine, Chef Zachary Mazi creates an organic, foraged, local, & imaginative experience in global cuisine whether dining in the kitchen or presenting on Zoom. With a background in earth sciences (BS Geological Sciences) intertwined with nearly 3 decades working in the food industry, and a self-guided studies in permaculture farming, herbal & mushroom medicines, Chef Mazi provides a comprehensive and inspirational view on how to eat better.
He currently lives and forages with his fiancé Kimbery Hunter in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is the owner-chef-imaginator at The Food Bender, a budding cookbook author, and mycophagy researcher. See his self-published work on patreon.com/mycophagybook.
Want to cook something NEW? Check out my #QuarantineQuookbook Volume 1, created during lock-down in Thailand in April! 60+ recipes with photos and semi-hilarious commentary for you to enjoy.
Follow this link below to get a FREE PDF VERSION of my study of Thai Cuisine (and also some Mexican, American Brunch and Italian favorites).
He currently lives and forages with his fiancé Kimbery Hunter in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is the owner-chef-imaginator at The Food Bender, a budding cookbook author, and mycophagy researcher. See his self-published work on patreon.com/mycophagybook.
Want to cook something NEW? Check out my #QuarantineQuookbook Volume 1, created during lock-down in Thailand in April! 60+ recipes with photos and semi-hilarious commentary for you to enjoy.
Follow this link below to get a FREE PDF VERSION of my study of Thai Cuisine (and also some Mexican, American Brunch and Italian favorites).
Zachary generously provided us with his presentation, his recipe for Nam Prik Hed and the colorful poster of wild edible mushrooms of Thailand. Download and enjoy!
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Alan Rockefeller
Alan Rockefeller was the presenter for the May 10 meeting.
Meeting Recording
Luminescent and Fluorescent Mushrooms
A slideshow of mushrooms from various location throughout the USA and Mexico that glow, either on their own or under a UV light. Alan gives tips and hints for how to photograph them as well as his favorite gear, including UV flashlights.
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 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.
Meeting Recording
Luminescent and Fluorescent Mushrooms
A slideshow of mushrooms from various location throughout the USA and Mexico that glow, either on their own or under a UV light. Alan gives tips and hints for how to photograph them as well as his favorite gear, including UV flashlights.
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 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.
Thea Chesney
Thea Chesney was the presenter for the March 8 meeting.
Meeting Recording
Fire and Fungi in California: Past, Present, and Future
Every aspect of life in California is shaped by fire, and fungi are no exception. Some fungi are famous for their relationship to fire (morels, anyone?) but what about the rest of them? And what is happening with our fungi as the pattern and intensity of fires continue to change? There are many unknowns.
In this talk, Thea covers a basic history of fire in California, discusses the ecology of fire, plant communities and fungal communities, introduces some of the fire-adapted fungi with which we are rapidly becoming acquainted, and talks about what we might see in the future.
Thea is a lifelong Sierra Nevada foothill resident and naturalist. Her childhood interest in local mushrooms, wildlife, and flora has transformed into a lifelong devotion to the natural world. She earned her BS in forestry from UC Berkeley while pursuing her passion for fungal taxonomy in the Berkeley mycology labs, and since then has spent her time exploring the California mountains and the organisms that call them home. She currently works for the Forest Service on a long term, state-wide meadow monitoring project. Though she now spends her summer days identifying sedges and other wetland plants, she has never stopped looking for mushrooms. She continues to be particularly fascinated by the fungi of the Sierra Nevada and other mountains of California, and is currently working on a field guide to mushrooms of these understudied regions.
Meeting Recording
Fire and Fungi in California: Past, Present, and Future
Every aspect of life in California is shaped by fire, and fungi are no exception. Some fungi are famous for their relationship to fire (morels, anyone?) but what about the rest of them? And what is happening with our fungi as the pattern and intensity of fires continue to change? There are many unknowns.
In this talk, Thea covers a basic history of fire in California, discusses the ecology of fire, plant communities and fungal communities, introduces some of the fire-adapted fungi with which we are rapidly becoming acquainted, and talks about what we might see in the future.
Thea is a lifelong Sierra Nevada foothill resident and naturalist. Her childhood interest in local mushrooms, wildlife, and flora has transformed into a lifelong devotion to the natural world. She earned her BS in forestry from UC Berkeley while pursuing her passion for fungal taxonomy in the Berkeley mycology labs, and since then has spent her time exploring the California mountains and the organisms that call them home. She currently works for the Forest Service on a long term, state-wide meadow monitoring project. Though she now spends her summer days identifying sedges and other wetland plants, she has never stopped looking for mushrooms. She continues to be particularly fascinated by the fungi of the Sierra Nevada and other mountains of California, and is currently working on a field guide to mushrooms of these understudied regions.
2019/2020 Season
The April and May meetings for 2020 have been canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic/Shelter In Place Orders. Until we meet again, stay safe and healthy.
March 2020 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Bob Rhoades
Meeting Date: Monday, March 9, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Bob out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Bob Rhoades - Mushroom Papermaking From grown and gathered plants to monotypes and handmade paper, some of my processes and joys. Bob will talk about his most recent work in monotypes and papermaking from local materials, including mushrooms. He will bring a few pieces of his mushroom paper from several years ago to pass around.
Bob Rhoades was born in Cleveland, Ohio where he began his art training at the Cleveland Museum of Art youth classes. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 from Duke University, then took his first teaching position at Foothill High School in Bakersfield. Rhoades earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980 at the University of New Mexico. He assumed the position of art department coordinator for the College of the Redwoods, Mendocino Coast in 1982. Bob has taught continuously since 1970 in schools throughout California retiring from full-time teaching in 2012
Bob Rhoades has studied eastern papermaking in Kochi, Japan and non-toxic printmaking techniques in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. At CR he has taught Painting, Color and Design, Printmaking, Paper-making, Sculpture, Drawing, Illustration and Art Appreciation. He has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and lectured in London at the Chelsea School of Art and in Miasa Japan at the Bunka Center. In recent years he has lectured to small groups in major museums throughout western Europe.
His work in paper making began with a CAA workshop led by Don Farnsworth in 1985 which eventually led him to study paper making on the island of Shikoku, Japan and to the south of France along the Dordogne and in Provence. Since retiring from college his paper making has consisted mainly of working with fibers he grows or in more rare examples collects, such as mushrooms.
For information on travel/painting trips in Europe and other examples of Rhoades art visit creekwood studios.com
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Bob out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Bob Rhoades - Mushroom Papermaking From grown and gathered plants to monotypes and handmade paper, some of my processes and joys. Bob will talk about his most recent work in monotypes and papermaking from local materials, including mushrooms. He will bring a few pieces of his mushroom paper from several years ago to pass around.
Bob Rhoades was born in Cleveland, Ohio where he began his art training at the Cleveland Museum of Art youth classes. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970 from Duke University, then took his first teaching position at Foothill High School in Bakersfield. Rhoades earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980 at the University of New Mexico. He assumed the position of art department coordinator for the College of the Redwoods, Mendocino Coast in 1982. Bob has taught continuously since 1970 in schools throughout California retiring from full-time teaching in 2012
Bob Rhoades has studied eastern papermaking in Kochi, Japan and non-toxic printmaking techniques in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. At CR he has taught Painting, Color and Design, Printmaking, Paper-making, Sculpture, Drawing, Illustration and Art Appreciation. He has exhibited extensively in the U.S. and lectured in London at the Chelsea School of Art and in Miasa Japan at the Bunka Center. In recent years he has lectured to small groups in major museums throughout western Europe.
His work in paper making began with a CAA workshop led by Don Farnsworth in 1985 which eventually led him to study paper making on the island of Shikoku, Japan and to the south of France along the Dordogne and in Provence. Since retiring from college his paper making has consisted mainly of working with fibers he grows or in more rare examples collects, such as mushrooms.
For information on travel/painting trips in Europe and other examples of Rhoades art visit creekwood studios.com
February 2020 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Megan Isaacs
Meeting Date: Monday, February 10, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Megan out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Megan Isaacs - direct shadowing microscopy to view and analyze soil organisms, including fungi
Megan Isaacs is a farmer, fungi enthusiast, and student of Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web Foundation Course focused on soil microbiology. She and her partner Cameron are currently learning to use microscopy techniques to observe, grow and apply soil microorganisms to their farm Rhizing Ground in Caspar Mendocino.
Her talk will be focused on microorganisms of the soil food web featuring soil fungi and their spores. It will conclude with a live microscope demonstration of soil samples from her farm. Attendees are welcome to bring their own soil samples, learn how to prepare slides and stay late (post lecture/demo) to view the microbes within!
To collect and bring a sample, use a clean apple corer to take a core sample from the top 3 inches of desired location. Place sample in a clean plastic bag and bring it to lecture.
**Disclaimer** Megan is a current student of Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web Foundation Course and not a professional consultant, mycologist or microbiologist. Her lecture is based upon her own personal farming experience and the research/findings she has learned from Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web course.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Megan out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Megan Isaacs - direct shadowing microscopy to view and analyze soil organisms, including fungi
Megan Isaacs is a farmer, fungi enthusiast, and student of Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web Foundation Course focused on soil microbiology. She and her partner Cameron are currently learning to use microscopy techniques to observe, grow and apply soil microorganisms to their farm Rhizing Ground in Caspar Mendocino.
Her talk will be focused on microorganisms of the soil food web featuring soil fungi and their spores. It will conclude with a live microscope demonstration of soil samples from her farm. Attendees are welcome to bring their own soil samples, learn how to prepare slides and stay late (post lecture/demo) to view the microbes within!
To collect and bring a sample, use a clean apple corer to take a core sample from the top 3 inches of desired location. Place sample in a clean plastic bag and bring it to lecture.
**Disclaimer** Megan is a current student of Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web Foundation Course and not a professional consultant, mycologist or microbiologist. Her lecture is based upon her own personal farming experience and the research/findings she has learned from Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web course.
Members-Only Foray Event
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020
Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Venue: TBD
This is a special, all-day foray event for paid members of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club. The day consists of a foray, potluck dinner and guest speaker, Chad Hyatt, who will be doing a cooking demonstration.
Paid members will be emailed an invitation to participate on January 20..
Make sure you have a valid membership before January 20 to participate in this event. Pay your dues on the website via Paypal, send a check (address on the website) or do it in person at a meeting.
There will be no additional cost to participate.
Participants must have a valid permit for Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Venue: TBD
This is a special, all-day foray event for paid members of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club. The day consists of a foray, potluck dinner and guest speaker, Chad Hyatt, who will be doing a cooking demonstration.
Paid members will be emailed an invitation to participate on January 20..
Make sure you have a valid membership before January 20 to participate in this event. Pay your dues on the website via Paypal, send a check (address on the website) or do it in person at a meeting.
There will be no additional cost to participate.
Participants must have a valid permit for Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club & Santa Cruz Fungus Federation Present
Eric Schramm: Connections
Meeting Date: Friday, January 24, 2020
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Venue: Albion Field Station
34000 Albion Street
Albion, CA 95410
Albion Field Station No Pet Policy
We have a NO PETS POLICY. Please make arrangements for the care of your pet before coming to Albion.
Note: Parking is extremely limited down at the filed station. Please carpool or consider parking at the Albion store and joining up with others to carpool down to the station.
Eric Schramm, dubbed “Mister Mushroom,” equips chefs across the county with a culinary arsenal for outstanding cuisine through his business, Mendocino Mushrooms. His extensive knowledge of fungi is impressive. “Mushrooms teach us connection,” he says. “They touch every aspect of our lives whether we know it or not.” “Every living thing on the face of this Earth is connected,” he adds. “Everything has a job, everything has a purpose, and everything is intertwined. Over the past 35 years, these mushrooms have taken me on this journey."
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Venue: Albion Field Station
34000 Albion Street
Albion, CA 95410
Albion Field Station No Pet Policy
We have a NO PETS POLICY. Please make arrangements for the care of your pet before coming to Albion.
Note: Parking is extremely limited down at the filed station. Please carpool or consider parking at the Albion store and joining up with others to carpool down to the station.
Eric Schramm, dubbed “Mister Mushroom,” equips chefs across the county with a culinary arsenal for outstanding cuisine through his business, Mendocino Mushrooms. His extensive knowledge of fungi is impressive. “Mushrooms teach us connection,” he says. “They touch every aspect of our lives whether we know it or not.” “Every living thing on the face of this Earth is connected,” he adds. “Everything has a job, everything has a purpose, and everything is intertwined. Over the past 35 years, these mushrooms have taken me on this journey."
Foray Event - Usal Redwood Forest
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Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Venue: Usal Redwood Forest - meet in Fort Bragg to carpool MCMC Member Gabrielle Levine has arranged for a special foray at Usal Redwood Forest on Thursday January 23. Plan to meet in Fort Bragg at 10:00 at RFFI headquarters, 90 W. Redwood Ave, to carpool. A lot of their forestry staff will be joining us, so it should be a great event. It takes an hour or so to get to the woods from Fort Bragg. The approximate timeline for the foray is from 10:00 to 3:00 from Fort Bragg. Email Gabrielle to let her know you're coming. Heavy rains will cancel the event. |
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January 2020 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Eric Schramm
Meeting Date: Monday, January 13, 2020
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Eric Schramm - Lessons from the forest. Eric's lifetime of experience with the forest and the mushroom hunting community give him a unique perspective which he will share with us.
Eric Schramm, dubbed “Mister Mushroom,” equips chefs across the county with a culinary arsenal for outstanding cuisine through his business, Mendocino Mushrooms. His extensive knowledge of fungi is impressive. “Mushrooms teach us connection,” he says. “They touch every aspect of our lives whether we know it or not.” “Every living thing on the face of this Earth is connected,” he adds. “Everything has a job, everything has a purpose, and everything is intertwined. Over the past 35 years, these mushrooms have taken me on this journey.”
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Eric Schramm - Lessons from the forest. Eric's lifetime of experience with the forest and the mushroom hunting community give him a unique perspective which he will share with us.
Eric Schramm, dubbed “Mister Mushroom,” equips chefs across the county with a culinary arsenal for outstanding cuisine through his business, Mendocino Mushrooms. His extensive knowledge of fungi is impressive. “Mushrooms teach us connection,” he says. “They touch every aspect of our lives whether we know it or not.” “Every living thing on the face of this Earth is connected,” he adds. “Everything has a job, everything has a purpose, and everything is intertwined. Over the past 35 years, these mushrooms have taken me on this journey.”
December 2019 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky
Meeting Date: Monday, December 9, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Sasha out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky - Mushroom Foraging in Russia
Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky is the artist famous for his botanical watercolors.
He resides in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Sasha out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky - Mushroom Foraging in Russia
Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky is the artist famous for his botanical watercolors.
He resides in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Specimen Collection Foray for Botanical Art Workshop
Date: Friday , December 6, 2019
Time: meet-up 9:45; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue: TBD - Meet outside the Ford House Museum, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
The purpose of this foray is to find specimens for the Botanical Art Workshop on Dec 7 & 8.
Participants of the Botanical Art Workshop and anyone else that would like to join in are welcome. The plan is to meet up in front of the Ford House Museum at 9:45, determine who does/doesn't have a JDSF permit, then choose our locations and head out into the woods.
If you have a permit for Jackson Demonstration State Forest, bring it. We have options for people without a permit.
See you there, rain or shine.
Time: meet-up 9:45; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue: TBD - Meet outside the Ford House Museum, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
The purpose of this foray is to find specimens for the Botanical Art Workshop on Dec 7 & 8.
Participants of the Botanical Art Workshop and anyone else that would like to join in are welcome. The plan is to meet up in front of the Ford House Museum at 9:45, determine who does/doesn't have a JDSF permit, then choose our locations and head out into the woods.
If you have a permit for Jackson Demonstration State Forest, bring it. We have options for people without a permit.
See you there, rain or shine.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club & Santa Cruz Fungus Federation Present
Daniel Winkler: Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms of the West Coast
Meeting Date: Friday, Dec 6, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: Albion Field Station
34000 Albion Street
Albion, CA 95410
Albion Field Station No Pet Policy
We have a NO PETS POLICY. Please make arrangements for the care of your pet before coming to Albion.
Note: Parking is extremely limited down at the filed station. Please carpool or consider parking at the Albion store and joining up with others to carpool down to the station.
Daniel is the author of field guides to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest and California (both Harbour Publishing, 2011 and 2012), Amazon Mushrooms (2014, co-authored) and brand a new "Field guide to Medicinal Mushrooms of North America with Robert Rogers". He grew up collecting and eating wild mushrooms in the Alps and has been foraging for over 20 years in the PNW and beyond, sharing his enthusiasm as a mushroom educator and guide and as PSMS vice-president. In his presentations he is combining his stunning photography with an often funny blend of entertaining stories and scientific information; he likes to refer to as "edutainment". Having been in love with mushrooms since early childhood Daniel managed to bend his career as an ecologist and geographer focused on High Asia towards researching rural Tibet's enormous fungal economy. His Cordyceps research has been featured in The Economist, National Geographic, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, BBC World Service etc. In the last decade Daniel started exploring neotropical fungi. With his travel agency MushRoaming Daniel is organizing mushroom focused eco-adventures to Tibet, Bhutan, China, the Amazon, Colombia, the Austrian Alps and the Pacific Northwest since 2007 [www.mushroaming.com].
Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Venue: Albion Field Station
34000 Albion Street
Albion, CA 95410
Albion Field Station No Pet Policy
We have a NO PETS POLICY. Please make arrangements for the care of your pet before coming to Albion.
Note: Parking is extremely limited down at the filed station. Please carpool or consider parking at the Albion store and joining up with others to carpool down to the station.
Daniel is the author of field guides to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest and California (both Harbour Publishing, 2011 and 2012), Amazon Mushrooms (2014, co-authored) and brand a new "Field guide to Medicinal Mushrooms of North America with Robert Rogers". He grew up collecting and eating wild mushrooms in the Alps and has been foraging for over 20 years in the PNW and beyond, sharing his enthusiasm as a mushroom educator and guide and as PSMS vice-president. In his presentations he is combining his stunning photography with an often funny blend of entertaining stories and scientific information; he likes to refer to as "edutainment". Having been in love with mushrooms since early childhood Daniel managed to bend his career as an ecologist and geographer focused on High Asia towards researching rural Tibet's enormous fungal economy. His Cordyceps research has been featured in The Economist, National Geographic, New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, BBC World Service etc. In the last decade Daniel started exploring neotropical fungi. With his travel agency MushRoaming Daniel is organizing mushroom focused eco-adventures to Tibet, Bhutan, China, the Amazon, Colombia, the Austrian Alps and the Pacific Northwest since 2007 [www.mushroaming.com].
Members-Only Foray Event
Date: Saturday, December 7, 2019
Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Venue: TBD
This is a special, all-day foray event for paid members of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club.
Paid members will be emailed an invitation to participate on December 2.
Make sure you have a valid membership before December 2 to participate in this event. Pay your dues on the website via Paypal, send a check (address on the website) or do it in person at a meeting.
There will be no additional cost to participate.
Participants must have a valid permit for Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
Time: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm
Venue: TBD
This is a special, all-day foray event for paid members of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club.
Paid members will be emailed an invitation to participate on December 2.
Make sure you have a valid membership before December 2 to participate in this event. Pay your dues on the website via Paypal, send a check (address on the website) or do it in person at a meeting.
There will be no additional cost to participate.
Participants must have a valid permit for Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
Mushroom Botanical Art Class - Alexander Viazmensky
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, December 7 and 8, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
World-class botanical illustrator Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky is traveling from his home in St. Petersburg, Russia to teach a botanical art class on the Mendocino Coast! This two-day workshop is co-sponsored by the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club and Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Sasha enjoys working with beginners as well as with experienced artists to make “Mushroom Portraits in Watercolor”. All levels of experience are welcome to enroll. There will be an optional forage with the Mushroom Club on Friday, December 6 to gather specimens for the class (free with cost of the workshop).
Workshop Registration:
Class size is limited! Class cost is $240 for members; $280 for non-members (includes Gardens admission for both days). Payment is due upon sign-up. Please note, all workshop fees are non-refundable unless the workshop has been canceled or rescheduled by the Gardens. Sign up by phoning 707-964-4352 ext. 16 or stop by The Garden Store at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
See the event page, Mushroom Botanical Art, for more detailedinformation.
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
World-class botanical illustrator Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky is traveling from his home in St. Petersburg, Russia to teach a botanical art class on the Mendocino Coast! This two-day workshop is co-sponsored by the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club and Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Sasha enjoys working with beginners as well as with experienced artists to make “Mushroom Portraits in Watercolor”. All levels of experience are welcome to enroll. There will be an optional forage with the Mushroom Club on Friday, December 6 to gather specimens for the class (free with cost of the workshop).
Workshop Registration:
Class size is limited! Class cost is $240 for members; $280 for non-members (includes Gardens admission for both days). Payment is due upon sign-up. Please note, all workshop fees are non-refundable unless the workshop has been canceled or rescheduled by the Gardens. Sign up by phoning 707-964-4352 ext. 16 or stop by The Garden Store at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
See the event page, Mushroom Botanical Art, for more detailedinformation.
November 2019 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Christian Schwarz
Meeting Date: Monday, November 11, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Christian out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Christian Schwarz: The Most Dangerous Fungi in the World: A Mycological Study in Risk Assessment
As mushroomers, we spend a lot of time learning how to avoid deadly mushrooms when we are picking for the table.
And generally, we're very good at it! We go on picking merrily and enjoying our time with each other and the forest around us. But what if our efforts need to be re-examined, broadened, and refocused? We'll use the world of fungi as a lens to explore how our intuitions about risk and danger should adapt in a world that is rapidly changing.
Christian Schwarz is a naturalist currently living in Santa Cruz, the land of milk (caps) and honey (mushrooms). He studied Ecology and Evolution at UCSC, and now spends his time photographing, teaching about, collecting, and researching macrofungi. He is coauthor of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Fungi satisfy his curiosity with their seemingly endless forms – from the grotesque to the bizarre to the sublimely beautiful. Besides dabbling in mushroom taxonomy, he loves fish, plants, nudibranchs, moths, and dragonflies. He is and passionate about citizen science, especially iNaturalist.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Christian out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Christian Schwarz: The Most Dangerous Fungi in the World: A Mycological Study in Risk Assessment
As mushroomers, we spend a lot of time learning how to avoid deadly mushrooms when we are picking for the table.
And generally, we're very good at it! We go on picking merrily and enjoying our time with each other and the forest around us. But what if our efforts need to be re-examined, broadened, and refocused? We'll use the world of fungi as a lens to explore how our intuitions about risk and danger should adapt in a world that is rapidly changing.
Christian Schwarz is a naturalist currently living in Santa Cruz, the land of milk (caps) and honey (mushrooms). He studied Ecology and Evolution at UCSC, and now spends his time photographing, teaching about, collecting, and researching macrofungi. He is coauthor of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Fungi satisfy his curiosity with their seemingly endless forms – from the grotesque to the bizarre to the sublimely beautiful. Besides dabbling in mushroom taxonomy, he loves fish, plants, nudibranchs, moths, and dragonflies. He is and passionate about citizen science, especially iNaturalist.
Mushroom Festival Events
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Medicinal Mushrooms Talk
Saturday, Nov 9, from 2:00PM -4:00PM
The Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club presents a talk by Lisa Matthews on the Medicinal Value of Mushrooms.
Lisa's love for mushrooms grew out of a lifelong love for the natural world. Her own natural curiosity lead her to start researching what it is about mushrooms that can make them taste and smell so wonderfully different. In the process, she discovered that mushrooms have far more to offer us in terms of healing and nutrition then most of us believe, even the gourmet ones. She looks forward to sharing her fascinating discoveries with you and hopes to inspire you to get out into the woods, alone or with others, and forage for yourselves.
Mushroom Tasting Sampler
Saturday, Nov 9, from 5:00PM -7:00PM
Members and friends of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club are pleased to offer visitors a taste of our local, wild mushrooms. We’ll have an array of both sweet a savory treats for visitors to sample from 5:00PM-7:00PM at the Ford House Museum. Come and see how versatile and delectable mushrooms can be.
Mushroom Identification for Beginners
Sunday, Nov 10, from 11:00AM-1:00PM
Mendocino County forests are abloom with an abundance of mushrooms in the fall and winter, and knowing which ones are edible versus simply interesting takes some training. Learn the basic taxonomic identifying features that distinguish mushrooms from each other, where each unique mushroom species can be found, when they can be found, and the myths associated with them from naturalist and mycologist, Mario Abreu. Mario also offers mushroom walks and a more in-depth mushroom ID workshop at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens during the months of November and December.
Medicinal Mushrooms Talk
Saturday, Nov 9, from 2:00PM -4:00PM
The Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club presents a talk by Lisa Matthews on the Medicinal Value of Mushrooms.
Lisa's love for mushrooms grew out of a lifelong love for the natural world. Her own natural curiosity lead her to start researching what it is about mushrooms that can make them taste and smell so wonderfully different. In the process, she discovered that mushrooms have far more to offer us in terms of healing and nutrition then most of us believe, even the gourmet ones. She looks forward to sharing her fascinating discoveries with you and hopes to inspire you to get out into the woods, alone or with others, and forage for yourselves.
Mushroom Tasting Sampler
Saturday, Nov 9, from 5:00PM -7:00PM
Members and friends of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club are pleased to offer visitors a taste of our local, wild mushrooms. We’ll have an array of both sweet a savory treats for visitors to sample from 5:00PM-7:00PM at the Ford House Museum. Come and see how versatile and delectable mushrooms can be.
Mushroom Identification for Beginners
Sunday, Nov 10, from 11:00AM-1:00PM
Mendocino County forests are abloom with an abundance of mushrooms in the fall and winter, and knowing which ones are edible versus simply interesting takes some training. Learn the basic taxonomic identifying features that distinguish mushrooms from each other, where each unique mushroom species can be found, when they can be found, and the myths associated with them from naturalist and mycologist, Mario Abreu. Mario also offers mushroom walks and a more in-depth mushroom ID workshop at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens during the months of November and December.
2019 Continental Mycoblitz, Part 2
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Meeting Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino A small group of us set out to see if we could find anything novel during the Continental Mycoblitz. Despite fairly dry conditions and many moldy and/or desiccated mushrooms, we were able to find over 20 species. We spent some time, post-foray, attempting to identify them all. A species list, as recorded and annotated by Jim Gibson (Thanks, Jim!) is available here. While the pickin’s were slim, a good time was had by all. |
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Continental Mycoblitz 2019
1. Amanita augusta 2. Amanita calyptroderma 3. Amanita gemmata *(we found several of these but never ID'd them) 4. Amanita pachycolea *(constricta) 5. Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum - Carbon Balls 6. Cantharellus formosus 7. Cantharellus subalbidus 8. Fistulina hepatica 9. Fomitopsis pinicola - Red Belted conk 10. Gomphus clavatus 11. Hydnellum sp. 12. Lactarius spp. 13. Lactarius arrillacei var. megacarpus (grows under Live oaks occasionally Tan Oaks... I think this should be L. kauffmanii due to habitat; see comments in MRC p.263.) |
14. Leucoagericus rubrotinctus/Lepiota cristata
15. Nidula sp. 16. Phaeolus schweinitzii 17. Pleurotus ostreatus -oyster mushroom 18. Pluteus exilis -deer mushrom 19. Postia sp. 20. Ramaria acrisiccescens (Ramarias are difficult but I left all as called) 21. Ramaria formosa 22. Russula spp. 23. Russula fragrantissima 24. Russula mendocinensis 25. Russula versicolor- (I don't think this was it, as it grows under Birch trees and that species doesn't grow where we were). |
October 2019 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Guest Speaker: Mike Edwards
Meeting Date: Monday, October 14, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Mike Edwards: Growing mushrooms using the PF-Tek cultivation method
Mike will demonstrate how he uses the PF-Tek method to grow mushrooms.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Mike Edwards: Growing mushrooms using the PF-Tek cultivation method
Mike will demonstrate how he uses the PF-Tek method to grow mushrooms.
September 2019 MCMC Monthly Meeting
Meeting Date: Monday, September 23, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
With reports of summer fog chanterelles and boletes to whet your appetite, come back to the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club's monthly meetings to get ready for the main mushroom season. We're planning for some great activities this year and we're starting to get requests for help with other mushroom related events, so plan to get involved to make them happen. As we did last year, we’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
This will be our fist meeting of the season. Meetings will continue through May of 2020.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
With reports of summer fog chanterelles and boletes to whet your appetite, come back to the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club's monthly meetings to get ready for the main mushroom season. We're planning for some great activities this year and we're starting to get requests for help with other mushroom related events, so plan to get involved to make them happen. As we did last year, we’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
This will be our fist meeting of the season. Meetings will continue through May of 2020.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
2019 Mushroom Festival Happenings
Wild Mushroom Display
Date: Every day in November and December
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Members of the mushroom club hunt our local forests to gather wild mushrooms and they are carefully inspected, identified and displayed by naturalist, Mario Abreu. See below for how you can help Mario maintain a beautiful, bountiful display.
Ford House Mushroom Display Guidelines for contributing specimens
Mario Abreu maintains the live mushroom display at the Ford House, which is on view during November and December.
In order to make the mushroom display interesting he adds and removes mushroom species as needed and found.
Mario asks MCMC members if they could help by bringing fresh mushroom species in good form to the Ford House for him to select from to build the display.
Here’s a brief set of guidelines for MCMC members who would like to supply him with mushrooms for the Ford House Mushroom Display.
· All donated mushrooms should be of good quality. Ideally, young mushrooms that are just beginning to open and will last for several days are wanted. However, shelf and conks can be older.
· All mushrooms should be cleaned of litter and soil debris as best or appropriate for each one.
· All mushrooms should be identified and labelled if possible.
· All mushrooms should be brought to the Ford House and placed into the black plastic crates provided adjacent to the display. Please ask a Ford House volunteer show you the storage location.
· Separate mushrooms using paper bags or waxed bags. Please don’t stack mushrooms on top of each other in the same crate.
· Please don’t add mushrooms to the existing display. Mario will select them from the crates.
Mario's contact info. is [email protected], 707.937.3155 should you have any questions or would like to inform him that you have dropped off mushrooms. Your time and donation of mushrooms is greatly appreciated.
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Members of the mushroom club hunt our local forests to gather wild mushrooms and they are carefully inspected, identified and displayed by naturalist, Mario Abreu. See below for how you can help Mario maintain a beautiful, bountiful display.
Ford House Mushroom Display Guidelines for contributing specimens
Mario Abreu maintains the live mushroom display at the Ford House, which is on view during November and December.
In order to make the mushroom display interesting he adds and removes mushroom species as needed and found.
Mario asks MCMC members if they could help by bringing fresh mushroom species in good form to the Ford House for him to select from to build the display.
Here’s a brief set of guidelines for MCMC members who would like to supply him with mushrooms for the Ford House Mushroom Display.
· All donated mushrooms should be of good quality. Ideally, young mushrooms that are just beginning to open and will last for several days are wanted. However, shelf and conks can be older.
· All mushrooms should be cleaned of litter and soil debris as best or appropriate for each one.
· All mushrooms should be identified and labelled if possible.
· All mushrooms should be brought to the Ford House and placed into the black plastic crates provided adjacent to the display. Please ask a Ford House volunteer show you the storage location.
· Separate mushrooms using paper bags or waxed bags. Please don’t stack mushrooms on top of each other in the same crate.
· Please don’t add mushrooms to the existing display. Mario will select them from the crates.
Mario's contact info. is [email protected], 707.937.3155 should you have any questions or would like to inform him that you have dropped off mushrooms. Your time and donation of mushrooms is greatly appreciated.
Mushrooms for Color Exhibit
Date: Every day in November and December
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
A special exhibit of the colorful possibilities of mushrooms for dye. Did you know that Mendocino is the home of Miriam C. Rice, who is acknowledged as a pioneer of modern research into the use of mushrooms for natural dyes. Her palette of discoveries ranged from yellow through ochre, orange, rose, and russet shades to burnt sienna and chocolate brown, as well as purples and lavenders. Come see the rainbow of colors that are possible from mushrooms. http://rayandmiriamrice.com/miriam-c-rice/mushrooms/
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
A special exhibit of the colorful possibilities of mushrooms for dye. Did you know that Mendocino is the home of Miriam C. Rice, who is acknowledged as a pioneer of modern research into the use of mushrooms for natural dyes. Her palette of discoveries ranged from yellow through ochre, orange, rose, and russet shades to burnt sienna and chocolate brown, as well as purples and lavenders. Come see the rainbow of colors that are possible from mushrooms. http://rayandmiriamrice.com/miriam-c-rice/mushrooms/
Mushroom I.D. for Beginners
Date: Nov 30, Dec 14, or Dec 21
Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Venue: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
18220 North Hwy 1, Fort Bragg, CA
MCMC club member, Mario Abreu offers this popular workshop at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Learn the basic taxonomic identifying features that distinguish mushrooms from each other, where each unique mushroom species can be found, when they can be found, and the myths associated with them. This workshop consists of a lecture, hands-on look of mushrooms collected and displayed for each workshop, and a field walk to find mushrooms associated with the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens' native plant communities. Identification tools will be provided at the workshop to key mushrooms.
Class size is limited*; sign up by phoning in your payment at 707-964-4352 ext. 16 or reserve your spot in person at The Garden Store at MCBG.
Time: 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Venue: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
18220 North Hwy 1, Fort Bragg, CA
MCMC club member, Mario Abreu offers this popular workshop at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Learn the basic taxonomic identifying features that distinguish mushrooms from each other, where each unique mushroom species can be found, when they can be found, and the myths associated with them. This workshop consists of a lecture, hands-on look of mushrooms collected and displayed for each workshop, and a field walk to find mushrooms associated with the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens' native plant communities. Identification tools will be provided at the workshop to key mushrooms.
Class size is limited*; sign up by phoning in your payment at 707-964-4352 ext. 16 or reserve your spot in person at The Garden Store at MCBG.
Mushroom Walks at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Date: Each Monday, November 4 through December 23, 2019
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
18220 North Hwy 1, Fort Bragg, CA
The Gardens is home to more than 150 species of mushrooms during fall and winter on the Mendocino Coast. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of some types of fungi. Normally hidden underground, these reproductive structures lie dormant until the rainy season, when they sprout above the earth. We consider mushrooms to be one of our collections, and we are the only botanical garden in the U.S. to label the mushrooms in our garden with both scientific and common names.
Enjoy an identification walk and learn mushroom lore with Naturalist and Mycologist, Mario Abreu each Monday from November 4 through December 23 (Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18, Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 9, Dec 16, Dec 23).
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
18220 North Hwy 1, Fort Bragg, CA
The Gardens is home to more than 150 species of mushrooms during fall and winter on the Mendocino Coast. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of some types of fungi. Normally hidden underground, these reproductive structures lie dormant until the rainy season, when they sprout above the earth. We consider mushrooms to be one of our collections, and we are the only botanical garden in the U.S. to label the mushrooms in our garden with both scientific and common names.
Enjoy an identification walk and learn mushroom lore with Naturalist and Mycologist, Mario Abreu each Monday from November 4 through December 23 (Nov 4, Nov 11, Nov 18, Nov 25, Dec 2, Dec 9, Dec 16, Dec 23).
2018/2019 Season
May 2019 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, May 20, 2019
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
This will be our last meeting of the 2018-2019 season. Meetings will resume again in September.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
This will be our last meeting of the 2018-2019 season. Meetings will resume again in September.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Mushroom Dyeing Workshop - Alissa Allen
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, May 4 & 5, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Pacific Textile Arts, 450 Alger St, Fort Bragg
Fee: $280, includes Friday lecture
Limited to 12 participants
Registration: Pacific Textile Arts Registration Form
2 Day Mushroom Dye Workshop with Alissa Allen:
hosted by the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club and Pacific Textile Arts
Alissa Allen brings her wealth of mushroom dyeing knowledge to the Mendocino coast to share with participants in this two day workshop. Saturday's session focuses on the regional dye palette and Sunday is about maximizing dye potential/mushroom dyes on multiple fibers.
See the event page, Mushroom Dye Workshop 2019, for more information, including a detailed description of each session.
Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Venue: Pacific Textile Arts, 450 Alger St, Fort Bragg
Fee: $280, includes Friday lecture
Limited to 12 participants
Registration: Pacific Textile Arts Registration Form
2 Day Mushroom Dye Workshop with Alissa Allen:
hosted by the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club and Pacific Textile Arts
Alissa Allen brings her wealth of mushroom dyeing knowledge to the Mendocino coast to share with participants in this two day workshop. Saturday's session focuses on the regional dye palette and Sunday is about maximizing dye potential/mushroom dyes on multiple fibers.
See the event page, Mushroom Dye Workshop 2019, for more information, including a detailed description of each session.
Mushroom Dyeing Lecture - Alissa Allen
Date: Friday, May 3, 2019
Time: 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Venue: Pacific Textile Arts, 450 Alger St, Fort Bragg
Fee: Free to workshop participants, open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-$10
Exploring Wild Mushrooms and Lichens for Dyes
Join me, Alissa Allen, on a journey through the mysterious fungal kingdom where we will explore the rainbow of beautiful colors that can be obtained from these treasures in the woods. Learn how to collect for identification, test for color, and how to extract a rainbow of permanent dyes. Foraging for dye fungi enhances your creative expression and takes you to the most beautiful parts of the forest. Come see what it’s all about.
You can find more information about Alissa on her website, Mycopigments.
Time: 5:30PM to 6:30PM
Venue: Pacific Textile Arts, 450 Alger St, Fort Bragg
Fee: Free to workshop participants, open to the public for a suggested donation of $5-$10
Exploring Wild Mushrooms and Lichens for Dyes
Join me, Alissa Allen, on a journey through the mysterious fungal kingdom where we will explore the rainbow of beautiful colors that can be obtained from these treasures in the woods. Learn how to collect for identification, test for color, and how to extract a rainbow of permanent dyes. Foraging for dye fungi enhances your creative expression and takes you to the most beautiful parts of the forest. Come see what it’s all about.
You can find more information about Alissa on her website, Mycopigments.
April 2019 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Guest Speaker: Kingman Bond-Graham
Meeting Date: Monday, April 15, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Kingman out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
Kingman would also be interested in going out to look for mushrooms on Sunday and/or Monday before the meeting. If you'd like to join in, watch for the meeting reminder email for details on when and where to meet up.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Kingman Bond-Graham: Hunting by Habitat
I will discuss foraging for mushrooms from urban landscapes to coastal forests to the Sierra. My focus will be on common and not so common edible mushrooms.
Kingman Bond-Graham grew up in Santa Rosa but spent much of his time in Navarro learning about and exploring our precious Redwood forest. Foraging has been a big part of his life and mushroom foraging the centerpiece of his foraging. He is a board member of the Sonoma County Mycological Association.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Note: We will be taking Kingman out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
Kingman would also be interested in going out to look for mushrooms on Sunday and/or Monday before the meeting. If you'd like to join in, watch for the meeting reminder email for details on when and where to meet up.
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Kingman Bond-Graham: Hunting by Habitat
I will discuss foraging for mushrooms from urban landscapes to coastal forests to the Sierra. My focus will be on common and not so common edible mushrooms.
Kingman Bond-Graham grew up in Santa Rosa but spent much of his time in Navarro learning about and exploring our precious Redwood forest. Foraging has been a big part of his life and mushroom foraging the centerpiece of his foraging. He is a board member of the Sonoma County Mycological Association.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
David Rust: What are Mushrooms Doing in My Forest?
Meeting Date: Monday, April 1, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar
Note: We will be taking David out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
David Rust will explore the complexity of fungal-plant relationships and how nutrients are obtained. He will explain the three most common types of mycorrhizae in northern temperate forests and how their differences are important ecologically. His report will focus on new research into soil ecology, mycorrhizae, and the many factors influencing fungal health.
Rust is past president of the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) and co-founder of the Bay Area Mycological Society. He created the All California Club Forays in 2005 and coordinated the Mycoblitz science forays at Point Reyes National Seashore. He also participated in the first mycoblitz in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and the Yosemite Fungal Survey. David has had an interest in the phenomenon of Sudden Oak Death, which was identified as a problem back in 1995. He is past president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He has given talks to mycological societies in California, Oregon. and Washington, DC, and is a regular speaker at the Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus Fairs.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Caspar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar
Note: We will be taking David out to dinner after the meeting. All are welcome to join us. Details for location at the meeting.
David Rust will explore the complexity of fungal-plant relationships and how nutrients are obtained. He will explain the three most common types of mycorrhizae in northern temperate forests and how their differences are important ecologically. His report will focus on new research into soil ecology, mycorrhizae, and the many factors influencing fungal health.
Rust is past president of the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) and co-founder of the Bay Area Mycological Society. He created the All California Club Forays in 2005 and coordinated the Mycoblitz science forays at Point Reyes National Seashore. He also participated in the first mycoblitz in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and the Yosemite Fungal Survey. David has had an interest in the phenomenon of Sudden Oak Death, which was identified as a problem back in 1995. He is past president of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He has given talks to mycological societies in California, Oregon. and Washington, DC, and is a regular speaker at the Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus Fairs.
March 2019 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Guest Speaker: Thea Chesney
Meeting Date: Monday, March 18, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Thea Chesney: Mushrooming in the Sierra Nevada (and beyond)
Many coastal mushroom hunters in California know the mountains as a spot to visit for morels and porcini in the spring, but there is so much more to find! From snowbanks in early spring to meadows at the peak of summer to the foothills in fall and winter, I will describe the many habitats and seasons of the mountains, and show some of the wonderful mushroom diversity they hold. I will also give a basic introduction to mushroom ecology, discuss the limits of our knowledge of montane fungi, and encourage folks to help with citizen science efforts to document what's out there.
Thea Chesney is a lifelong Sierra Nevada foothill resident and naturalist. Her childhood interest in local mushrooms, wildlife, and flora has transformed into a lifelong devotion to the natural world. She earned her BS in forestry from UC Berkeley while pursuing her passion for fungal taxonomy in the Berkeley mycology labs, and since then has spent her time exploring the California mountains and the organisms that call them home. She currently works for the Forest Service on a long term, state-wide meadow monitoring project. Though she now spends her summer days identifying sedges and other wetland plants, she has never stopped looking for mushrooms. She continues to be particularly fascinated by the fungi of the Sierra Nevada and other mountains of California, and is currently working on a field guide to mushrooms of these understudied regions.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Presents
Thea Chesney: Mushrooming in the Sierra Nevada (and beyond)
Many coastal mushroom hunters in California know the mountains as a spot to visit for morels and porcini in the spring, but there is so much more to find! From snowbanks in early spring to meadows at the peak of summer to the foothills in fall and winter, I will describe the many habitats and seasons of the mountains, and show some of the wonderful mushroom diversity they hold. I will also give a basic introduction to mushroom ecology, discuss the limits of our knowledge of montane fungi, and encourage folks to help with citizen science efforts to document what's out there.
Thea Chesney is a lifelong Sierra Nevada foothill resident and naturalist. Her childhood interest in local mushrooms, wildlife, and flora has transformed into a lifelong devotion to the natural world. She earned her BS in forestry from UC Berkeley while pursuing her passion for fungal taxonomy in the Berkeley mycology labs, and since then has spent her time exploring the California mountains and the organisms that call them home. She currently works for the Forest Service on a long term, state-wide meadow monitoring project. Though she now spends her summer days identifying sedges and other wetland plants, she has never stopped looking for mushrooms. She continues to be particularly fascinated by the fungi of the Sierra Nevada and other mountains of California, and is currently working on a field guide to mushrooms of these understudied regions.
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Several of us had the good fortunate to spend some time in the woods with Thea inspecting the mushrooms at Jug Handle State Preserve.
Here's the list of what we saw (thanks to Jim Gibson for recording the list) 1. Russula spp. 2. Clavulinopsis sp. 3. Craterellus tubaeformis, Yellow Foot 4. Cortinarius sp. 5. Cortinarius smithii, Western Red Dye 6. Pithya cupressina 7. Coprinellussp. 8. Hydnum oregonense (H. umbilicatum) Hedgehog 9. Leccinum sp. 10. Nidula sp. 11. Cuphophyllus sp. 12. Trichaptum abietinum Purple Toothed Polypore 13. Hydnellum aurantiacum Dye Mushroom 14. Porodaedalea pini Conifer Maze Polypor 15. Mycena sanguinolenta Bleeding Mycena Group 16. Rhodocollybia maculata 17. Leotia lubrica Jellly Babies 18. Gliophorus pisttacinus (group) Parrot Waxy Cap 19. Nolanea spp. 20. Pluteus cervinus Deert Mushroom 21. Fomitopsis pinicola Red Belted Conk 22. Galerina sp. 23. Onnia sp. 24. Russula cremoricolor Winter Russula 25. Pholiota decorata 26. Stereum hisutum False Turkey Tail 27. Hygrocybe flavescens Yellow Waxy cap 28. Lactarius rubidus Candy Cap 29. Pseudohydnum gelatinosum Toothed jelly fungus 30. Clitocybe sp. 31. Trichoglossum hirsutem Velvet-Black Earth Tongue 32. Mycena leptocephala Dark Mycena 33. Tyromyces chioneus Cheese polypore 34. Cryptoporus volvatus Veiled Polypore 35. Leucopaxillus albissimus Large White Leucopax |
February 2019 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Guest Speaker: Steven "Trout" Van Heiden
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Meeting Date: Monday, February 18, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino General Club meeting - All are welcome. Mushroom show and tell Pat Ferrero announced the Mushroom Dyeing Workshop in May. 
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MCMC welcomed guest speaker Steven "Trout" Van Heiden. Trout talked about how he cultivates mushrooms for sale through Natural Products of Boonville. He presented an engaging video showing his process and the mushrooms, including lion's mane, shiitake and turkey tails, that he grows and sells. He discussed the precautions he takes for preventing contamination and the conditions required for optimal growth. Club members were very interested to learn about this process and appreciated being able to purchase fresh mushrooms after the talk. We are working with Trout to organize a cultivation workshop for the future.
A link to the Video from the meeting is posted here with permission - Thanks, Trout! |
January 2019 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, January 21, 2019
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mushroom show and tell
Jill & Ken presented photos and an overview of the Fungus Fair they attended in Santa Cruz, which was put on by the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mushroom show and tell
Jill & Ken presented photos and an overview of the Fungus Fair they attended in Santa Cruz, which was put on by the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz.
December 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, December 17, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mushroom show and tell.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mushroom show and tell.
November 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, November 5, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mushroom show and tell.
Jill & Ken showed photos and gave an overview of the NAMA conference they attended in Salem Oregon.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Mushroom show and tell.
Jill & Ken showed photos and gave an overview of the NAMA conference they attended in Salem Oregon.
October 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, October 15, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Guest speaker: Eric Schramm.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Guest speaker: Eric Schramm.
September 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, September 17, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
With reports of summer fog chanterelles and boletes to whet your appetite, come back to the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club's monthly meetings to get ready for the main mushroom season. We're planning for some great activities this year and we're starting to get requests for help with other mushroom related events, so plan to get involved to make them happen. As we did last year, we’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
This will be our fist meeting of the season. Meetings will continue through May of 2019.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
With reports of summer fog chanterelles and boletes to whet your appetite, come back to the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club's monthly meetings to get ready for the main mushroom season. We're planning for some great activities this year and we're starting to get requests for help with other mushroom related events, so plan to get involved to make them happen. As we did last year, we’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
This will be our fist meeting of the season. Meetings will continue through May of 2019.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Photos from the 3rd Annual Mushroom Dinner–November 10, 2018
| mushroom_dinner_booklet_2018_v5_final.pdf |
2017/2018 Season
Mushroom Dye Exhibit & Demonstration
The Mushroom Dye Exhibit and Workshop were a great success!! Many thanks to Dorothy Beebee and Nancy Denison, for sharing their wealth of knowledge, history and materials on the subject. In 15 minutes, Dorothy provided the forty year history of making colors from mushrooms, which was started right here in Mendocino by her friend, Miriam Rice! She prepared two pots of dye using mushrooms (cortinarius semisanguineus and phaeolus schweinitzii) that yielded dusky rose and golden hues. Fifteen participants tied, twisted, knotted and rubber-banded silk or silk-wool blend scarves that went into the dye pots to create their own unique designs. Many more came to watch and take in the exhibit. Hopefully the participants, who came from Reno, Fortuna, the Bay Area and right here at home, will be inspired to continue the experiment Miriam started with mushrooms for color. Our continued gratitude to the Ford House Museum for hosting us and the event, in addition to our monthly meetings.
May 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the March Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Monday, May 14, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Alison Gardner will bring her mushrooms teas and will demonstrate how she makes them and talk about the healthful qualities of the mushrooms. We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
This will be our last meeting of the season. Meetings will resume again in September.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Meeting Date: Monday, May 14, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
Alison Gardner will bring her mushrooms teas and will demonstrate how she makes them and talk about the healthful qualities of the mushrooms. We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. If anyone finds any mushrooms, please bring them for show and tell. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
This will be our last meeting of the season. Meetings will resume again in September.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
| mcmc_may_2018_mtg_notes.pdf |
April 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Meeting Date: Monday, April 9, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. Our Mushroom Dye Exhibit and Workshop will be held later this week, so we'll be taking a look at the exhibit materials and Nancy Denison will provide an orientation to the exhibit and more information about mushroom dyes.
Bring mushrooms in and we'll identify them together. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting - All are welcome.
We’ll socialize and talk mushrooms. Our Mushroom Dye Exhibit and Workshop will be held later this week, so we'll be taking a look at the exhibit materials and Nancy Denison will provide an orientation to the exhibit and more information about mushroom dyes.
Bring mushrooms in and we'll identify them together. If you have mushroom books, bring them to help with identification.
If you'd like, you can bring a snack to share.
March 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the March Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Monday, January 30, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Meeting Date: Monday, January 30, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
| mcmc_march_2018_mtg_notes.pdf |
February 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the February Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
| mcmc_feb_2018_mtg_notes.pdf |
January 2018 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the January Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
| MCMC Minutes-Jan 30 2018 |
November 2017 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the November Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm (Admin only 5:00-5:30; Club Meeting 5:30-7:00)
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting following the 30 minute Admin meeting.
We’ll talk about the Mushroom Dinner, follow up on committee actions since the October Meeting, and socialize and talk mushrooms.
Bring a snack to share.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm (Admin only 5:00-5:30; Club Meeting 5:30-7:00)
Venue: Ford House, 45035 Main Street, Mendocino
General Club meeting following the 30 minute Admin meeting.
We’ll talk about the Mushroom Dinner, follow up on committee actions since the October Meeting, and socialize and talk mushrooms.
Bring a snack to share.
| MCMC Minutes-Nov 29 2017 |
2nd Annual Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club Dinner
| mushroom_dinner_menu.pdf |
| Mushroom_dinner_2017_recipe_booklet.pdf |
October 2017 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the October Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Casar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road
General Club meeting following the Chefs special meeting.
We’ll discuss additional tasks needed for the mushroom dinner.
Dinner Event Volunteers, please plan to attend.
If we have any additional time, we’ll start discussing future activities and the volunteers needed to make them happen.
Bring a snack to share.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Venue: Casar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road
General Club meeting following the Chefs special meeting.
We’ll discuss additional tasks needed for the mushroom dinner.
Dinner Event Volunteers, please plan to attend.
If we have any additional time, we’ll start discussing future activities and the volunteers needed to make them happen.
Bring a snack to share.
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Mushroom Dinner - Chefs Planning Meeting
This is a special planning meeting of the Chefs for the upcoming Mushroom Dinner.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Venue: Casar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road
Attending Chefs: Molly Bee, Alison Gardner and Tom Jelen. Chad Hyatt, our fourth chef, is in the Bay Area and won’t attend but we will have information from him on dishes and his needs.
Also in attendance will be Dana Fox, Eric Schramm, Evan Mills, Pat Ferrero and Jill Surdzial. We will cover all the logistics, budget, supplies (especially mushrooms) and all other needs of the chefs.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Time: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Venue: Casar Community Center, 15051 Caspar Road
Attending Chefs: Molly Bee, Alison Gardner and Tom Jelen. Chad Hyatt, our fourth chef, is in the Bay Area and won’t attend but we will have information from him on dishes and his needs.
Also in attendance will be Dana Fox, Eric Schramm, Evan Mills, Pat Ferrero and Jill Surdzial. We will cover all the logistics, budget, supplies (especially mushrooms) and all other needs of the chefs.
September 2017 meeting of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club
Notes from the September Club Meeting are available to download.
Meeting Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Pacific Textile Arts -- 450 Alger Street, Fort Bragg (go to far east end of Laurel and turn left).
Potluck - please finger food
Meeting Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Pacific Textile Arts -- 450 Alger Street, Fort Bragg (go to far east end of Laurel and turn left).
Potluck - please finger food
| MCMC Minutes-Sept 13-2017.pdf |
3rd Annual Wild Mushroom Dinner, Marketplace and RaffleThe Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club welcomes the return of Chef Chad Hyatt to the Caspar Community Center for a delectable four-course mushroom dinner on Saturday, November 10, 2018.
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Listen to the Radio Curious interview with chef Chad Hyatt, where he discusses mushrooms, what they are, how to cook them and how to safely forage wild mushrooms. |
2016 Season
Fall Mushroom Class at Mendocino College
The Mendocino College coast campus in Fort Bragg will be having a short mushroom course in Oct./Nov 2016 taught by Teresa Sholars. Only 2 spots available, so register now!
Noah Seigel Lecture on Mushrooms of the Redwood Forest
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast
The Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club will be sponsoring a talk and booksigning by Noah Siegel, who has just written a book on Mushrooms of the Redwood Forest, to be published in Aug. The lecture will be at St. Anthony's Hall on upper Lansing St. in Mendocino, on Nov. 10, 2016, at 7 p.m.
The Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club will be sponsoring a talk and booksigning by Noah Siegel, who has just written a book on Mushrooms of the Redwood Forest, to be published in Aug. The lecture will be at St. Anthony's Hall on upper Lansing St. in Mendocino, on Nov. 10, 2016, at 7 p.m.
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Lecture/workshop on Dyeing with Mushrooms
Dorothy Beebee will be representing the IMDI as presenter.
November 19-21, 2016 at Pacific Textile Arts in Fort Bragg, located at 450 Alger St. Fort Bragg, CA 95437 - the east end of Laurel St., turn left, first house. For more information email: [email protected] phone: 707-409-6811
November 19-21, 2016 at Pacific Textile Arts in Fort Bragg, located at 450 Alger St. Fort Bragg, CA 95437 - the east end of Laurel St., turn left, first house. For more information email: [email protected] phone: 707-409-6811
