Weekly Class Series: Mushroom Analysis 101 Starring Alan Rockefeller

Are you interested in mushroom hunting but don't know where to start? Maybe you're an amateur mushroom hunter but would like to hone your skills and meet other mycophiles? Come visit us for 'Demystifying Mushrooms', a beginners friendly class about how to use your brain, mushroom identification guides, and other tools like genetic analysis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to properly identify mushrooms.

In this week's class, you will have the unique opportunity to work with one of the foremost authorities on mushroom identification, Alan Rockefeller, who will lead us through preparing mushroom samples for PCR analysis and testing them for traces of GMO.

You will gain confidence identifying the important macroscopic, microscopic and chemical attributes used to distinguish mushroom species from one another. You will also learn how to make the most of resources like field guides and social media to help you become a more confident mushroom hunter! Please bring a notebook, any resources (guides, tools) you want to use in the field, and if you find any mushrooms (very fresh or properly dried whole specimens only), please bring them as well.

We are asking for a $10 donation to help cover the costs of the materials for this class.