Name: Mushroom Foraging Class on Private Land Sonoma
Start: 2025-12-20T10:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-28T14:00:00-08:00

**\*\*Register [here](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule), NOT on Meetup:** [https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule**](https://www.forkinthepath.org/schedule**)

Get excited! More mushroom foraging classes are here - these will be on beautiful private land that has fantastic mushroom habitat! All details you need, including packing list, meet-up location, and more, will be sent once your booking is confirmed. This is a wonderful adventure to do alone or with friends and family.

**What You'll Learn**
This experiential, hands-on half-day program is all about the fascinating world of fungi and begins at 10:00 am. Learning to forage for mushrooms is an ongoing life path. This program will teach you foundational skills to be able to go out foraging on your own. We will cover mushroom anatomy for identification, symbiotic tree and plant relationships, poisonous and edible mushrooms, and forest safety. This winter, it will be possible to find edibles such as chanterelle, matsutake, porcini, lion's mane, blewits, black trumpets, hedgehogs, and more. The program also includes community building, mindful movement, a cooking demo, and a tasting at the end. We typically end between 2-3 pm.

**Class Dates** (not a series)

* Sat Dec 20 10am-2pm with Mikhael Crystallah Selk & Ryn Sullivan
* Sun Dec 21 10am-2pm with Mikhael Crystallah Selk & Ryn Sullivan
* Sat Dec 27 10am-2pm with Autumn Summers & Ryn Sullivan
* Sun Dec 28 10am-2pm with Autumn Summers & Ryn Sullivan (6 spots left as of 12/11)
* Sat Jan 3 with Mikhael Crystallah Selk and Saumitra Kelkar ( 3 spots left as of 12/11)
* Sun Jan 4 with Mikhael Crystallah Selk and Saumitra Kelkar
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**Instructor Bios**
**Mikhael Crystallah-Selk** is a leading mushroom identifier in California with more than a decade of experience foraging and studying the taxonomy of fungi. He is on the board of SOMA mycological association and is a group expert and moderator of some of the largest online mushroom groups including the Poison Emergency group. He leads the identification tables at many of the Northern California mushroom events and leads guided mushroom walks around NorCal.

**Autumn Summers** (she/her) is an avid wild foods forager, herbalist, gardener, and ethnobotanist. Autumn is passionate about sharing her 35 years of experience in an accessible and empowering way. She teaches botany, medicinal plant cultivation, and how to safely and sustainably gather and use abundant wild edibles, including seaweeds and mushrooms in Northern California. She teaches at several herbal schools in NorCal and is the lead herbal educator for Herb Pharm.

**Saumitra Kelkar** (he/him) has a degree in forestry from UC Berkeley. He has been teaching high school students mushroom foraging (among other topics) for the past five years in Berkeley. He is an active volunteer identifying plants and mushrooms for the Poisons emergency group on Facebook. He is especially passionate about the genus Lactarius!
Ryn Sullivan (they/them) brings over 10 years of experience in outdoor education and nature-inspired crafts to our team. As a backpacking guide, naturalist, and lifelong maker, they’re always finding new ways to work with what’s around us while caring for the ecosystem. They’ve been foraging since childhood and their biggest passion is the intertidal zone and all the creatures that call it home. When not foraging, you might find them teaching wilderness first aid classes, free diving for purple urchins, or crafting cordage from the irises in their backyard. Ryn is a certified Wilderness First Responder, yoga teacher, and California fishing guide.

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