Presentations from mushroom experts, a live mushroom cooking demonstration, reviews of mushroom field guides, trivia, and more.
Schedule:
10am: Welcome and Overview of Event
10:15am: Long Term Mushroom Monitoring: Lessons from a Three-year Effort
Join mycologist and author Christian Schwarz in a discussion of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
11am: Q&A with Christian Schwarz
11:15am: A Naturalist's Guide to Mushroom Identification Books
Naturalist Trent Pearce shares his extensive (some might say excessive) collection of mushroom guidebooks.
11:45am: Culinary Endeavors with Matsutake
Mycophyle and gastronomist Morgan Evans takes us on a culinary journey through the world of mushroom cooking.
12:30pm: Q&A with Morgan Evans
12:45pm: Mushrooms of Lake Merritt
Local naturalist Damon Tighe leads us through the world of urban mushrooms at Oakland's Lake Merritt.
1:30pm: Q&A with Damon Tighe
1:45pm: Bay Area MycoBlitz Results
Naturalist Trent Pearce reviews the iNatualist Mycoblitz, sharing the most commonly observed species in the Bay Area from the past week.
2pm: Fungus Trivia
Naturalist Constance Taylor hosts a Kahoot-based fungus trivia that will challenge even the most seasoned mycologists.
2:45pm: Event wrap-up, final Q&A
PSA: Annual Wild Mushroom Warning
Mushrooms are an ecologically important part of our parklands and can look beautiful - but some of them contain dangerous toxins. Each year, mushrooms proliferate after the first sustained rains of the season. The death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata) are two of the world's most toxic mushrooms, and both can be found in East Bay Regional Parks during the rainy season.
The death cap and Western destroying angel mushrooms contain amatoxins, molecules that are deadly to many animals. Symptoms may not appear until up to 12 hours after consumption, beginning as severe gastrointestinal distress and progressing to liver and kidney failure if treatment is not sought immediately.
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Schedule:
10am: Welcome and Overview of Event
10:15am: Long Term Mushroom Monitoring: Lessons from a Three-year Effort
Join mycologist and author Christian Schwarz in a discussion of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
11am: Q&A with Christian Schwarz
11:15am: A Naturalist's Guide to Mushroom Identification Books
Naturalist Trent Pearce shares his extensive (some might say excessive) collection of mushroom guidebooks.
11:45am: Culinary Endeavors with Matsutake
Mycophyle and gastronomist Morgan Evans takes us on a culinary journey through the world of mushroom cooking.
12:30pm: Q&A with Morgan Evans
12:45pm: Mushrooms of Lake Merritt
Local naturalist Damon Tighe leads us through the world of urban mushrooms at Oakland's Lake Merritt.
1:30pm: Q&A with Damon Tighe
1:45pm: Bay Area MycoBlitz Results
Naturalist Trent Pearce reviews the iNatualist Mycoblitz, sharing the most commonly observed species in the Bay Area from the past week.
2pm: Fungus Trivia
Naturalist Constance Taylor hosts a Kahoot-based fungus trivia that will challenge even the most seasoned mycologists.
2:45pm: Event wrap-up, final Q&A
PSA: Annual Wild Mushroom Warning
Mushrooms are an ecologically important part of our parklands and can look beautiful - but some of them contain dangerous toxins. Each year, mushrooms proliferate after the first sustained rains of the season. The death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata) are two of the world's most toxic mushrooms, and both can be found in East Bay Regional Parks during the rainy season.
The death cap and Western destroying angel mushrooms contain amatoxins, molecules that are deadly to many animals. Symptoms may not appear until up to 12 hours after consumption, beginning as severe gastrointestinal distress and progressing to liver and kidney failure if treatment is not sought immediately.
Presentations from mushroom experts, a live mushroom cooking demonstration, reviews of mushroom field guides, trivia, and more.
Schedule:
10am: Welcome and Overview of Event
10:15am: Long Term Mushroom Monitoring: Lessons from a Three-year Effort
Join mycologist and author Christian Schwarz in a discussion of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
11am: Q&A with Christian Schwarz
11:15am: A Naturalist's Guide to Mushroom Identification Books
Naturalist Trent Pearce shares his extensive (some might say excessive) collection of mushroom guidebooks.
11:45am: Culinary Endeavors with Matsutake
Mycophyle and gastronomist Morgan Evans takes us on a culinary journey through the world of mushroom cooking.
12:30pm: Q&A with Morgan Evans
12:45pm: Mushrooms of Lake Merritt
Local naturalist Damon Tighe leads us through the world of urban mushrooms at Oakland's Lake Merritt.
1:30pm: Q&A with Damon Tighe
1:45pm: Bay Area MycoBlitz Results
Naturalist Trent Pearce reviews the iNatualist Mycoblitz, sharing the most commonly observed species in the Bay Area from the past week.
2pm: Fungus Trivia
Naturalist Constance Taylor hosts a Kahoot-based fungus trivia that will challenge even the most seasoned mycologists.
2:45pm: Event wrap-up, final Q&A
PSA: Annual Wild Mushroom Warning
Mushrooms are an ecologically important part of our parklands and can look beautiful - but some of them contain dangerous toxins. Each year, mushrooms proliferate after the first sustained rains of the season. The death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata) are two of the world's most toxic mushrooms, and both can be found in East Bay Regional Parks during the rainy season.
The death cap and Western destroying angel mushrooms contain amatoxins, molecules that are deadly to many animals. Symptoms may not appear until up to 12 hours after consumption, beginning as severe gastrointestinal distress and progressing to liver and kidney failure if treatment is not sought immediately.
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Schedule:
10am: Welcome and Overview of Event
10:15am: Long Term Mushroom Monitoring: Lessons from a Three-year Effort
Join mycologist and author Christian Schwarz in a discussion of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
11am: Q&A with Christian Schwarz
11:15am: A Naturalist's Guide to Mushroom Identification Books
Naturalist Trent Pearce shares his extensive (some might say excessive) collection of mushroom guidebooks.
11:45am: Culinary Endeavors with Matsutake
Mycophyle and gastronomist Morgan Evans takes us on a culinary journey through the world of mushroom cooking.
12:30pm: Q&A with Morgan Evans
12:45pm: Mushrooms of Lake Merritt
Local naturalist Damon Tighe leads us through the world of urban mushrooms at Oakland's Lake Merritt.
1:30pm: Q&A with Damon Tighe
1:45pm: Bay Area MycoBlitz Results
Naturalist Trent Pearce reviews the iNatualist Mycoblitz, sharing the most commonly observed species in the Bay Area from the past week.
2pm: Fungus Trivia
Naturalist Constance Taylor hosts a Kahoot-based fungus trivia that will challenge even the most seasoned mycologists.
2:45pm: Event wrap-up, final Q&A
PSA: Annual Wild Mushroom Warning
Mushrooms are an ecologically important part of our parklands and can look beautiful - but some of them contain dangerous toxins. Each year, mushrooms proliferate after the first sustained rains of the season. The death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata) are two of the world's most toxic mushrooms, and both can be found in East Bay Regional Parks during the rainy season.
The death cap and Western destroying angel mushrooms contain amatoxins, molecules that are deadly to many animals. Symptoms may not appear until up to 12 hours after consumption, beginning as severe gastrointestinal distress and progressing to liver and kidney failure if treatment is not sought immediately.
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