Mushroom Mountain Events

5 year mushroom foraging permit for SC, GA, NC, VA, PA, NY. This permit will allow for sale of wild foraged mushrooms. Signups will receive a study guide and slides 2 weeks ahead of the class.

Limited to 30 people, and no refunds will be available for this event.

Where: Millbrook Marsh Nature Center
548 Puddintown Road, State College PA 16801
When: September 28-29, 2019 - 9am - 5pm - Saturday and Sunday
https://www.crpr.org/millbrook-marsh-nature-center
Bring your own lunch.

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5 year mushroom foraging permit for SC, GA, NC, VA, PA, NY. This permit will allow for sale of wild foraged mushrooms. Signups will receive a study guide and slides 2 weeks ahead of the class.

Limited to 30 people, and no refunds will be available for this event.

Where: Millbrook Marsh Nature Center
548 Puddintown Road, State College PA 16801
When: September 28-29, 2019 - 9am - 5pm - Saturday and Sunday
https://www.crpr.org/millbrook-marsh-nature-center
Bring your own lunch.

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Our most popular day-long cultivation event with home cooked breakfast and lunch. Includes instruction, oyster fruiting kit and shiitake log to take home from hands-on activities (a $50 value). Taught personally by Tradd Cotter on-site at the Mushroom Mountain Farm in Easley, SC. Participants will learn fungal ecology and life cycles, while immersed in hands-on methods to cultivate mushrooms on logs, stumps, wood chips, and straw, designing mushroom gardens, and composting or recycling with fungi. Directions and more information will be mailed to you upon registration. Must register in advance. This workshop is limited to 30 people and typically sells out. Requests for waiting list possible if full and there is a cancellation.

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All tours of Mushroom Mountain include an introduction to fungal ecology and life cycles, laboratory tour and research overviews, and the fruiting room. Many aspects of mushrooms, including medicinal properties, cooking, and mycoremediation to soil creation will be discussed along the way! Group visits, discounted reservations - contact us for open dates and times. An experience that will last a lifetime for all ages!

Please bring your confirmation with you as your ticket. Thank you, and see you at Mushroom Mountain.

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5 year mushroom foraging permit for SC, GA and NC, VA, PA, NY. This permit will allow for sale of wild foraged mushrooms. Signups will receive a study guide and slides 2 weeks ahead of the class.

Limited to 50 people, and no refunds will be available for this event.

Where: Mushroom Mountain, 200 Finley Rd. Easley SC, 29642
When: OCT 12-13, 2019: Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm
Accommodations: There are no accommodations provided for this course. The closest town to Mushroom Mountain is Easley. There are several hotels there, about 20 minutes from the farm.
Food: Please bring a packed lunch both days.

Taught by Tradd Cotter, creator of the Wild Mushroom Safety Certification Course, and owner of Mushroom Mountain.

This permit may be valid in other states that have adopted a Code 13 policy, your state will need to contact us to evaluate and approve this permit for your state’s food safety authority.

According to state law, wild foraged mushrooms species must be individually inspected and found to be safe by an approved mushroom identification expert that:

(A) Has met the requirements of knowledge and passed an exam and

(B) Will harvest only those mushrooms species listed below, which are not all included in every state:

• All pink and golden chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Blue chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex) - Approved in PA

• All morels (Morchella spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Black trumpet (Craterellus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Lobster (Hypomyces lactifluorum) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, VA

• Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Beefsteak (Fistulina hepatica) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Hedgehog (Hydnum spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Hawk’s wing (Sarcodon imbricatus) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Lion's mane or pom pom (Hericium spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Cauliflower (Sparassis spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Maitake (Grifola frondosa) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Blewits (Lepista nuda) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, VA

• Honey (Armillaria spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Blue milky (Lactarius indigo) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Golden and burgundy milkies (Lactifluus volemus, L. hygrophoroides, L. corrugis) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Saffron milk cap (Lactarius deliciosus) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Candy cap (Lactarius fragilis) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Truffles (Tuber spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, VA

• Puffball (Lycoperdon spp., Calvatia spp.) - Approved in VA, NC, PA

• Reishi / Artist Conk (Ganoderma spp.) - Approved in VA

• Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) - Approved in VA

• Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) - Approved in VA

• Shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus) - Approved in PA

• King boletes, Queen bolete (Boletus edulis, B.rubriceps, B.barrowsii. B. aureus) - Approved in VA, PA

• Matsutake (Tricholoma magnivelare) - Approved in PA

• Manzanita bolete (Leccinum manganiate) - Approved in PA

• Velvet foot/enoki (Flammulina spp.) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Shrimp russula (Russula xerampelina) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Coral fungi (Clavaria spp.) - Approved in PA

5 year mushroom foraging permit for SC, GA and NC, VA, PA, NY. This permit will allow for sale of wild foraged mushrooms. Signups will receive a study guide and slides 2 weeks ahead of the class.

Limited to 50 people, and no refunds will be available for this event.

Where: Mushroom Mountain, 200 Finley Rd. Easley SC, 29642
When: OCT 12-13, 2019: Saturday-Sunday 9am-5pm
Accommodations: There are no accommodations provided for this course. The closest town to Mushroom Mountain is Easley. There are several hotels there, about 20 minutes from the farm.
Food: Please bring a packed lunch both days.

Taught by Tradd Cotter, creator of the Wild Mushroom Safety Certification Course, and owner of Mushroom Mountain.

This permit may be valid in other states that have adopted a Code 13 policy, your state will need to contact us to evaluate and approve this permit for your state’s food safety authority.

According to state law, wild foraged mushrooms species must be individually inspected and found to be safe by an approved mushroom identification expert that:

(A) Has met the requirements of knowledge and passed an exam and

(B) Will harvest only those mushrooms species listed below, which are not all included in every state:

• All pink and golden chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Blue chanterelle (Polyozellus multiplex) - Approved in PA

• All morels (Morchella spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Black trumpet (Craterellus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Lobster (Hypomyces lactifluorum) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, VA

• Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Beefsteak (Fistulina hepatica) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Hedgehog (Hydnum spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Hawk’s wing (Sarcodon imbricatus) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Lion's mane or pom pom (Hericium spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Cauliflower (Sparassis spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Maitake (Grifola frondosa) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Blewits (Lepista nuda) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, VA

• Honey (Armillaria spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Blue milky (Lactarius indigo) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Golden and burgundy milkies (Lactifluus volemus, L. hygrophoroides, L. corrugis) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, NC, VA

• Saffron milk cap (Lactarius deliciosus) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Candy cap (Lactarius fragilis) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Truffles (Tuber spp.) - Approved in SC, GA, PA, NY, VA

• Puffball (Lycoperdon spp., Calvatia spp.) - Approved in VA, NC, PA

• Reishi / Artist Conk (Ganoderma spp.) - Approved in VA

• Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) - Approved in VA

• Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) - Approved in VA

• Shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus) - Approved in PA

• King boletes, Queen bolete (Boletus edulis, B.rubriceps, B.barrowsii. B. aureus) - Approved in VA, PA

• Matsutake (Tricholoma magnivelare) - Approved in PA

• Manzanita bolete (Leccinum manganiate) - Approved in PA

• Velvet foot/enoki (Flammulina spp.) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Shrimp russula (Russula xerampelina) - not yet approved in any states, but working towards it

• Coral fungi (Clavaria spp.) - Approved in PA