Where: Mushroom Mountain Farm, 200 Finley Rd. Easley SC

When: MARCH 25, 2023 - 9am-3pm

Limited to 40 attendees, this workshop will feature fungi that are cultivated in the spring time. 
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. Participants will also be touring the Mushroom Mountain Farm, being able to see the lab, colonization and fruiting rooms. We will also take you on our woodland mushroom trail, where you will be able to see in person how different varieties of mushrooms are cultivated. 

This workshop includes breakfast snacks, lunch, oyster mushroom fruiting kit, and a shiitake log to take home from hands-on activity.

Taught by the Mushroom Mountain team. 

Requests for waiting list possible if full and there is a cancellation. 

Please note that this class does not cover any sterile culture in a lab setting. 

Class Reviews:

• "Exceeded our expectations! Look forward to another class. Olga's food was delicious."
• "Exceeded our expectations - great job."
• "My gal friends and I agree this experience exceeded our expectations. The food was outstanding, and gave us ideas of how to cook/bake with mushrooms."
• "Thank you for your decades of knowledge."
• "This was a great experience."
• "What a wonderful day! I learned so much, laughed, ate delicious food. Thank you. The brick thing blew my mind."
• "I came knowing very little about mushrooms from a growing standpoint. Appreciate the hands-on experience with the logs and the bags."
• "Teriffic. Entertaining and informative. We'll be back!"
• "I am so inspired to come back for more classes. The ID class, medicinal class. The hands-on examples were extra helpful and interspersed throughout, helped maintain attention to verbal content. Love the sense of humor and VIBE. Thanks for beginning and stoking our endless fascination with fungi."

This hands on workshop will cover everything needed to do sterile work indoors step by step for mushroom cultivation.

Brandon will take you through the process of germination, followed by agar and liquid culture procedures and techniques, types of equipment needed, grain and substrate preparation, and different method for fruiting conditions.

This course will cut the learning curve by years, by allowing you to get hands on practice for what it takes to be successful growing your own mushrooms at home. 

WHEN: APRIL 1, 2023
WHERE: MUSHROOM MOUNTAIN, 200 Finley Rd. Easley SC 29642

ITINERARY

8:30-9:00am Check-In
A great opportunity to meet fellow mushroom growers and get settled in for the workshop. Bring your own breakfast

9:00-9:30am Introduction
An introduction from the instructor on why mushrooms are so important while taking a tour through the facility

9:30-10:30am - Germination, Agar and Liquid Cultures
A discussion of the basics of fungi, and understanding their lifecycles

10:30am- 12:30pm - Hands On Experience
During this time, we will be getting hands on with pouring agar, taking tissue samples, germination of sporeprints, and best practices

12:30-1:30pm - Lunch

1:30-3:00pm - Grain and Substrate Preparation
Here we will cover different types of grains and substrates that can be used for growing mushrooms

This 5 year mushroom foraging permit meets the criteria required by the state health departments and formally approved for the foraging and selling of wild mushrooms in the following states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvannia, New York, Rhode Island. Signups will receive a study guide and slides 1 month ahead of the class.

Limited to 40 people, and no refunds will be available for this event. We might be able to move you to another class in case of emergency.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center - Savannah, Georgia
http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/oat/default.aspx
9 am - 5 pm Saturday and Sunday

Accommodations: Click Here

When: APR 1-2, 2023, 9am-5pm 

Oatland Island Wildlife Center - Savannah, Georgia
http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/oat/default.aspx
A wonderful, scenic Wildlife center right outside of Historic Savannah, the island is nestled into the surrounding marsh habitats and houses many native animals in beautiful and spacious enclosures as a bonus to all visitors out strolling around for mushrooms!  This class will accommodate up to 40 attendees. Smoking, pets, and fishing is not permitted anywhere on the Nature Center grounds. Bring your own lunch.

Taught by Anne-Marie Bilella. Anne-Marie is the Farmer, the Baker and the Medicine-Maker at Bella Vista Farm in GA. She is skilled in herbal medicine, wild weeds, mushrooms and natural products made from herbs. Anne-Marie was self-taught in her herbal studies until 2014 when she completed a 10 month hands-on intensive herbal course with Patricia Kyritsi Howell of BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies. She is certified as a Wild Mushroom Forager and Seller as well as an instructor for the Wild Mushroom Safety Course with Mushroom Mountain.

Currently, Anne-Marie creates her own herbal products with her Forager Chick line and teaches homesteaders about herbal medicine, medicinal mushrooms and wild plant identification. She is a homesteader, author and writer for her own blog and has written articles for other blogs, Aroma Culture Magazine and for Mother Earth News – Herbal Living blog.

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: 

• Pink Chanterelles (Cantharellus cinnabarinus)
• Golden Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.)
• Morels (Morchella spp.)
• Black Trumpet (Craterellus fallax)
• Lobster (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
• Wood Ears (Auricularia spp.)
• Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus spp.)
• Beefsteak (Fistulina hepatica)
• Hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)
• Lions Mane or Pom Pom (Hericium spp.)
• White Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus spp.)
• Cauliflower (Sparassis spp.)
• Maitake (Grifola frondosa)
• Blewits (Clitocybe nuda)
• Honey (Armillaria spp.)
• Blue Milky (Lactarius indigo)
• Golden Milkies (Lactifluus spp.)
• Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii)
• Puffballs ( Lycoperdon, Calvatia spp.)

This 5 year mushroom foraging permit meets the criteria required by the state health departments and formally approved for the foraging and selling of wild mushrooms in the following states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvannia, New York, Rhode Island. Signups will receive a study guide and slides 1 month ahead of the class.

Limited to 40 people, and no refunds will be available for this event. We might be able to move you to another class in case of emergency.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center - Savannah, Georgia
http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/oat/default.aspx
9 am - 5 pm Saturday and Sunday

Accommodations: Click Here

When: APR 1-2, 2023, 9am-5pm 

Oatland Island Wildlife Center - Savannah, Georgia
http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/schools/oat/default.aspx
A wonderful, scenic Wildlife center right outside of Historic Savannah, the island is nestled into the surrounding marsh habitats and houses many native animals in beautiful and spacious enclosures as a bonus to all visitors out strolling around for mushrooms!  This class will accommodate up to 40 attendees. Smoking, pets, and fishing is not permitted anywhere on the Nature Center grounds. Bring your own lunch.

Taught by Anne-Marie Bilella. Anne-Marie is the Farmer, the Baker and the Medicine-Maker at Bella Vista Farm in GA. She is skilled in herbal medicine, wild weeds, mushrooms and natural products made from herbs. Anne-Marie was self-taught in her herbal studies until 2014 when she completed a 10 month hands-on intensive herbal course with Patricia Kyritsi Howell of BotanoLogos School of Herbal Studies. She is certified as a Wild Mushroom Forager and Seller as well as an instructor for the Wild Mushroom Safety Course with Mushroom Mountain.

Currently, Anne-Marie creates her own herbal products with her Forager Chick line and teaches homesteaders about herbal medicine, medicinal mushrooms and wild plant identification. She is a homesteader, author and writer for her own blog and has written articles for other blogs, Aroma Culture Magazine and for Mother Earth News – Herbal Living blog.

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: 

• Pink Chanterelles (Cantharellus cinnabarinus)
• Golden Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.)
• Morels (Morchella spp.)
• Black Trumpet (Craterellus fallax)
• Lobster (Hypomyces lactifluorum)
• Wood Ears (Auricularia spp.)
• Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus spp.)
• Beefsteak (Fistulina hepatica)
• Hedgehog (Hydnum repandum)
• Lions Mane or Pom Pom (Hericium spp.)
• White Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus spp.)
• Cauliflower (Sparassis spp.)
• Maitake (Grifola frondosa)
• Blewits (Clitocybe nuda)
• Honey (Armillaria spp.)
• Blue Milky (Lactarius indigo)
• Golden Milkies (Lactifluus spp.)
• Pecan Truffle (Tuber lyonii)
• Puffballs ( Lycoperdon, Calvatia spp.)

When: 11 AM
Where: Mushroom Mountain, 200 Finley Rd. Easley SC 29642

Tours of Mushroom Mountain include an introduction to fungal ecology and life cycles, laboratory tour and research overviews, tour of the fruiting room, and if there is anything fruiting on the trail, you will get to experience it.

Many aspects of mushrooms, including medicinal properties, cooking, and mycoremediation to soil creation will be discussed along the way! 

An experience that will last a lifetime for all ages!

See you at Mushroom Mountain!