Wild Mushroom ID Class - North Carolina - (No Certification) - June 27, 2020
$150.00
Come learn about the wonderful world of mushrooms with Stesha Warren. This class will take you on a journey of how to identify mushrooms in the wild. You will learn about several edible mushroom species while foraging outdoors, bringing them back into a classroom setting, and looking step by step into the mushroom groups.
Where: Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center, 6601 Devils Racetrack Rd, Four Oaks, NC 27524
When: June 27, 2020, 9am-5pm
Accommodations: Howell Woods Environmental Center has lodging available for $10 per night for this event. Please call (919) 938-0115 to book your stay.
The Rudolph Howell & Son Environmental Learning Center, or Howell Woods, is a unique 2,800-acre natural resource designed to provide excellent educational experiences while fostering environmental stewardship. At Howell Woods, you can experience a variety of environmental education programs and recreational activities. Go hiking, camping, canoeing, bird watching, hunting, fishing, and more!
Class Itinerary:
- Introduction to mushroom lifecycles
- Mushroom Ecology
- Collecting and storing edible mushrooms
- Foray
- Foray collections walk-through - Major groups ID
- 15 easy edible wild mushrooms
List of edible wild mushrooms you will learn about:
- 1. Chanterelles
- 2. Oyster mushrooms
- 3. Black trumpets
- 4. Morels
- 5. Hen of the woods
- 6. Chicken of the woods
- 7. Blue milky
- 8. Wood ear
- 9. Golden and burgundy milkies
- 10. Green quilted russula
- 11.Beefsteak
- 12. Lionsmane
- 13. Hedgehog mushrooms
- 14. Puffballs
- 15. Cauliflower
Recommended field guides:
Mushrooms of the Southeast: Todd F. Elliott & Steven L Stephenson
Appalachian Mushrooms: A field guide: Walter E. Sturgeon
A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas: Alan E. Bessette, Arleen R. Bessette, Michael W. Hopping
What to bring:
- Mushroom hunting basket
- Knife
- Bug spray
- Individual paper bags
- Field pocket guide
- Black and white paper
- Pen/pencil
- Pocket journal
- Water