When

06/22/2024    
9:00 am - 3:45 pm

Where

Powdermill Nature Reserve
1795 Route 381, Rector, PA, 15677

Event Type

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Registration is Open for Mushroom Education Day on Saturday, June 22, at the Powdermill Nature Reserve in Westmoreland County.  We’ll have a variety of topics and speakers, followed by guided mushroom walks in the afternoon.  Here’s the full schedule:

9:00 a.m. – Registration & Sales Table Open

9:30-10:30 a.m. – Two Concurrent Sessions:
Mushrooms Under the Microscope
Cara Coulter, WPMC Mycologist
OR
Guided Walk: How to Photo-Document Mushrooms
Barbora Batokova, WPMC Identifier & President

10:40-11:40 a.m. – Recognizing Pennsylvania’s Macrolichens
Stephen Bucklin, WPMC Mycologist & Lichen Specialist

11:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. – Drink the Forest: Making Wild Forest Soda
Mike Henry, Lincoff Foray Mushroom Feast Chair

12:10-1:00 p.m. – LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:00-3:45 p.m. – Walks & ID Table
Dawn Wehman, WPMC Identifier; Cara Coulter, WPMC Mycologist;
Stephen Bucklin, WPMC Mycologist & Lichen Specialist

3:45 p.m. – Clean Up

Registration is open

Space is limited, and registration is required