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
Excited about this Powdermill event and plan to bring my little microscope