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This fun, approachable pocket guide was created to answer the most common questions about wild mushrooms: how fungi grow, their vital role in the environment, and their awe-inspiring shapes, colors, textures, and smells. Bring this waterproof pocket guide into the forest and get inspired to engage with your mushroom friends.

Buy in Bulk. This fun, approachable pocket guide was created to answer the most common questions about wild mushrooms: how fungi grow, their vital role in the environment, and their awe-inspiring shapes, colors, textures, and smells. Bring this waterproof pocket guide into the forest and get inspired to engage with your mushroom friends.

2 oz. Bottle of Triple Extract

*Promotes and Supports healthy:
Immune Response
Stomach
Liver
Skin
Intestines
Digestion
Detoxification

2 oz. Bottle of Triple Extract

*Promotes and Supports healthy:
Energy
Stamina
Respiratory
Adrenal Function
Kidney
Blood Sugar
Immune Response
Liver
Libido

Through fun, hands-on activities learn low tech methods to cultivate gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, identify and harvest wild mushrooms, and make mushroom medicines.

Schedule

Friday, June 7

Saturday, June 8

Sunday, June 9

*Please note that schedule is subject to change. 

Join John Michelotti from Catskill Fungi and Cheryl Boiko owner of Remedies Herb Shop in Brooklyn and Woodstock for a foraging walk and tincture making workshop, up in the beautiful Catskill Mountains! John will share his endless enthusiasm and expertise of the fungal world as we explore the woods and in the afternoon he will take us through the process of making a mushroom tincture for you to take home. As we wander, Cheryl will guide you on the local medicinal plants growing in the region and you'll have an opportunity to gather your own herbs to make and take home 2 handcrafted herbal tinctures. 

Price Includes tincture making supplies.

10am-12:30 Mushroom/Herb Walk

12:30-1:30pm Lunch- Bring your own lunch to enjoy beside a lovely spring-fed pond.

1:30pm-3pm Plant & Mushroom Tincture Making Workshop: Make and take home your own fungi and plant tincture. 

Schedule is flexible for the needs of the group. 

Remedies Herb  items and Catskill Fungi mushroom extracts, mushroom-related books, t-shirts, and local mushroom art will be available for purchase. 

Come prepared with your mushroom questions!  Dress for the weather. 

Full address provided prior to the walk. 

Join a mushroom walk and learn about the ecological functions of fungi, common edibles and medicinal mushrooms, as well as historic uses of fungi and present day innovations of these fantastic Fungi!

What to Expect:

We will start at the Shavertown Trail parking lot for a brief Fungi101 explanation as well as what to expect from our walk. We will carpool to our walk location near by and participants will get to borrow baskets, bags, and/or books to take with them as we head onto the easy, wide trail into the forest to learn about the fungi we find. We will talk about how to look for, sustainably harvest, and identify mushrooms. We talk about what is edible, medicinal uses, and how to prepare them. We will also focus on historic uses, current scientific trends, and present day innovations of the fungi we find. People of all ages are welcome to explore and get their questions answered. We will walk back to the parking lot and spread out all of our specimens on a table for further inspection. We can take a group photo which, along with other photos from the day, will be available on the Catskill Fungi Instagram/Facebook. Participants will get discounts of Catskill Fungi products that will be available for purchase. 

Please dress for the weather. We will walk rain or shine. This means boots or sneakers.  Optional equipment would be a water bottle, bug/tick repellent, rain coat, or snacks. You are welcome to bring pictures of mushrooms you would like identified.

No bathrooms are available so please use them before meeting or plan to contribute your nitrogen to the forest floor. 

Kids

Students under the age of 16 are free. 16 years old and above must purchase tickets. Adults, bring only children directly under their care and at most 3 children per adult.

Please don't take advantage of this policy, otherwise we will have to charge for kids.  

Pets

I love them but no. Never met a dog on a walk that didn't step on the mushrooms or worse. Some people have allergies or fears of dogs. 

Cancelations

If you need to cancel please notify us via email. Email us at least 48 hour before the start of the walk and we will refund you.   

Walks usually fill up so it is recommended you sign up in advance.  

See you in the woods!

2 oz. Bottle of Triple Extract

*Promotes and Supports healthy:
Brain Function
Brain Tissue
Nerves
Synapses
Gastrointestinal Function
Memory

Join us for an outdoor mushroom cultivation workshop sponsored by Catskill Forest Association.  Learn about the life cycle and ecological functions of fungi, and how to cultivate mushrooms outdoors.  Participants will learn to drill holes in logs, fill them with mushroom spawn, and seal them with wax. You will learn what types of wood are viable sources for mushroom spawn, how to take care of your log, initiate fruiting, and harvest your mushrooms.

Catskill Fungi mushroom extracts, mushroom-related books, t-shirts, and limited spawn will be available for purchase.

Come prepared with your mushroom questions!  Closed-toe shoes are required. Wear outdoor work clothes and bring garden gloves if desired. 

We will proceed rain or shine, unless severe storms are predicted.

2 oz. Bottle of Triple Extract

*Promotes and Supports healthy:
Immune Response
Blood Sugar
Prostate
Breast
Stomach
Liver

Emerging research suggests that mushrooms may be beneficial for brain and nerve health. Discover the properties of different species and learn where medicinal mushrooms occur locally. We'll also discuss how fungi have been used to clean up toxins in the environment by filtering water and to remove heavy metals from soil. Find out how mushrooms can benefit your body and the health of our planet.

Featuring Tarun Nayar & John Michelotti

Science and Art come together as we appreciate the transformative power of fungi and celebrate more-than-human worlds.

Tarun Nayar / Modern Biology is a viral ‘mushroom musician’ who creates soundscapes from the bioelectric changes in plants and mushrooms. He’s invited some of his favourite mycologists, ecologists, poets and musicians to celebrate the plant and fungal kingdoms and inspire hope and resilience.

Expect a short scientific talk, poetry and musical performances, culminating in a live plant and mushroom music experience by Modern Biology in which listeners are encouraged to ‘try on’ plant and fungal consciousness, and expand their awareness to these more-than-human worlds. Also expect great sound and some amazing projection mapping in this gorgeous and historic church.

About the artist:

Modern Biology has brought 'plant music' to the masses. Originally educated as a biologist, veteran musician Tarun Nayar brings his passion for nature and sound together in an ambient project that is organismic, immediate, uplifting, and deeply contextual. He uses modular synthesis, home built synthesizers and other analog equipment to improvise with the natural vibrations of a certain place and time - via plant bioelectricity, latent electromagnetic radiation, and even the earth’s resonant hum. Trained from childhood in Indian classical music, he uses the system of Indian raga to mold his musical choices for time of day and season. His performances are an effort to bring the listener into the present moment through vibration, space, and connection.

Join us for a mushroom walk at Wild Hudson Valley Forest Farm & Eco Camp. John Michelotti of Catskill Fungi will guide us as we explore the wide world of fungi, from wild mushroom identification to mushroom cultivation. We'll tour an outdoor mushroom growing "laying yard" and learn about (and taste!) medicinal mushrooms, including Turkey Tail, a common mushroom found in the forest that can support the immune system against many ailments.

Gather at the front porch of Woodchuck Lodge and walk in the woods that John Burroughs gained inspiration through his life. We will forage mushrooms throughout the forest and talk about the interconnection of fungi as recyclers of old matter into new life while paying tribute to the local legend. 

“The secret of my youth in age is the simple life – simple food, sound sleep, the open air, daily work, kind thoughts, love of nature and joy and contentment in the world in which I live…“ - John Burroughs

Every year the North Eastern Mycological Federation hosts an annual weekend foray in a different part of Northeastern America. This year it is in Cape Cod MA. 

Our annual foray will take place on Cape Cod and offer walks to a number of gorgeous locations throughout the area. Our esteemed faculty comes from across the country and will offer a number of engaging programs on a variety of mushroom topics. Take workshops, go on walks, study the collected specimens, and enjoy three days with fellow mycophiles. 

2 oz. Bottle of Triple Extract

*Promotes and Supports healthy:
Immune Response
Histamine Response
Blood Pressure
Nerves
Respiratory 
Liver 
Sleep