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Mushroom Walk & Species Survey

Erwin Karl kneels down in the forest as a few people look at what he is holding: a mushroom! He explains what the fungi is that they found in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
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Mushroom Walk & Species Survey

Mike Kudish Natural History Preserve - Stamford, NY
10/03/2024
10:00am- 3:30pm
Michael Kudish Natural History Preserve
2515 Tower Mountain Rd, Stamford, NY 12167

Join us in the morning for an introductory mushroom walk as we explore the fungi we find in the forest of the preserve and the stories they tell us about the forest. We will explore their uses for people and other organisms in the forest. 

Following a short lunch break we will focus on teaching about community science and how we can upload high-quality observations to INaturalist to contribute to the Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS) of North America. 

Erwin Karl kneels down in the forest as a few people look at what he is holding: a mushroom! He explains what the fungi is that they found in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
A beautiful close up photo of the blushing amanita mushroom. There are 5 mushrooms of different sizes and you can see one is cut in half, Many angles of the same mushroom help to see it's features as it sits on a mossy grassy ground in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
People stand and talk in different groups on a deck with tables containing mushrooms, mushroom books, mushroom extracts of Reishi, Lion's Mane, Chaga, Maitake, Turkey Tail, and Corydeps Extracts. There are mushroom walk fliers and Fungal Diversity Survey fliers. Gabriela D'Elia holds a card with a mushroom drawn on it, Erwin Karl talk to a participant, Craig Trester, Dr. Mike Kudish, and Dave Turan talk about mushrooms at the Mike Kudish Natural History Preserve in Stamford New York