Mushrooms have been utilized for thousands of years for medicinal and edible purposes. John Michelotti, owner of Catskill Fungi, will show you how to cultivate gourmet mushrooms at home using safe and simple techniques. Using cardboard and coffee grounds, create your own oyster mushroom starter (Pleurotus ostreatus) to take home, while learning about the life cycles, characteristics, and medicinal and culinary properties of fungi.
John Michelotti is the owner of Catskill Fungi, empowering people through Fungi via outdoor guided mushroom classes, cultivation courses, educational talks, and home-made mushroom health supplements.
John is the President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association (MHMA), a member of COMA, PVMA, and North American Mycological Association (NA-MA). He has visited dozens of mushroom farms from small-scale farms to the largest operations in the country. He served on the Mushroom Advisory Panel for Certified Naturally Grown to help develop the standards for ecological practices in mushroom production. He has worked with Amazon Mycoren-weal Project to conduct research utilizing Fungi to remediate oil spills and other contaminants.
Please note, while participants are not expected to cook along with the demonstration, the materials list on the registration page explains what supplies you’ll want in the house so you can put what you’ve learned into action after class. $85. Register on the New York Botanical Garden website HERE. The class takes place online on August 30 from 10 – noon.
