Come to Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston, on Sunday, June 5 from 1 – 4 for a class in Edible Wild Mushrooms led by Timothy Lane. Learn basic mushroom identification and how to hunt gourmet species, then head out to search for mushrooms at Tower Hill. Tower Hill members $20, nonmembers $30. Register at www.towerhillbg.org or call 508-869-6111, ext 124.
Join Michael Rogers, CLS, on Saturday, May 3, from 10 – 11:30 at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, to learn how to identify and harvest edible mushrooms. Rogers is a laboratory scientist and mushroom enthusiast who has been researching all different types of native mushrooms throughout the Sudbury Valley and beyond. Learn how to identify species, focusing on those native to Massachusetts and general information on what not to eat. Enjoy a guided hike and lecture. $15 for Massachusetts Horticultural society members, $20 for non-members. Register by calling 617-933-4943, or visit www.masshort.org. Image from www.honest-food.net.
The 6th Annual Fungus Fair will take place tomorrow, Saturday, September 15, from 10 – 5 at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main Street in Athol. Have a fun-gi filled day with talks on Beginners’ Mushroom Identification with Noah Siegel, Mushrooms from All Seasons: What to Expect and When with Bill Neill, An Exploration into Micopigments for Dyes and Watercolors with Alissa Allen, and Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms, again with Noah Siegel. Multiple forays will take place throughout the day, and there will be a mushroom cook-up and much more. For directions and more information, visit http://www.millersriver.net, or email nsiegel1@yahoo.com. You may also call 978-249-4260.
