* Mushrooms: The BasicsIntroduction to mushrooms and mushrooming, basics Very basic mycology What a mushroom is, how fungi operate, basic classification How to identify mushrooms, field characters, being sure of ID.basic key Ethics of mushroom hunting and picking Biology of fungi explained and how it relates to mushrooming.eg saprobes and rotters and where to find those species vs mycorrhizal symbionts and where to find those species Poisonous groups and how to know (and avoid) them Mushrooms as food, fiber, and medicine basics Examples of medicinal mushrooms.psychedelic mushrooms Fun with fungi.paper making, .dyeing fiber.amadou, felt, hats Getting started: equipment needed * Mushrooms: IdentificationForaging wild mushrooms, how to know them by groups, all discussion will point out how to know safe edible from look-alikes Morels and false morels Puffballs Inky caps Chanterelles, trumpets, hedgehogs, and false chanterelles Oyster mushrooms Field and button mushrooms: Agaricus spp., Lepiotas, Lepista (blewits), Marasmius, others Boletes and bolete-like mushrooms Amanitas Honey mushrooms Polypores and polypore-like mushrooms Tooth fungi (lions mane and relatives, hawks wing and relatives) Russulas, milk mushrooms, and lobster mushrooms Tricholomas: matsutake, man-on-horseback, others Coral and club fungi Truffles and false truffles Strange but wonderful parasites: corn smut, cordyceps, and others * Mushrooms: CultivationIntroduction A.
How mushrooms grow B. Cleanliness Spore printing A. What is spore printing? B. Supplies C. How to do a Spore Print D. Preserving the Spore Print Spore syringes A. Supplies 1. Sources 2.
Sizes B. Preparation of equipment C. Creating a slurry 1.Water 2. Spores D. Loading the syringe 1. Its very simple! Making spawn A. Supplies 1.
Complete list of supplies B. Jar preparation 1. Holes 2. Cleaning the jars C. Substrate preparation 1. Substrate recipe 2. Filling the jars 3. Sterilizing substrate Introducing spores to substrate A.
Be clean! 1. Preparation 2. Still box B. Injection 1. Spore syringe injection 2. Incubation Making usable quantities of spawn A. Expanding the Colony 1. Preparing the substrate B.
Bulk substrate 1. Fruiting Mushrooms: Culinary and Preservation Basics and equipment needed Preservation and storage of wild harvested and cultivated mushrooms Preparation techniques.