FUNGI FOR THE PEOPLe

Example Schedule, expect a few shifts in the order due to weather constraints

Tuesday:

10 am

• Hellos, Round of Introductions
• Schedule,  Workbook
• Intro to Fungi:  Identification,  Lifecycle,  Ecology
• Field Ecology Walk

1-2 pm  Lunch
2 pm

• Cultivation Overview
• Mushroom Laboratory 101
• Wild Culturing, starting cultures from our finds

6 pm Finish session

Wednesday:
10 am – Mushroom Lab 201:

• Petri Dish and Grain Spawn Making
• Class Cleanroom Hands-On Sessions: Clone – Agar – Grain Spawn transfers

1-2pm Lunch with Medicinal Mushrooms
2 pm Mushroom Lab 301 Advanced Practices

• Strain Selecting
• Culture Libraries
• Liquid Culturing
• Microscopy

6 pm Finish session

Thursday:
10 am – Bulk Materials

• Sawdust prep and Sterilization Techniques
• Straw prep and Pasteurization Techniques
• Prep of other materials: coffee grounds, brewery grain etc.
• Hot Compost for Mushroom Growing

1-2pm Lunch, with Medicinal Mushrooms
2 pm – Bulk Continued

• Incubation and Scheduling
• Mushroom House design variables
• Materials and Equipment options
• Growth Schedule management
• Harvesting, Storing, Packing

6 pm Finish session

Friday:
10 am -Outdoor Growing

• Mushroom Logs
• Garden Beds
• Mushroom Food Forest Design

MycoRemediation:

• MycoFilters
• Chemicals vs. Heavy Metals
• MycoPesticides
• Anti-Desertification work
• Growing Endomycorrhizae at Home
• Accessing and Assessing Research Publications

1-2pm Lunch

• MycoRemediation Continues
• Design Plan Sharing and Growing Forward

6 pm Finish session
7:30pm Post-Course Hot Spring Adventure!

Saturday:
Wild Mushroom Foray in the Cascade Mountains

9:30 am qi-gong session every morning for 20-30 minutes

Wednesday and Thursday evenings are also available for Open Lab Practice sessions, with staff guidance

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