November 1-3, 2019
Registration Opens Soon!
$325, includes instruction, lodging, and food
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- Instructors – Instructors include Dr. Michael Bueg, Debbie Viess, Paul Przybylowicz
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- Lodging – Westwind’s rustic cabins, all of which are equipped with heaters, outlets and lights.
- Food – seasonal menu, including locally caught fish, foraged mushrooms, fall vegetables, and other scratch-cooked meals.
Freshly picked Matsutake mushrooms at Westwind
Westwind is located within Oregon’s coastal rain forest, and it is always mushroom season!
Fall at Westwind brings a fantastic flush of edibles, including matsutake, chanterelles, porcinis, chicken of the woods, oysters and lobsters (the mushroom variety!).
Upon foraging at Westwind for a day and finding over 125 species, David Arora called Westwind a “Mushroom Safari.”
Join mycologists, cooks, and aficionados for a weekend of foraging, identification, discussions, and cooking with mushrooms. All levels of experience (or inexperience) welcome.
Activities:
- Field study and collection of notable mushroom species
- Instruction on proper identification
- Discussion of wild collection/crafting with mushrooms
- Cooking and processing of mushrooms; wine pairing
- Talks on mushroom history, other fungus topics, and conservation
Other activities while at Westwind:
- Clamming and crabbing (with a license, we have the gear)
- Kayaking & canoeing in Salmon River estuary
- Hiking
- Tide pooling
Mushroom Camp starts Friday afternoon (after crossing the Salmon River on Westwind ferries) and ends Sunday afternoon.
Email info@westwind.org with questions.
