Stamets

Mushrooms: Wild & Mysterious

Oct 23 - 27, 2013

Presented by: Paul Stamets

• Culinary Arts
• The Natural World
• Training

Save the world, one mushroom at a time. Fungi, particularly mushrooms, offer powerful, practical solutions to enhance both human and ecosystem health. Learn easy-to-grow cultivation methods using a hands-on approach. Gain the skills to identify at least twenty-five species of mushroom, both wild and cultivated. Delve into fungi's historic and contemporary uses as food and medicine. Learn the secrets of cooking and preserving these delectable treats as well as how to process them into fibre. Discuss the evolution of mushrooms in ecosystems and the crucial roles fungi plays in destroying pollutants and up-channelling nutrients for the benefit of other organisms in the biosphere.