Lots of mushrooms like the cool evenings of fall, some even wait for a bit of frost before popping up. Depending on the tone of the season some fall mushrooms start showing in late August and can carry on through October some years. Who they are, where you find them is what this workshop is about. Plus, fall mushrooms give us the opportunity to fill our larders and our souls with enough mushroom to last until the morels show up in spring. The Workshop starts out with: August 18, 2026 - 7:30-9:00 Zoom talk - Introduction to the kingdom of fungi and world of mushrooms. August 20, 2026 - 7:30-9:00– Basic mushroom ID and what fall mushrooms you should be searching for. August 23, 2026 - Field session Location TBA in the greater Edmonton area. 12:00 to 2:00. Mushroom foraging. After a short intro on the basics of foraging, we forage. 2:00 to 4:00– Sorting out the finds and looking at identification features, discussing the edible, the poisonous and the medicinal. 4:00 to 4:30 AND BEYOND – Cook and taste of our foraged fall mushrooms.. Location to be announced. Things to bring: Assorted clothing layers for all eventualities, hat, sun screen, bug dope, sturdy boots or shoes (we may hit some wet spots), a good knife in a safe sheath, a loupe or magnifier if you have one, a basket or bucket, mushroom field guides. Any mushrooms you need help identifying? Bring them along! Things to buy on site: Mushroom field guides, Knives, baskets, loupes and other stuff.
