Mycology Weekend Workshop with Jay Justice, Jay Pitts, and Kerri McCabe

This is a unique opportunity to spend 3 days with mushroom expert Jay Justice. Through guided hikes and lessons, Jay will teach you techniques for identifying mushrooms. Meals are included, and there will be multiple "mycocentric" meals! Stay overnight in one of our lodges or  campsites.

Workshop schedule: 

Friday, June 17, 2022  

4-5PM - Arrive, settle in 

5-6PM - Meet and mingle 

6-7:30PM - Dinner 

7:30-8:30PM - General overview on how to collect mushrooms/fungi, followed by and Q&A session 

8:30-10PM - optional night hike and mushroom hunt with UV light  

Saturday, June 18, 2022  

8-9AM - Breakfast 

9-10AM - Mycology lecture (info on some fungi we might find on the foray) 

10AM-12PM - Mushroom hunting hike 

12-12:30PM - Setting up the collected mushrooms/fungi for spore prints 

12:30-1:30PM - Lunch 

1:30-4PM - Mushroom identification with assistance from Jay and two others 

4-5PM - Free time and/or more mushroom identification 

5-6PM - Mushroom cooking demonstration by Jay Pitts 

6-7:30PM - Mycocentric Dinner 

7:30-8:30PM - Mycology lecture (review of collected fungi plus summer fungi we could have found) 

8:30-10PM - optional UV demonstration on collected specimens  

Sunday, June 19, 2022  

8-9AM - Breakfast 

9AM-11PM - Mushroom hunting hike 

11-12:30PM - Mushroom identification of recently found mushrooms/fungi 

12:30-1:30PM - Lunch 

1:30-2PM - Wrap up and departure

About the Instructor:

Jay Justice became enthralled with mushrooms and fungi while pursuing a graduate degree many years ago. After completing his graduate degree, Jay joined the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) in 1980. In 1982, he was instrumental in forming the Arkansas Mycological Society and participated in his first NAMA foray in 1985. He has been a prominent member of NAMA, and a well-known mycologist in the decades since. In 2011, Justice was the recipient of the Gary Lincoff Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology, an award that is given each year by NAMA to recognize service performed by selected amateur or professional mycologists. He has co-authored several research papers in mycological journals. Jay continues to serve as a lecturer and mushroom foray leader for mycological societies and mushroom clubs, particularly in the Southeast. He has recently co-authored the book Amanitas in North America, which was published in June of 2020.

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