Cryptogamic Microscopy Weekend Workshop with Kerri McCabe
Fri, Feb 23
|Ozark Natural Science Center
Cryptogam means “hidden seed” and these organisms span the Protista, Plantae, and Fungi kingdoms. Join guest expert Kerri McCabe to discover different types of cryptogams by using stereoscopes and compound microscopes.
Time & Location
Feb 23, 2024, 5:00 PM – Feb 25, 2024, 3:00 PM
Ozark Natural Science Center, 1905 Madison 1305, Huntsville, AR 72740, USA
About the Event
This is a unique opportunity to dive deeply into the microscopic world of fungi and cryptogams. Join us for 3 days with expert Kerri McCabe. Through guided hikes and lessons, Kerri will teach you techniques for identifying mushrooms. Meals are included, with optional lodging in one of our lodges or campsites.
Description:
Cryptogam means “hidden seed” and these organisms span the Protista, Plantae, and Fungi kingdoms. In this workshop, we’ll discover different types of cryptogams by using stereoscopes and compound scopes. Cryptogams are most vibrant during cool, wet winter months, and this is a great opportunity to look for them and learn more about them. These delightful organisms include slime molds, algae, lichens, mosses, liverworts, ferns, and fungi. We’ll learn the basic shapes (morphology) and structures of each group, and we’ll try to find these various shapes and structures using the stereoscopes. After we have looked at the groups on…
Tickets
Workshop ticket + meals
Includes all activities, presentations and field trips + meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch.
$100.00
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Includes all activities, presentations and field trips + meals from Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. For participants 12-17 years old.
$75.00
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Fri and Sat nights in a room in one of ONSC's Lodges, including 3 bunk beds. Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities
$130.00
Sale ended2 nights in lodge- 2 bunk beds
2 nights in a room in one of ONSC's Lodges, including 2 bunk beds. Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities
$120.00
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2 nights in a room in one of ONSC's Lodges, including a single bed. Each room has an attached private bathroom with shower. There is a shared entryway and living room for all of the rooms. View photos of our lodges at https://www.onsc.us/facilities
$110.00
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Includes the glampsite ("glamour camping") for 2 nights at ONSC's campground - large canvas tent, queen bed with screen, personal outhouse, cooking station, solar lights, sunshower. This site sleeps up to 2 people. No running water, but water and restrooms are available on the main ONSC campus.
$60.00
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Includes 2 nights at a camp site at ONSC's platform tent sites. Each site can sleep up to 3 tents. Outhouse available, but no running water (water and restrooms are available on ONSC's main campus).
$30.00
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