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You’re invited to join Chef Robin Kort on a virtual mushroom foraging trip. Learn how to safely identify 25 different wild mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest. Learn how to ID, when and where to find culinary mushrooms like chanterelles and one of the most expensive mushrooms on the globe, the prized matsutake.
What you will learn:
Chef Robin Kort’s reveals her secrets to safely finding and identifying wild mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest
If you’ve ever wondered how, when and where to hunt for wild mushrooms, this program is made for you. We’ll start with learning about key poisonous mushrooms, and then, culinary mushrooms like chanterelles, porcini and one of the most expensive mushrooms on the globe, the prized matsutake. Learn the trade secrets of commercial mushroom pickers and mycologists in finding 25 important Pacific Northwest fungi through their habitats and seasons. This program is good for beginners and more advanced fungiphiles, we’ll cover the basics and more obscure mushrooms like saffron milk caps and prince mushrooms to name a few. This online program is a fun way to learn some survival skills at home and look forward to the rain.
Feature Fungi:
Porcini, Fat Jacks, Bears tooth, 7 types of Chanterelle, Matsutake (Pine), Milk caps, Inky caps, Cauliflower, Lobster, Shrimp Russula, Puffballs, Hedgehogs, Prince mushroom, Morels, Deadly Amanitas & more
Each section will have a written and short video section outlining identifying features of each fungi with all Chef Robin’s tips on how and where to find them. Come out hunting with her!