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MUSHROOM FESTIVAL


FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

6:00-8:00 pm        Registration and wine and cheese social
                                Mushroom Slide Show

6:30-7:00 pm        Mushroom of the Year, Chris Herrera

7:00-8:00 pm        Why Mushrooms Matter, Dr. Steven Trudell


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

8:00-9:00 am        Registration

9:00-9:30 am        Mycorrhizal Fungi, Symbiotic Relationships
                                Heather Risher, Fungi Perfecti

9:45-10:15am      Introduction to Mushroom Collecting
                                Dr. Steven Trudell

10:30-3:00pm      Field trips to collect mushrooms
                                Leaders: Phyllis, Chris, Cliff, and Tom

3:00 pm                Mushroom Carver, Jeff Coleman

3:10 pm                South Sound Mushroom Club, Tom Keller

3:20-5:30 pm       Mushroom Indentification, Dr. Steven Trudell

5:30-6:00 pm       Growing Mushrooms at Home & Spore Printing
                                Heather Risher, Fungi Perfecti

6:00-7:30 pm        Dinner on own

7:30-8:00 pm        Spore Printing Conclusion, Heather Risher

8:00 pm                 Mushroom Bingo

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

7:30-9:00 am        Mushroom Breakfast Buffet Specials
                                Rossevelt Dinning Room

9:00-9:30 am        Traditonal/ Tribal uses of Mushrooms
                                Loni Ronnenbaum, Fungi Perfecti

9:30-10:15am      Nutritional Benefits of Mushrooms
                                Stephanie Jordan

10:30-11:30am    Mushroom Farming with Joe Cosare
                                Ostrom's Mushroom Farm


11:45-12:15 pm   Cooking with Mushrooms
                                Lake Quinault Lodge Executive Chef Jason Booth

12:15-3:00 pm     Buffet Lunch featuring Mushroom Specials
                                Roosevelt Dining  Room

Festival admission $35 includes speakers, wine and cheese socials, field trip, box lunch for field trip, door prizes, cooking demonstration and buffet lunch on Sunday.
Book signing by Dr. Steven Trudell throughout the weekend.