SPEAKERS
Introductions by SAM LANDES, Treasurer of the Mushroom Club of Georgia.
TRADD COTTER
"Mycotopia", Hike Leader & Keynote Speaker
CHRISTIAN KILLBREW-MARR
Mycoremediation
WILLIAM PADILLA-BROWN
"Cordyceps" & Growing Workshop
BILL SHEEHAN
MycoFlora Project
DAVID TATE
"Mushrooms of Southern Appalachia" & "Psilocybin & Psilocybin Mushrooms"
JOSHUA ABSHIRE
"How to Grow Mushrooms at Home" and Growing Workshop
DARRYL PATTON, The Southern Herbalist: "Medicinal Plants" & Hike Leader
JESSE AKOZBEK
"The Art of Nature Photography" & photo tour in the park.
JACOB PULK
Mushroom ID Table
SARAH PRENTICE
Mushroom ID Table
Our Mushroom Market Opens at 9 am.
Mushroom growers and gourmet artisans from our region are selling fresh & dried mushrooms, medicinal tinctures, teas and other goodies.
SPEAKERS & LOCATIONS & ID TABLE
OUR MUSHFEST OCCUPIES THREE PICNIC SHELTERS AROUND THE HISTORIC HEARN INN.
"THE WILDERNESS" - SHELTER # 1
10:00 a.m. Sam Landes of the Mushroom Club of Georgia
10:30 a.m. Bill Sheehan - Citizen Science / MYCOFLORA PROJECT
11:00 a.m. David Tate – Citizen Science and Mushrooms of Southern Appalachia
- Noon - 1:00 / LUNCH BREAK & COOKING COMPETITION
1:00 p.m. William Padilla-Brown – Cordyceps
2:00 p.m. Christian Marr – Mycoremediation & Log Inoculation
3:00 p.m. David Tate – Psilocybin
4:00 p.m. Tradd Cotter Keynote Speaker.
"MUSHROOM MARKET" - SHELTER # 2
Fresh & Dried Mushrooms
Medicinal Tinctures
WORKSHOPS
Workshop #1 - JOSHUR ABSHIRE
Workshop #2 - William Padilla-Brown
"WILD FORAGING" - SHELTER # 3 -
10:00 Darryl Patton – "Talk & Teach" followed by Wild Plants & Herbs ID Walks
11:00 Mona B Folds – Medicinal Tinctures
11:30 Jesse Azkobek – Wild Plants & Herbs Photo Tour
Noon – 1:00 COOKING COMPETITION @ SHELTER # 3
- Chef Shaun Thompson, (Supervisory Chef at the Hyatt Regency, Pittsburg Airport)
- Chef Joshua Abshire, (mushroom grower and private chef from Macon)
- Chef Anne-Marie Bilalla (owner of Bella Vista Farm, Monroe Farmers Market vendor & recent winner of a Pilsbury Contest)
- Chef Nancy Fricks (Nancy is with the Cave Spring Activities Committee and sells hot dogs with a mushroom twist for her organization.
MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION CLINIC
JACOB PULK
Jakob is an respected mycologist and travels the country for his mycological studies and University reserch projects.
SARAH PRENTICE
Sarah is visiting mycologist from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and will share responsibilities for the Mushroom ID Table with Jacob.
DAVID SNOW'S TABLE IN TN
This is an example of a mushroom ID table provided by David Snow from his last foray with his club in TN.
