TALKS & WORKSHOPS WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEVERAL PARK LOCATIONS!
SPEAKER PAVILION - SATURDAY, OCT 12, 2918
9 :00 a.m. OPENING REMARKS / SAM LANDES / Mushroom Club of Georgia
9:30 a.m. EVOLVING CLIMATE OF LEGALIZING MAGIC MUSHROOMS
Mark Haberstroh , AL Mushroom Society
10:00 a.m. HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS / ALAN ROCKEFELLER
SURPRISE SPEAKER to be announced.
1:00 p.m. MUSHROOMS OF THE SOUTHEAST / Anthoni Goodman /
Alabama Mushroom Society
2:00 p.m. MUSHROOM CULTIVATION/ Allan Carroll, owner Fungi Farm
3:00 p.m. MYCOREMEDIATION Christian Killebrew-Marr
4:00 p.m MUSHROOM GROWING / Pat Hill, President of the Florida
Mushroom Festival
4:30 p.m. SACRED MUSHROOM RITUALS" BY TOM LANE / Author
5:00 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER (TEAM)
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THE BESSETTES AT THE HISTORIC HEARN INN Required Pre-Registration!
10:00 BEGINNERS WORKSHOP (2 hrs) Dr. ALAN & ARLEEN BESSETTE
1:00 "MUSHROOMS OF GEORGIA" Dr. ALAN & ARLEEN BESSETTE
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ALAN ROCKEFELLER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER Required Pre-Registration!
NOON: MICROSCOPY WORKSHOP
30 minutes talking, then hands-on microscopy workshop on scopes.
DNA SEQUENCING WORKSHOP
1 hour lecture on DNA sequencing and live demo on how to process
sequences and make phylogenetic trees . DNA sequencing can take
a long time, depending on how many samples:
- 2 hours for DNA extraction,
- 2 hours to run the PCR,
- 1 hour for electrophoresis
FYI: Both classes will run consecutively with the assistance of other mycologists and while waiting for DNA sequencing results.
ONGOING EVENTS See schedules posted at each pavilion.
THROUGHOUT SATURDAY:
Mushroom growers will offer log inoculation, cultivation and growing workshops throughout the day.
- Our growers and artisans will offer a variety of inoculated logs, fresh, dried, wild and farm-grown mushrooms, as well as medicinal tinctures. salves, soaps and other surprises FOR SALE.
PS: The beautiful picture of a chicken of the woods mushroom was photographed by Brian Hale of the Mushroom Hunters of North Georgia group in Dahlonega, GA
8 a.m. - 10 a.m. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST IN THE PARK
Hosted by Nancy Fricks from the Cave Spring Activities Committee.PINHOTI
9:30 a.m. DEPARTURE TO THE PINHOTI TRAIL HEAD
ID TABLE: After returning to the park with our mushroom finds, we will let the experts help with identification using the HIBBIT FUNGAL TREE OF LIFE.
NOON to 4:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. Tom Lane / Author of "Sacred Mushroom Rituals"
2: 00 p.m. ALAN ROCKEFELLER / PSILOCYYBIN
3:00 p.m. Not scheduled yet.
4: 00 p.m. Not scheduled yet.