Mushroom Foraging Workshop

Autumn is near and with it comes meaty and mystical mushrooms. Join Nature's Chef, Tom Kral for a day of ‘mushroom fever’. He will be sharing his skills in safe identification, sustainable gathering, preserving and cooking. Learn the best local edible varieties and medicinal conks. These gifts from nature support our immune system and allow us to connect with the earth, understand how you extract their potent powers. Our workshop will include some samples of fungi delectables including a mushroom tea.
What we'll cover

How to safely identify

Where to find mushrooms

Understanding mushroom families

Reading forest ecology

Preserving methods

Preparing mushrooms so they are delicious

Medicinal mushrooms

Medicine extracting

When: Oct 15, 2025

Time: 3-6 pm.

Where: Seaparc Bike Park

Cost: $84 + GST

Bring water, tea, snacks or a meal if you feel you need more for our time. Dress for the weather, we are outside. Bring a note pad.

Please note: This is a introduction to wild mushroom foraging, we will not be harvesting mushrooms with our time, but fresh specimens will be brought to view, and potentially find some fungi in the field that we are at. As well Tom will be sharing his favourite recipes with you and how to introduce them to your kitchen.

Content is focused for the Pacific Northwest but some can relate to anywhere in the northern hemisphere. *Foraged snacks offered in the workshop.

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