Special
Classes, Services,
and Presentations
The following offerings are available
to individuals, clubs, groups of friends, nature organizations, schools,
and other organized groups. Please
contact
W.A.M.for details.
1. Free Mushroom Identification Service:
There's two options to discuss your mystery specimen, those being either
a phone discussion,
or an e-mail. If you can e-mail a couple photos (not too many!) of
the mushroom in
question, that's the best approach. Call Charmoon at 707-829-2063 or
send
an e-mail.
2. Private Club or Group Foray:
WAM's
Foray Director David Campbell
will take your friends or club on a fun and informative mushroom hunt.
$90/hour, minimum of 2 hours (plus possible out-of-area travel expense).
Post-foray cook-out by arrangement.
3. Personal Land Tours:
Learn
about the edible, poisonous, and useful mushrooms that grow on your own
land with a
private guided tour from WAM's
Foray Director David Campbell.
$90/hour for up to 6 people.
4. Group or Club Slide Show Program:
A
wide ranging, two hour presentation that includes an introductory talk,
artful & interesting
displays, and a one hour slide show. $200. Shorter & longer presentations
available.
5. Mushroom Identification Class:
Learn
the basics needed to begin to identify wild mushrooms. Includes terminology,
techniques,
spore prints, using ID keys, specimen displays, and much more. 3
hours. $25/person, minimum
6 students.
6. Mushroom Cooking Class:
Join
with Charmoon for an information-packed two or three hours of cooking demonstrations
&
tastings of wild and exotic mushroom dishes. Includes recipes, and tips
on mushroom cooking,
storing, preserving, & more. Two or three hours. $15/person per hour,
minimum 5 students.
7. Mushroom Cultivation Workshop:
Learn
how to grow gourmet & medicinal mushrooms at home or in your garden.
Includes
lecture, demonstrations, making oyster mushroom kits to take home, much
more. Outdoors, for
groups or classes. Inquire
for details.$500 minimum.
Additional classes & workshops are available on
mushroom dyeing, paper making, medicine making, and soap making.
Inquire
for details.
Mushrooms To You!
Delicious,
original wild & exotic mushroom appetizers, entrees, and/or multi-coursed
meals paired with wines,
prepared for
your dinner or special event. Fees vary. Inquire
for details.
W.A.M.Professional Services:
The Wild About MushroomsCo.
offers a variety of custom-created, professional mushroom culinary services
and events
to restaurants, wineries, &
culinary schools. Offerings including mushroom theme dinners, wine tasting
accompaniments,
wine pairing consultations, wild
mushroom cooking classes & cooking demonstrations, and more. If you
would like to
know more about how you can incorporate
wild & exotic mushrooms into an upcoming special event, please
send
an e-mail,or give Charmoon a call at 707-829-2063.
Note: There may be an additional
fee charged for travel expenses,
for events outside of Sonoma County.
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