Foraging for Mushrooms 101

It's that time of year: Spring mushroom foraging. Come learn the basics!
 

This presentation will cover:

* the basic do's and don'ts of mushroom foraging (beginning with morels),

* how to avoid accidental poisoning by a misidentified species, 

* recipes to enjoy with local species, 

* the known health benefits of medicinal mushrooms,

* the ecological role of mushrooms in forest communities 

* some unusual mushrooms in the Wydaho area.

Benj Sinclair is local wildlife guide who has been living in Jackson Hole for the past 36 years. He holds degrees in wildlife ecology and zoology, and though he has been a life long naturalist, he only became seriously interested in mushrooms in 2023. He enjoys raising community awareness about wild mushrooms through public presentations and with the Facebook group he founded in 2023 called Teton Fungiphiles.