LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT KEMP STATION
All events will be held at the Connor Forestry Center unless otherwise specified.
Fungi Fest
Friday & Saturday, September 27-28
Whether you are new to the fabulous world of fungi, or have been studying it for years, this event will have something for you!
Event Schedule
Friday
3:00 pm – Demonstration: Cooking with Fungi, with Hunter Le Duc – Registration required, email or 715-358-5667
4:45 pm – Demonstration: Cooking with Fungi, with Hunter Le Duc – Registration required, email or 715-358-5667
6:30 pm – Modern Small Scale Mushroom Cultivation, Andrew Griffin, MicroMyco Growers
Andrew Griffin of MicroMyco, located in Madison WI, will give a short presentation on the history of mushroom cultivation, modern mushroom agriculture, and the future possibilities of mushroom cultivation from a sustainable food production perspective, along with a Q&A.
7:30 pm – Monitoring an Invasive Wood Decay Fungus, Megan Dudenhoeffer, Center for Forest Mycology Research
Megan Dudenhoeffer will discuss the current research projects happening at the Center for Forest Mycology Research including the invasive Golden Oyster Mushroom
Saturday
8:30 am – Registration for Foray
8:45 am – Announcements
9:00 – 11:00 am – Collection on Kemp Station property
11:00 am – 12:15 – lunch break
12:15 – 1:45 pm – Table Talk about foray collection
2:00 – 2:30 pm – Short Movie Screening: “Flora, Fauna, Funga”
Flora, Fauna, Funga follows Chilean mycologist and foundress of the Fungi Foundation, Giuliana Furci, as she searches for new mushrooms in far southern Chile on the main island of Tierra del Fuego. She is joined by biologist and author Merlin Sheldrake, as well as biologist Toby Kiers from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, whose goal is to map the mycorrhizal networks of the world. Together, the three scientists illuminate how fungi underpin every ecosystem on Earth and outline a strategy for greater fungal inclusion in conservation policy.
2:45 – 4:00 pm – Optional breakouts (pick one!):
– Hike: Explore lichens at Kemp with Marie Trest, UW-Madison
– Talk & Walk: “Blister rust: a re-emerging fungal threat to the Northwood’s white pines” followed by an easy short walk to view this lethal disease in Kemp’s woods (weather permitting), with Dr. Glen Stanosz, UW-Madison
– Fungal Microscopy, with Dan Lindner