UPCOMING EVENTS
APRIL 30
JUNE 28
AUGUST 26
“Psychedelic Mushrooms”
New York Botanical Gardens
Adult Education
ONLINE CLASS
Registered students will receive login instructions
6 – 8 pm
10:30 – 12:30 on 8/26
Discover the power, the allure, and the science of psychedelic mushrooms. Food journalist and former president of the New York Mycological Society, Eugenia Bone, author of Mycophilia, will discuss the biology of these potent fungi, their cultural history, and contemporary use and regulation in the U.S., as well as the efforts underway to decriminalize and utilize them in therapeutic practice.
APRIL 29
JULY 31
“The Kitchen Mycologist”
New York Botanical Gardens
Adult Education
ONLINE CLASS
Registered students will receive login instructions
6 – 8 pm
11 – 1 on 7/31
Knowing a little mycology (the study of fungi) can make you a better mushroom cook. This illustrated talk teaches basic mycology through the lens of your kitchen. It explores the intersection of mycology and the selection, storage, preparation, and nutritional value of mushrooms; the way fungi spoils foods and improves foods; the biologic reason why mushrooms taste differently and why some are more expensive than others; and the impact of endophytic fungi and mycorrhizal networks on food crops.
AUGUST 7
“Preserving Mushrooms”
New York Botanical Gardens
Adult Education
ONLINE CLASS
Registered students will receive login instructions
6 – 8 pm
When the Eastern Woodlands erupt with marvelous edible mushrooms, the picking is great. But too often, the harvest succumbs to rot in your kitchen. In this illustrated talk, master canner and author of Mycophilia Eugenia Bone explains the best ways to dry, freeze, pressure can, preserve in oil, and pickle both wild and cultivated mushrooms so you can savor your fungi in any season!
