Christian Schwarz grew up attending SDMYCO meetings right here in San Diego, and this November he’s coming back to take us somewhere much farther from home: Aotearoa, the island nation more commonly known as New Zealand. Aotearoa is young in many ways. In recent geologic history it nearly drowned after splitting off from the Australian continent, and it was the last bit of land on Earth…
Christian Schwarz grew up attending SDMYCO meetings right here in San Diego, and this November he’s coming back to take us somewhere much farther from home: Aotearoa, the island nation more commonly known as New Zealand. Aotearoa is young in many ways. In recent geologic history it nearly drowned after splitting off from the Australian continent, and it was the last bit of land on Earth…
Christian Schwarz grew up attending SDMYCO meetings right here in San Diego, and this November he’s coming back to take us somewhere much farther from home: Aotearoa, the island nation more commonly known as New Zealand. Aotearoa is young in many ways. In recent geologic history it nearly drowned after splitting off from the Australian continent, and it was the last bit of land on Earth…
For anyone who has wondered what edible mushrooms grow in Southern California and how to find them, this one’s for you. Ben Charny is bringing more than four decades of hands-on SoCal foraging experience to SDMYCO for a practical talk on finding edibles in our region. This talk will include: when to go, where to look, what to target, and what to leave behind. Ben Charny has been finding…
SDMYCO is hosting a hands-on cultivation workshop on September 11 with educator Dakota Rambin, covering the full home-growing workflow using practical, low-tech methods that work in any home environment. This class is built for beginners and anyone who’s wanted to try growing at home but wasn’t sure where to start. Dakota walks through the full workflow, from grain spawn and sterile…
Ever wonder where San Diego’s chefs get their chanterelles and oyster mushrooms? We’re going behind the scenes to find out. SDMYCO is teaming up with Specialty Produce for an exclusive tour and tasting. Specialty Produce is a family-owned San Diego company that has been connecting chefs, restaurants, and food lovers with exceptional produce for more than 30 years.
Build your own piece of the forest floor. On Monday, August 3, SDMYCO president Sundari Masters is teaching a hands-on Mushroom Collage Workshop, a dimensional mixed-media class where you’ll layer vintage botanical imagery, preserved moss and fungi, and cut paper into a fungi scene that’s entirely your own. We’ll start with a short look at collage history and what makes a composition…
San Diego Comic Con week just got a little more mycelial. On Thursday July 23rd, we’re welcoming Oliver Bly, the writer and artist behind The Mushroom Knight, for an evening that sits right at the crossroads of mycology, mythology, and sequential art. Oliver Bly is a multi-award winning writer, animator, and comic book artist. His graphic novel series The Mushroom Knight is an…
There are few ingredients that do more in a kitchen than a mushroom, and at our July meeting, chef and fermenter Darren Debergh is going to show us exactly why. This one is a cooking demo, so expect real food, real technique, and a lot of umami. Darren Debergh has spent more than 20 years as a professional chef, and somewhere along the way he traded the line kitchen for the fermentation…