Class & Workshop Schedule
Listed below are the workshops being offered at camp this year, some of which require pre-registration.
It probably goes without saying, but please remember that classes and workshops are only open to registered campers.
Pre-registration
Some classes have limited space, and require pre-registration on a "first come, first served" basis. If you are interested in participating in any of these classes, be sure to first register for SOMA Camp, and then click the appropriate link to register for the class!
Schedule
PLEASE NOTE: We will email the full schedule with exact times, locations, and instructors to registered campers before camp begins.
| Class/Workshop | Time | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mushroom Foray - Lake George (CYO) | TBA | Don Bryant | |
| Mushroom Foray - Parking Lot trail (CYO) | TBA | Ken Litchfield | |
| Mushroom Foray - Truffle Hunt (CYO) | TBA | Darvin DeShazer | |
| Mushroom Foray - Beginner's Foray (CYO) | TBA | Bill Wolpert | |
| California: Bay Area/Sierra Fungi | TBA | Dimitar Bojantchev | |
| A year of foraging for edible and medicinal mushrooms on the Mendocino Coast | TBA | Ryane Snow | |
| Cooking Demo: Into the Forest- Mushroom Mu Shu & New Wave Tamale | TBA | Elissa Rubin-Mahon | |
| Introduction to the Kingdom of Fungi | TBA | J.R. Blair | |
| Gasteromycetes (Intermediate) | TBA | Stephanie Jarvis | |
| Mushroom Nutrition | TBA | Christopher Hobbs | |
| Fungimental Mycophagy | TBA | David Campbell | |
| Introduction to Mushrooms: What They Are and What They Do | TBA | Else Vellinga | |
| Cooking Demo: Mycochef's Secret Ingredient: Porcini Powder | TBA | Patrick Hamilton | |
| Learning to Use the Key (from Mushrooms Demystified) | TBA | J.R. Blair | |
| The Importance of Fungus in Our Lives | TBA | Damon Bowen | |
| Mushroom Cultivation | 9:15am-5:15pm | Benjamin Schmid | CLASS FULL |
| Intro to Mushroom Dyes | 1:00pm-5:00pm | Tina Wistrom | CLASS FULL |
| Saturday Evening |
|---|
| General welcome, staff introductions, forays prep & sign-up |
| Gourmet soup and salad from the SOMA Culinary Group with dessert by Sunali |
| Featured speaker: "Fungal-tree symbioses: The making, breaking, and just hanging out with trees by fungi" - Dr. Tom Bruns |
| Class/Workshop | Time | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mushroom Foray - Tomales Bay State Park | TBA | Ryane Snow | |
| Mushroom Foray - Salt Point State Park | TBA | Stephanie Jarvis, Tom Volk, Norm Andresen | |
| Mushroom Foray - Point Reyes National Seashore | TBA | Tom Bruns | |
| Mushroom Foray - Westminster Woods | TBA | J.R Blair | |
| Mushroom Foray - CYO Grounds - Focusing on Medicinals | TBA | Christopher Hobbs | |
| Mushroom Foray - CYO Hinterlands | TBA | Ken Litchfield | |
| Branching Out: Trees | TBA | TBA | |
| Mushroom Photography | TBA | Mike Wood | |
| Mushrooms Under the Microscope | TBA | Dimitar Bojantchev | |
| How to Identify California Agaricus | TBA | Fred Stevens | |
| Open Conversation on Commercial Mushrooming | TBA | Connie Green | |
| Capturing the Medicinal Qualities of Mushrooms | TBA | Christopher Hobbs | |
| Mushroom Illustration | TBA | Josef Sorensen | Pre-register |
| Collecting for Useful Purposes | TBA | Ken Litchfield | |
| Foray Fruits Cooking & Tasting | TBA | David Campbell | |
| Brown Spored Genera - An Overview | TBA | Else Vellinga | |
| Oyster Mushroom Kit Making | TBA | Benjamin Schmid | |
| Cooking Demo: Forest and Farm-Nettle soup & Roasted Sugar Pie pumpkin | TBA | Elissa Rubin-Mahon | |
| Polypore Papermaking | 9:15am-5:00pm | Catherine Wesley | Pre-register |
| Intermediate Mushroom Dyes | 9:00am-12:00pm | Dorothy Beebee | CLASS FULL |
| Advanced Dyes - Open Studio | 1:00pm-4:30pm | Dorothy Beebee | CLASS FULL |
| Introduction to Felting | 9:00am-12:00pm | Marilyn Buss | CLASS FULL |
| Felting - Open Studio | 1:00pm-4:30pm | Marilyn Buss | Pre-register |
| Coiled Basketry with Mushroom Dyed Yarns (New class!) | 1:00pm-4:30pm | Gayle Still | CLASS FULL |
| Sunday Evening |
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| Wine and socializing |
| Dinner by the SOMA Culinary Group with Mycochef Patrick Hamilton Menu |
| Evening Presentation by Featured Speaker - Dr. Tom Volk |
| Class/Workshop | Time | Instructor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fungi Farmaceuticals | TBA | Terri Jensen and Karen Aguilar | |
| Systematics of Mushrooms - How it Works | TBA | Else Vellinga | |
| Singing Trees Demonstration | TBA | Bruce Hauschidlt | |
| Specimen Table Discussion | TBA | Tom Volk, Tom Bruns, Darvin DeShazer, Mike Wood & co | |
| Shiitake Log Inoculation Workshop | 10:00am-12:00pm | Benjamin Schmid | CLASS FULL |
Schedule last updated January 14, 2010
For more info on the fiber arts classes from 2009, visit Mushrooms for Color.
More Info
For more general camp info, email the SOMA Camp Director