Events Calendar

SOMA Monthly Meeting ONLINE

Speaker: Michael Beug
Topic: Should I have eaten that mushroom?
Open to the public.
When & Where: 6:00pm PST ONLINE Only (not held at Vets building).
Zoom Link: CLICK TO JOIN
Zoom Meeting ID: 881 0697 2557, Passcode: SOMA

Drawing on my over 50 years in the woods hunting mushrooms and over 40 years on the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) Toxicology committee, I describe the common identification mistakes that people have made when out mushrooming. This talk features the most dangerous mushrooms and what happens when you eat a poisonous species. You will also learn what features I look for when seeking my favorite edible mushrooms. I describe how to tell the good ones from the bad ones. My stories are both of the mistakes that people have made leading to poisoning and of the disappointment felt by people when they realize that they have left choice edibles behind.

Wild Mushroom Foray
*** Update 10/6/2021: ***
This event is cancelled due to lack of rain
Ticket are transferred to Nov 20 foray

SOMA Monthly Meeting ONLINE

Presenter: TBD

Open to the public.
When & Where: 6:00pm PST ONLINE Only (not held at Vets building).

Wild Mushroom Foray

Salt Point State Park - Meet at Woodside Day Use area at 9:45am

Please sign up using the EventBrite Registration Link. We try to limit to 60 people or so.
Masks required when gathered at start and end of event. Vaccination required, except for children under 12 (for now).

Wild Mushroom Foray

Salt Point State Park - Meet at Woodside Day Use area at 9:45am

Please sign up using the EventBrite Registration Link. We try to limit to 60 people or so.
Masks required when gathered at start and end of event. Vaccination required, except for children under 12 (for now).

SOMA CAMP 2022
will be held on MLK weekend January 14-17, 2022. 
New!  Friday Pre-Camp  forays and Fiber Arts classes!
Donations for silent auction needed - contact campinfo@somamushrooms.org
SOMA Camp 2022 has a new THEME of "Community Science".

Registration is OPEN now!

Saturday night keynote presentation will be a panel of top-notch mycophiles who are leaders in Community Science: Christian Schwartz, Alan Rockefeller, Damon Tighe, Harte Singer

2022 Presenters (so far):

Paul Stamets - Fantastic Fungi movie, and 6 books on Fungi

Doug Bierend - author In Search of Mycotopia

Langdon Cook - author of 3 books including The Mushroom Hunters

Trent and Kristen Blizzard - Modern Forager, author Wild Mushrooms Cookbook

William Padilla Brown - Mycosymbiotics

Wyatt Bryson - Jewels of the Forest

Gordon Walker - Fascinated By Fungi

Mike Wood - author California Mushrooms

Brian Perry - Microscopy Lab

Zach Mazi - The Food Bender

Else Vellinga & Joanne Schwartz - FunDiS.org

Autumn summers - California School of Herbal Studies

David Campbell - Mycoventures

Chef John Ash - The Good Food Hour

Cat Adams, David Garrett & Ken Litchfield - MSSF

Fiber Arts Presenters: Alisa Allan, Dorothy Beebee, Melanie Perkins, Gayle Still, Tina Wistrom, Marilyn Hornor, Judy Christensen, Sharon Eisley, Marilyn Buss, Liz Hymans, Melissa Jaffray, Cheshire Mayrsohn, Sandra Patton, Sierra Marinos

Shitake Log Workshop, Oyster Bag Workshop

Forays locations:

Sonoma (600 acre private estate)

Salt Point State Park,

Pt. Reyes National Park,

Bohemia Preserve,
Sone Preserve,

Westminster Woods,

Camp 2022 will be twice the fun!!

October 23-24, 2021 in Amboy Washington

Curious about hunting and cooking wild mushrooms? Want to experience the wilder culinary side of the Pacific Northwest?
Myco-Camp is a private outdoor gathering of mushroom fans and nature lovers to explore 21 acres of uncharted Pacific Northwest flora and fungi over a weekend of edible mushroom forays, cooking classes, and expert talks to learn how to bring the forest to your table.