Oyster mushrooms are some of the quickest, easiest and most satisfying mushrooms to grow – and they aren’t picky eaters! In this hands-on workshop we will grow them on one or more types of agricultural or urban waste products, creating delicious, nutrient-dense food-medicine. Each participant will make their own fruiting kit to take home, capable of producing at least two flushes of mushrooms. Participants will learn the life cycle, medicinal properties, identifying features and natural habitat of oyster mushrooms, and how to care for their mushroom kit, ensuring continued harvests. There will be an explanation of how the spawn was made, to give a more complete picture of the cultivation process. The workshop will conclude with a tasting of sautéed oyster mushrooms. Info and Registration: https://italianculturalcentre.ca/blog/events/growing-oyster-mushrooms-on-upcycled-materials/

The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (located in Bamfield, British Columbia and owned by UVIC, UBC, SFU, UAlberta, and UCalgary) is proud to offer a new course: Field Mycology this summer from August 13 - 31, 2018. The course will be taught by Dr. John Klironomos (UBC Okanagan) Scholarships are available to undergraduate students who apply by March 1, 2018. More information including a course description and prerequisite information: http://www.bamfieldmsc.com/education/prospective-students/courses/detail/field-mycology Information on how to apply: http://www.bamfieldmsc.com/education/prospective-students/how-to-apply Please call or email Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre with any questions.

This workshop is one of a series, as part of Walking the Mycelial Web. Walking the Mycelial Web is a series of artistic activities inspired by ecology and fungal life, taking place primarily outdoors in three parks of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighborhood, presented by Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac in collaboration with the Collingwood Neighborhood House. Throughout 2021, community members of all ages, cultures will be invited to learn about the fungal biodiversity that exists within their neighborhood and honor fungi through collective, place-based, experiential activities, walks, and art workshops, building healthy and sustainable connections with each other and with nature through art. For more info: walkingthemycelialweb.org

VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org

VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org

VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org

This workshop is one of a series, as part of Walking the Mycelial Web. Walking the Mycelial Web is a series of artistic activities inspired by ecology and fungal life, taking place primarily outdoors in three parks of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighborhood, presented by Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac in collaboration with the Collingwood Neighborhood House. Throughout 2021, community members of all ages, cultures will be invited to learn about the fungal biodiversity that exists within their neighborhood and honor fungi through collective, place-based, experiential activities, walks, and art workshops, building healthy and sustainable connections with each other and with nature through art. For more info: walkingthemycelialweb.org

VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org

VMS members WIlloughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac are pleased to announce that their Art & Fungi Project at Kitsilano Community Centre will continue for a second year. This free workshop is part of that series. More info and registration at artandfungi.org

This workshop is one of a series, as part of Walking the Mycelial Web. Walking the Mycelial Web is a series of artistic activities inspired by ecology and fungal life, taking place primarily outdoors in three parks of the Renfrew-Collingwood neighborhood, presented by Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac in collaboration with the Collingwood Neighborhood House. Throughout 2021, community members of all ages, cultures will be invited to learn about the fungal biodiversity that exists within their neighborhood and honor fungi through collective, place-based, experiential activities, walks, and art workshops, building healthy and sustainable connections with each other and with nature through art. For more info: walkingthemycelialweb.org