Summer Mushroom Workshop

In Alberta, summer has the greatest variety of mushrooms. It can be quite the challenge to sort out all those tempting mushrooms and confusing look-alikes. We focus on about a dozen edible mushrooms you can safely pick plus teach you to identify a few unexpected ones that we forage along the way.

The Workshop starts out with:

JULY 21, 2025 - 7:30-9:00 Zoom talk - Introduction to the kingdom of fungi and world of mushrooms.

JULY 24, 2025 - 7:30-9:00– Zoom talk - Basic mushroom ID and what SUMMER mushrooms you should be searching for.

JULY 27, 2025  Location TBA in the greater Edmonton area.

12:00 to 2:00. Mushroom foraging. After a short intro on the basics of foraging, we forage.

2:00 to 4:00– Sorting out the finds and looking at identification features, discussing the edible, the poisonous and the medicinal.

4:00 to 4:30 AND BEYOND – Cook and taste of our foraged edible summer mushrooms..

Location to be announced.

Things to bring: Assorted clothing layers for all eventualities, hat, sun screen, bug dope, sturdy boots or shoes (we may hit some wet spots.), a good knife in a safe sheath, a loupe or magnifier if you have one, a basket or bucket, mushroom field guides (Should include Mushrooms of Western Canada). Any mushrooms you need help identifying.

Things to buy on site: Mushrooms of Western Canada, other field guides.

Location: TBA

Things to buy on site: Mushrooms of Western Canada, other field guides.