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Five Wild Mushrooms of Summer

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Five Wild Mushrooms of Summer

These are some common mushrooms that I find in the woods in the heat of the summer. I wanted to highlight a lot of the ones that are pictured and also that I commonly see that can be easily identifiable.

Join me for a fall forage walk on 10/11 at 2pm co-hosted with Amy of the CT Foraging Club where will identify some of these mushrooms and lots of wild plants too! 

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Learn how to grow your own mushroom logs at home

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Learn how to grow your own mushroom logs at home

Mushroom Growing Workshop 
7/7 at 6pm
For just $25, you’ll learn the fundamentals of mushroom cultivation and create your own take-home growing kit featuring Shiitake, Lion's Mane, or Oyster mushrooms.

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Join our Spring Forage Walk this Sunday 4/19 at 2 pm

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Join our Spring Forage Walk this Sunday 4/19 at 2 pm

Join me this Sunday at 2pm for a spring forage walk in my backyard! We will start by practicing some qigong and then tour the yard and surrounding woods to identify plants and mushrooms. This class is co-hosted with Amy of the CT foraging club.

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Fall Foraging in Connecticut: Lion’s Mane Mushroom-Bear’s Head Tooth

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Fall Foraging in Connecticut: Lion’s Mane Mushroom-Bear’s Head Tooth

I have used this mushroom with many of my patients with neurological issues. I have seen lots of great results from using lion'‘s mane with them. I love being able to forage for it in the wild and use it in my herbal tinctures.

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Foraging for Maitake (Hen of the Woods) in Autumn

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Foraging for Maitake (Hen of the Woods) in Autumn

We will be searching for these and other wild mushrooms of fall in my upcoming forage walk at Shadle farm on 10/12. Sign up through Eventbrite for this special collaboration at SHADLE FARM in DURHAM, CT

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