| Friday Main Hall Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Manager |
| 11:00am-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
Friday Arrivals - Check in to SOMA Camp after 11:00am |
Melissa Jaffray |
| 11:00am-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
Silent Auction - Drop Off starts at 11:00am |
Rachel Zierdt |
| 11:00am-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
SOMA Bookstore T-Shirts, Signed Books, and Hand-Made Crafts! |
Staff |
| 2:00pm-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
Mushroom Identification Tables |
George Riner & Mikhael Selk |
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| Friday Forays |
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| Time |
Starting Point |
Title/Location |
Foray Leader |
| 11:00am-2:00pm |
Meet at Foray Location |
On-The-Way-to-Camp Foray at Pt. Reyes National Park |
Staff & Mikhael Selk |
| 11:00am-2:00pm |
Meet at Foray Location |
Sonoma Foray on Friday before Camp! |
Dr. Gordon Walker |
| 1:30pm-4:30pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
CYO Grounds Foray |
David Healy |
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| Friday Classes |
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| Time |
Location |
Class/Workshop |
Presenter |
| 12:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Knitting with Assigned Pooling: An Amanita Muscaria Shawl |
Melanie Perkins |
| 12:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Front |
Botanical Printing with Plants and Lichen |
Mayumi Fujio |
| 4:00pm-5:30pm |
Main Hall - Cooking Demo |
12 Ways to Preserve Chanterelles |
Trent & Kristen Blizzard |
| 4:00pm-5:30pm |
Amanita |
Fungal Range Maps |
Thea Chesney |
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| Friday Evening Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Presenter |
| 5:30pm-7:30pm |
Main Hall |
Wine, Beer, and Convivial Hobnobbing |
Staff |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm |
Main Hall |
Friday Mushroom Pizza & Salad Dinner |
Jennifer Levine |
| 7:30pm-8:30pm |
Main Hall |
Friday Keynote: Fungi Through Time, by Dr. Cat Adams |
Cat Adams |
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| Saturday January 18, 2025 |
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| Saturday Main Hall Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Manager |
| 7:30am-8:30am |
Main Hall |
Muffins, Fruit, and Coffee |
Staff |
| 8:00am-11:00am |
Main Hall |
Saturday Check-in to SOMA Camp |
Staff & Melanie Perkins |
| 8:30am-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
SOMA Bookstore T-Shirts, Signed Books, and Hand-Made Crafts! |
Staff |
| 9:00am-5:00pm |
Main Hall |
Silent Auction - Highest bidder wins at 5pm! |
Rachel Zierdt |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm |
Main Hall |
Lunch - Self service by CYO |
CYO Services |
| 1:00pm-5:00pm |
Main Hall |
DNA Lab - Open for drop-in questions and observation |
Harte Singer |
| 2:00pm-6:00pm |
Spore-Zone Tent |
Mushroom Identification Tables |
George Riner & Mikhael Selk |
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| Saturday Forays |
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| Time |
Meeting Point |
Title/Location |
Foray Leader |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Foray for Mushrooms to Create Pigments |
Ang Pohle |
| 9:30am-12:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
CYO Grounds Foray for Dye Fungi |
Else Vellinga & Mike McCurdy |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
On-Site Truffle Foray |
Darvin DeShazer |
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| Saturday Classes |
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| Time |
Location |
Class/Workshop |
Presenter |
| 8:30am-9:00am |
Boletus |
ORIENTATION (optional) |
Staff |
| 9:00am-10:30am |
Amanita |
Medicinal Mushrooms |
Trent (and Kristen) Blizzard |
| 9:00am-10:30am |
Boletus |
Best Mushrooms for Beginners |
Autumn Summers |
| 9:00am-11:00am |
Chanterelle |
An Introduction to Mushroom Identification |
Jon Sommer |
| 9:00am-10:30am |
Dentinum |
Ecology of the Invasive Death Cap in California |
Cecelia Stokes |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Front |
Paper Making with Fungi |
Marilyn Hornor |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Kumihimo braiding |
Gayle Still |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Mushroom Henna |
Sidnee Ober-Singleton |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Art Shack |
Magic Mushroom Lamps |
Melissa Jaffray |
| 10:00am-11:30am |
Main Hall - Cooking Demo |
Forage to Fork: A Mycellium to Cap Culinary Journey |
Rebecca Peizer |
| 10:30am-12:00am |
Amanita |
Choice Edible Mushrooms of California's North Coast |
Daniel Winkler |
| 10:30am-12:00am |
Boletus |
The Fractal Nature of Us |
Zachary Williams-Hunter |
| 11:00am-12:00am |
Chanterelle |
Edible Mushrooms and Lookalikes |
Autumn Summers & Carrie Staller |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm |
Amanita |
Mushrooms and Mother Nature: Timing and Tuning In |
Jill Nussinow |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm |
Boletus |
Mushrooms of Sonoma County |
David Healy |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm |
Chanterelle |
East Bay Fungal Genomics project |
Mario Gabiati & Cole Pruitt |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Small Weavings with Mushroom Dyed Fiber |
Liz Duckworth |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Molding (and casting) Mushies |
Meredith Scheff-King |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Front |
Mushrooms To Dye For |
Wilder Herbertson |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Art Shack |
How To Draw A Mushroom with Chris Adams |
Christopher Adams |
| 1:30pm-3:00pm |
Main Hall - Cooking Demo |
Mushroom Miso Fermentation Class |
Eleana Hsu and Kevin Gondo |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm |
Amanita |
Mushrooms for Body, Mind and Spirit |
Jill Nussinow |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm |
Chanterelle |
Understanding the Genes of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi |
Brittany Long |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm |
Boletus |
Shitake Cultivation and History |
Paul Lagreze |
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| Saturday Evening Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Presenter |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Main Hall |
Microscopy Drop-In Lab |
Peter Werner & Acorn Steed |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
Wine, Cheese, and Convivial Hobnobbing |
Staff |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm |
Spore-Zone Tent |
Music in the Tent! |
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| 5:00pm-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
Silent Auction - Tables Close every 10 minutes |
Rachel Zierdt |
| 6:00pm-7:20pm |
Main Hall |
Dinner Extravaganza! |
Jennifer Levine |
| 7:30pm-9:00pm |
Main Hall |
Saturday Keynote - Maria Pinto |
Maria Pinto |
| 9:00pm-10:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
UV Light Foray on CYO Grounds |
Staff |
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| Sunday January 19, 2025 |
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| Sunday Main Hall Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Manager |
| 7:00am-8:30am |
Main Hall |
CYO Breakfast Service |
CYO Services |
| 8:30am-10:00am |
Main Hall |
Pack your Lunch (NO LUNCH SERVED AT NOON) |
CYO Services |
| 8:30am-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
SOMA Bookstore T-Shirts, Signed Books, and Hand-Made Crafts! |
Staff |
| 12:00pm-4:00pm |
Main Hall |
DNA Lab - Open for drop-in questions and observation |
Harte Singer |
| 2:00pm-6:00pm |
Spore-Zone Tent |
Mushroom Identification Tables |
George Riner & Mikhael Selk |
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| Sunday Forays |
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| Time |
Meeting Point |
Title/Location |
Foray Leader |
| 8:45am-3:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
SPSP II: Upper Stump Beach (Limit 20) |
Aaron Miller & Michael Miller |
| 9:00am-3:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
SPSP I: Woodside - Central Trail |
Mike McCurdy & Carrie Staller |
| 9:00am-12:00am |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Sweat the small stuff! |
Damon Tighe |
| 9:15am-2:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Bohemia Preserve (Limit 25) |
Staff & Jessica Holloway |
| 9:30am-3:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Westminster Woods |
David Salomon |
| 11:00am-3:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Tour a truffle orchard! |
Stephanie Jarvis |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Art in the Field: Foray & Drawing Workshop with Chris Adams |
Christopher Adams |
| 1:00pm-3:30pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
Moonfruit Mushroom Farm Tour |
Ryath Beauchene |
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| Sunday Classes |
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| Time |
Location |
Class/Workshop |
Presenter |
| 9:00am-10:30am |
Amanita |
Medicinal Mushrooms: From Ancient Remedies to Modern Science |
Alexander Sherman |
| 9:00am-10:30am |
Boletus |
Truffles: Nature’s Nuggets of Gold |
Stephanie Jarvis |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Chanterelle |
Follow-up Class to Make Pigments from Mushrooms Gathered on the Saturday Foray |
Ang Pohle |
| 9:00am-3:00pm |
Dentinum |
Microscopy for Mycology |
Mike Wood & Brian Perry |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Main Hall |
Beginning Needle Felting |
Judy Christensen |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Mushroom Cyanotypes (SunPrints) |
Karen Rusiniak |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Weave Yorkshire Buttons with Mushroom Dyed Yarn |
Melanie Perkins |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Front |
Dying wool samples with lichens |
Janet Heppler |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Art Shack |
Sketchbook Mushroom Watercolor Journaling |
Sharon Eisley |
| 10:30am-12:30pm |
Amanita |
Intro to Cultivation: Hands-on Workshop on Establishing and Maintaining Fungal Cultures |
Scott McKeown & Alex Pruessner |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm |
Chanterelle |
Identifying Mushrooms for Natural Dyeing: A Beginner’s Guide to Local Fungi and Preparation Techniques |
Toni Sardelis |
| 1:00pm-3:30pm |
Amanita |
Applied Cultivation: Myco-Technologies and Commercial Innovations |
Alexander Sherman |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Front |
Using mushrooms to dye both wool yarn and silk samples |
Janet Heppler |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Air dry clay mushrooms |
Elizabeth Vermillion |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Rear |
Drawing techniques to make your mushrooms realistic and identifiable |
Holly Bazeley |
| 1:00pm-4:00pm |
Art Shack |
Linoleum block printing on cards and tea towels |
Kathy Yerich & Kristen Blizzard |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm |
Boletus |
iNaturalist Deep Dive - Observations, Projects, and Data Mining |
Damon Tighe |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm |
Chanterelle |
Establishing the First Fungarium at College of the Redwoods |
Toni Sardelis |
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| Sunday Evening Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Presenter |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm |
Main Hall |
Mycroscopy Drop-In Lab |
Janai Southworth |
| 3:30pm-4:30pm |
Main Hall - Cooking Demo |
Wild Mushroom Tastings - 4 Stations |
Dr. Gordon Walker & Julie Schreiber |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
Wine, Beer, and Convivial Hobnobbing |
Staff |
| 5:30pm-6:00pm |
Main Hall |
FASHION SHOW!! - Bring your mushroom outfit and get dressed up! |
Stephanie Jarvis |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm |
Main Hall |
Dinner Extravaganza! |
Daniel Kedan |
| 8:00pm-9:00pm |
Main Hall |
Movie Night! |
Dr. Gordon Walker |
| 9:00pm-10:00pm |
Front Doors of Main Hall |
UV Light Foray on CYO Grounds |
Staff |
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| Monday January 20, 2025 |
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| Monday Main Hall Activities |
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| Time |
Location |
Activity |
Manager |
| 7:00am-8:30am |
Main Hall |
CYO Breakfast Service |
CYO Services |
| 8:00am-11:00am |
Main Hall |
SOMA Bookstore Closes at 11am |
Staff |
| 8:30am-10:00am |
Main Hall |
"Try it and See" - Hosted by Dorothy Beebee and her Family |
Dorothy Beebee & Myra Beebee |
| 12:00pm-1:00pm |
Main Hall |
Lunch - Self service by CYO |
CYO Services |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm |
Main Hall |
Cabin Cleanup & Camp Takedown |
Staff |
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| Monday Classes |
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| Time |
Location |
Class/Workshop |
Presenter |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Harriman Hall-Front |
Ink & Paint: History and Precipitation of Pigment from Mushrooms |
Meredith Scheff-King |
| 9:00am-12:00pm |
Art Shack |
Illustration as Meditation |
Renee Baumann |
| 10:00am-11:00am |
Amanita |
Lessons from Mexico |
Zachary Williams-Hunter |
| 10:00am-11:00am |
Boletus |
Fungimental Mycophagy--A sophisticated look at the basics of eating wild mushrooms |
David Campbell |
| 10:00am-11:00am |
Chanterelle |
Best of Mushroaming |
Daniel Winkler |
| 11:00am-12:00pm |
Spore-Zone Tent |
Specimen Table Discussion - All are Welcome to Participate in Discussion |
George Riner & Mikhael Selk |
| 1:30pm-3:30pm |
Mycopia Gourmet Mushrooms |
Tour of Mycopia Mushrooms in Sebastopol |
Justin Reyes |
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