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From 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
The program shows the diversity of macro fungi colors and forms. Distinctive edible, deadly and other toxic species will be covered. Hallucinogenic, bioluminescent, medicinal, and insectivorous species will be shown. Saprobic, parasitic, and symbiotic species will be discussed. Participants may bring mushrooms for identification.
Walt Sturgeon is a field mycologist with over 40 years of experience studying and identifying mushrooms. His photos of mushroom and fungi, some award-winning, can be seen in numerous mushroom field guide publications, three of which he co-authored: Waxcap Mushrooms of Eastern North America, University of Syracuse Press, 2012; Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and the Midwestern States, Ohio State University, 2013., and Mushrooms of the Northeast, Adventure-Keen Press. He has also written Appalachian Mushrooms, Ohio University Press, 2018, He was a Contributing Author to the Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee Press.