Denman Island Mushroom Festival!
Friday and Saturday October 3 & 4 2014
The Denman Conservancy Association’s first Mushroom Festival kicks off on the evening of Friday October 3rd with an entertaining talk and slide show by renowned biologist, author and musician Andy MacKinnon. Andy is co-author of The Plants of Coastal British Columbia along with Jim Pojar. The focus of the event is to learn about the amazing fungi of our island and to know which ones we can eat and which ones to avoid! We are fortunate to have one of B.C.’s leading mycologists to guide us.
The Friday evening talk will be followed by a Saturday morning walk to find some of those fabulous fungi. By then the mushrooms will be popping up in their special, secret places. We will meet at the Old School at 10am and car pool to find them.
Last year Denman Island experienced a mushroom bonanza of legendary proportions. Will history repeat itself this fall? It’s tough waiting to find out!
photo: Gomphus floccosus, wooly chanterelle,
