30 Sir Francis Drake Ave.
Ross, CA, California 94957

On Saturday, January 27th from 9am-1pm, the Marin Art and Garden Center will host “Marin Mushroom Mania” co-sponsored with the Mycological Society of San Francisco and the Marin Master Gardeners. The event will feature mushroom identification displays, cooking demonstrations, cultivation and composting demonstrations, garden tour, book, poster, T-shirt sales, and more.

The program for January 27th is as follows:

* Doors open at 9am
* 9:30 to 10:30 - J.R. Blair - slide show and talk "Getting to the Bottom of it All - Habitat, Ecology and Lifecycle of Fungi"
* 10:30 to 11:00 - Master Gardener, Sandy Waks with a cooking demo - "Using Dried, Rehydrated and Powdered Mushrooms in your Culinary Creations"
* 11:00 to 11:30 - Master Gardener, Sandra Massen - slide show and talk "Mushrooms of the Corte Madera Creek Watershed" plus Sandra will share her wonderful mushroom pate'
* 11:30 to 12:00 - Chef Sunita Dutt with a cooking demo - "Mushrooms and the Art of Spice"
* 12:00 to 1:00pm - Ken Litchfield - slide show and talk on "Mushrooms in the Garden"
* 1pm - Mushroom Forays in MAGC Gardens

Fresh mushrooms and mushroom cultivation kits will also be available for purchase. On Friday, January 26, from 9am to 1pm, we will conduct collecting forays in various Marin locations, see the calendar section and foray listings below for details.

See http://www.mssf.org for up to date information as the event approaches.

Official Website: http://www.maagc.org/adult.htm

Added by tracyshaun on January 18, 2007

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