Yachats Mushroom Festival talks are opportunities to delve into many aspects of the world of mushrooms. Learn about mushroom foraging and identification basics, hear about cooking techniques, and get a download on the latest scientific research involving mycology. All talks are free!
Saturday Talks
Saturday 10-11:30am - How to Identify Mushrooms: The Basics | Jon Sommer
Location: Lion's Club
Mushrooms: What they are and what do you need to know to reliably identify wild mushrooms.About the speaker: Jon Sommer has led mushroom forays, given lectures on a range of mycological topics, and taught mushroom identification across the United States for more than five decades. He is a well-known speaker and presenter for mycological societies and forays across the country. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Botany at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California and two Master’s Degrees from the University of California, Davis (Botany & Plant Pathology). He has studied mushroom identification with notable mycologists including Drs. David Largent, Orson K. Miller Jr. and Harry D. Thiers. A resident of Colorado for 30 years, and now living on the Oregon coast, Jon has in-depth knowledge of fungi across the US and particularly northern California and Oregon. He is the immediate Past President of the Colorado Mycological Society and is the current Vice President of the Lincoln County Mycological Society in Oregon.
Saturday 12-1pm - Wild Harvesting & the Healing Qualities of Medicinal Mushrooms | Sherrie Hansen
Location: Lion's Club
Sherrie of mymushroompeople.com has spent many years researching and applying Mushrooms for Medicine with great results. Inn this session, she will cover.
- Where specific healing mushrooms grow.
-How to properly harvest while keeping the ecosystem intact using the "seventh generation" method.
- Identifying individual mushrooms used for health and healing.
-Different methods of procession mushrooms for medicinal use.
- The joy of the harvest and the essence of mushrooms for healing.
Saturday 1:30-2:30pm - Native and Cultivated Truffles in Western Oregon | Dr. Charles Lefevre
Location: Lion's Club
There are seven indigenous truffle species with recognized culinary value harvested in North America. Four of these are found along the west coast in Oregon. Come to this talk to learn more about these native truffles and how cultivated truffles are grown.
About the speaker: Dr. Charles Lefevre is the founder of New World Truffieres, Inc., a pioneering company dedicated to the cultivation of truffles in North America. He is also a co-founder and organizer of The Oregon Truffle Festival. Dr. Lefevre earned his Ph.D. in Forest Mycology from Oregon State University in 2002, where he conducted research on the host associations of the American Matsutake mushroom. You can reach Dr. Lefevre at info@truffletree.com or www.truffletree.com.
Saturday 2-3pm - Psilocybin in a legalized setting: Beyond Therapy with Cathy Jonas
Location: Presbyterian Church
Join us for a talk and Q&A with Cathy Jonas, LCSW, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Trauma Specialist, and Licensed Oregon Psilocybin Facilitator. As the CEO and founder of EPIC Healing Eugene - the nation's first legalized center - Cathy will provide an overview of experience since EPIC was opened and forty years of professional and personal insights gained from you own personal growth journey, and guiding clients through the preparation, high-does psilocybin experience, and integration journey.
SATURDAY 3:30-4:30PM - Fungi in the Environment: What are they doing out there? Matt Trappe
Location: Presbyterian Church
This presentation will give an overview of the many roles fugi play in the environment, some well known and some you probably haven't considered.Sunday Talks
Sunday 10-11am - Medical Mushroom: Your Path to Well Being | Sherrie Hansen
Location: Lion's Club
Sherrie of mymushroompeople.com has spent many years researching and applying Mushrooms for Medicine with great results. Her goal is to inspire and bring hope to people who wish to include medicinal mushrooms into their lives for health and wellbeing. She will speak on using mushrooms for healing, the benefits of individual mushrooms species for physical, mental, and emotional healing, as well as touch on Mushroom Essence and Energetics.
About the speaker: Sherrie of mymushroompeople.com has been in the mushroom business for over twenty years, from researching mushrooms’ many health benefits and effects on disease to harvesting and cultivating, creating mushroom extracts for health and well-being, and sharing her knowledge through speaking engagements and education.
Sunday 11:30am-12:30pm - Mushroom Preservation Techniques | Jon Sommer
Location: Lion's Club
How to preserve that bountiful harvest of your favorite wild mushrooms.
About the speaker: Jon Sommer has led mushroom forays, given lectures on a range of mycological topics, and taught mushroom identification across the United States for more than five decades. He is a well-known speaker and presenter for mycological societies and forays across the country. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Botany at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California and two Master’s Degrees from the University of California, Davis (Botany & Plant Pathology). He has studied mushroom identification with notable mycologists including Drs. David Largent, Orson K. Miller Jr. and Harry D. Thiers. A resident of Colorado for 30 years, and now living on the Oregon coast, Jon has in-depth knowledge of fungi across the US and particularly northern California and Oregon. He is the immediate Past President of the Colorado Mycological Society and is the current Vice President of the Lincoln County Mycological Society in Oregon.
Sunday 2:30-3:30pm - Mycological research in Oregon, updates from Oregon State University and outlooks for the Pacific Northwest mycological research community | Dr. Jessie Uehling
Location: Lion's Club
Learn about latest in mycology research at Oregon State University and how it relates to the mycological research community in the Pacific Northwest. About the speaker: Jessie Uehling is an associate professor at Oregon State University in The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, curator of the OSC fungal collection and the mycologist for the Oregon Psilocybin advisory board. You can learn more about her labs research at Uehlinglab.com
