SATURDAY & SUNDAY, October 17-19
ECOLOGY FOR EVERYONE
Scientific Presentations and Workshops for the General Public
Speakers' Forum
Yachats Commons, MP Room, Hwy 101 & W 4th St.
Open to all with $5 Festival Wristband
No pre-registration. There will be ample seating.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. What is a Mushroom?
Dr. Steven Carpenter (former President of Pacific Analytical Laboratory/owner of Abbey Lane Lab.)
A general presentation on what fungi are, what they do, and what mushrooms
themselves are all about.
Saturday 11:15 a.m. Fantastic Fungi Fuel Forest Growth
Dr. Dan Luoma Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society, OSU
Expand your understanding of the central role that fungi play in the dynamic life of a
forest. This program will provide basic context for understanding how fungi contribute to
forest growth. We will explore the interrelationships among fungi, plants, and animals in
forests of the Pacific Northwest.
Saturday 1:30 p.m. Doggone Eccentric Morels! The Opportunistic
Mycelia of an Edible Mushroom Weed
David Pilz (PilzWald - Forestry Applications of Mycology)
Although morels have not been reported to fruit in autumn around Yachats, they are
among the most highly prized edible mushrooms worldwide. Species are just now being
definitively delineated and named. And they are weirder than Portland. Conjoined morels
often have genes from different parents. They can derive nutrition from multiple
resources. Triggers for fruiting are complex and predicting where and when they will
show up can vary from inscrutable to certain. They are experts at camouflage and
require pattern recognition skills to observe. Indeed, trying to pin down morels can
cause a form of 'madness' in humans. So we take out our tricorders and scan, "Live long
and prosper!" Join me as we delve into the eccentricity of Morels!
Saturday 2:45 p.m. Lichens: Fungi in Disguise
Dr. Matt Trappe (OSU College of Forestry with Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance)
It’s amazing how surrounded we are by lichens; they are so common we hardly notice
them. This presentation, including photos, covers lichen basics and introduces the most
common species that folks probably see every day.
Slideshow Presentation
Sunday 11:00 a.m. Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, habitat,
selected special plants & fungi.
Presented by Anna Moore (Cascade Mycological Society)
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, October 17-18
ECOLOGY FOR EVERYONE
Scientific Presentations and Workshops for the General Public
Workshops
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 4th St.
Open to all with $5 Festival Wristband
plus small workshop fees, as posted below.
Saturday 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. (Please arrive 15 minutes early.)
Room 5 - enter through single outside door at center front of bldg. Signs posted.
Seating is first come, first serve.
$3 Materials Fee collected after all are seated. Please bring $1 bills.
Cooking with Mushrooms, Making the Most of Your Bounty
Pam McElroy & Anna Russo Lincoln County Mycological Society
This workshop will focus on cooking with main choice edibles and guide you through
delicious pairings. It will include information on individual wild mushrooms and the
culinary companions to bring out the best in each species. Preservation will also be
addressed.
NOTE: Enter the workshop from the single outside door at the center front of the
building so as not to disturb the Speakers' Forum in the main auditorium.
Saturday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Arrive 15 minutes early.)
Room 8 - enter through doors on the north side of bldg. Signs posted.
$5 Materials Fee payable on site. Please bring exact change.
One bag limit per participant.
Grow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms
Dr. Steven Carpenter and Kim Kittredge
3:00 p.m. Lecture/Slideshow, Rm 8
4:00 p.m. Workshop, Picnic Shelter
Dr. Steven Carpenter is back this year, joined by Kim Kittredge, to show you how to
grow your own oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.). You will be amazed how easy it is to
grow gourmet mushrooms, and how much fun it is to do! You will attend a
lecture/slideshow followed by a workshop where you make your own bag of pasteurized
straw and inoculate it with the mushroom spawn provided. In a few short weeks it will
sprout delicious oyster mushrooms! Each bag should produce enough for several meals.
The 4 p.m. workshop is open only to those also attending the 3 p.m. lecture / slideshow.
NOTE: Enter the workshop from the doors on the north side of the building so as not to
disturb the Speakers’ Forum in the main auditorium.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, October 17-18
Fungi Exhibits
Yachats Lions Hall
W 4th St. and Pontiac (one block off Hwy 101)
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Native Forest Fungi Displays and Educational Exhibits
Provided and staffed by the
Lincoln County Mycological Society
Cascade Mycological Society
North American Truffling Society
Extensive Mushroom Exhibits
Find scores of labeled examples here.
Displays and exhibits will include
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fresh examples of both edible and toxic wild mushrooms
posters, books and other materials presenting current research
on the ecology of wild mushrooms
an opportunity to ask questions and chat about fungi with
people who know and love them
Fungi Slideshow by Dr. Matt Trappe
Shown at Two Locations
(1) Yachats Commons, Rm 8
Enter on N. side of building at W. 5th St.
Sat/Sun 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(2) *Cape Perpetua Visitors Center Theater.
3 miles S of Yachats, east side of Hwy 101
Sat/Sun 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Free Admission
This is a 20-minute slideshow on a loop with over 300 fabulous fungi images by
Dr. Matt Trappe. Each slide includes the mushroom's scientific name and common
name, if it has one.
*CAPE PERPETUA NOTE: There is limited parking at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center. The Parking Fee is
$5 (or) display your Oregon Coast Passport or Siuslaw National Forest Passport. The parking lot has selfserve payment stations. Park Passports may also be purchased inside Cape Perpetua Visitor Center.
16th Annual Yachats Village Mushroom Fest
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, October 17-18
Guided Mushroom Walks Schedule
All walks are free, but registration is required. Maximum 12 people p/walk.
Register at the Yachats Commons during Festival Weekend. (Online before festival.)
IN THE CAPE PERPETUA SCENIC AREA
Meeting locations for walk groups provided at registration.
SATURDAY
(#1) 10:00 am (Level A) Anna Moore (CMS) - 1 hr walk
(#2) 10:30 am (Level A/B) Joe Spivack (CMS) - 1 hour walk
(#3) 11:00 am (Level C) Dave Pilz (PilzWald) - 1 hr walk
(#24) 11:00 am (Level A/B) Matthew Johnson (CMS) - 1 hr walk (late addition)
(#4) 11:30 am (Level A/B) Chris Melotti & Molly Widmer (CMS) - 1 hr walk
(#5) 12:00 Noon (Level C) Dr. Susie Dunham (OSU, Fisheries & Wildlife) - 2 hr walk
(#6) 12:30 pm (Level A/B) Susie Holmes (LCC, Biology) - 1 hr walk
(#7) 1:30 pm (Level A/B) Joe Spivack (CMS) - 1 hr walk
(#8) 2:00 pm (Level C) Chris Melotti & Molly Widmer (CMS) - 1 hr walk
(#9) 2:30 pm (Level A/B) Susie Holmes (LCC, Biology) - 1 hr walk
(#10) 3:00 pm (Level C) Dr. Susie Dunham (OSU, Fisheries & Wildlife) - 1 hr walk
SUNDAY
(#11) 10:00 am (Level A/B) Susie Holmes (LCC, Biology) - 1 hr walk
(#12) 10:30 am (Level A/B) Jo Spivack (CMS) - 1 hr walk
(#13) 11:00 am (Level C) Dave Pilz (PilzWald) - 1 hr walk
(#14) 11:30 am (Level D) Dr. Dan Luoma/Joyce Eberhart (OSU Dept of Forest Ecosystems &
Society) -2 hr walk
(#15) 11:30 am (Level A/B) Susie Holmes (LCC, Biology) - 1 hr walk
(#16) 12 Noon (Level C) Dr. Susie Dunham (OSU, Fisheries & Wildlife) - 2 hr walk
(#17) 12:30 pm (Level C) Chris Melotti & Molly Widmer (CMS) - 2 hr walk
(#18) 1:00 pm (Level A/B) Jo Spivack (CMS) - 1 hr walk
ON A FOREST TRAIL IN THE VILLAGE
Registrants meet walk leaders at the flagpole in front of the Yachats Commons
15 minutes before the scheduled walk time and carpool to the trailhead.
SATURDAY
(#19) 11:30 am (Level B) Dr. Matt Trappe (OSU College of Forestry / Northwest
Advanced Renewables Alliance) - 1 hr walk
(#20) 1:30 pm (Level C) Dr. Dan Luoma/Joyce Eberhart (OSU Dept of Forest
Ecosystems & Society) - 1 hr walk
(#21) 3:00 pm (Level A) Anna Moore (CMS) - 1 hr walk
SUNDAY
(#22) 11:30 am (Level B) Dr. Matt Trappe - 1 hr walk
(#23) 1:00 pm (Level A) Anna Moore - 1 hr walk
Which Guided Walk is Right for Me?
Because participants range widely in experience, we offer 4 levels of learning:
LEVEL A. An Introduction to Mushrooms (1 hour walk) -- Common names and
identification of local edible and toxic mushrooms. For the newcomer.
LEVEL B.* Mushrooms for Beginners (1 hour walk) -- Beginning identification,
taxonomy (scientific naming), and ecology of common coastal mushrooms.
LEVEL C.* Intermediate Mushrooming (1 or 2 hour walk) -- More identification,
taxonomy, and ecology. Use of identification books.
LEVEL D.* Intermediate Mushrooming (2 hour walk) -- In depth identification,
taxonomy, and ecology for the serious mushroom hunter.
* recommend purchasing All that the Rain Promises and More, by David Arora.
NOTE: There is limited parking at Cape Perpetua Visitors Center (3 miles S of downtown Yachats, E side
of Hwy 101). The Parking Fee is $5 (or) display your Oregon Coast passport or Siuslaw National Forest
Passport. The parking lot has self-serve payment stations. Passports may be purchased at Cape Perpetua
Visitors Center.
Fungi books, arts & crafts, specialty goods
BooKs
Judith's Kitchen Tools, Hwy 101 & W 3rd, 541-547-3020. Mushroom cookbooks.
Mari's Books and..., Hwy 101 & W 3rd, 541-547-3022.
Stop here for your copy of David Arora's, All That The Rain Promises and More, and...
Ya-Hots Video Country Store, Hwy 101 & E 3rd, 541-547-4117.
Mushroom books on harvesting, identification and cookbooks.
ArTs & CRafTs
Antique Virgin, Hwy 101 & E 3rd, 541-547-2757.
Glass Mushroom Pendants.
Touchstone Gallery, 2118 N Coast Hwy, 541-547-4121.
Intriguing pieces by selected artists.
Turtle Island Candles & Gifts, 153 Hwy 101
Artisan mushroom candles made on site.
Village Gift Gallery, 1881 Hwy 101 (Fireside Motel Lobby Shop)
Colorful, whimsical, artsy ceramic mushrooms.
Wave Gallery, 2118 N Coast Hwy, 541-547-4405.
Beautiful images of Pacific NW mushrooms by photographer Bob Keller.
SPeCiaLTy GOODs
Green Salmon Coffee House, 220 Hwy 101, 541-547-3077.
A mini-market, including packaged specialty Mushroom Cocoa and Tea Latte drink
mixes, Green Salmon Mushroom festival T-shirts, packaged Candycap Gingersnaps and
Cordyceps Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, powdered and dried culinary and medicinal
mushrooms and more!
Judith's Kitchen Tools, Hwy 101 & W 3rd, 541-547-3020.
Great tools for the chef! Mushroom brushes, mushroom keeper bags, and mushroom
slicers (German made), even a truffle/chocolate shaver (Italian made).
Ya-Hots Video Country Store, Hwy 101 & E 3rd. 541-547-4117.
Dried gourmet mushrooms, mushroom gathering tools, including Burgon & Ball
(Sheffield steel) mushroom knives.
Culinary Mushrooms Markets
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (+)
Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (+)
Stay posted for updates.
C & K Market Outdoor Tent, Hwy 101 & W 2nd
In the parking lot of C & K Market, find a tent filled with a delicious mix of cultivated
culinary mushrooms! Store open 'til 10 pm. 541-547-4561.
The Mushroom People Outdoor Booth, Yachats Commons front lawn, or until 2 pm in
the picnic shelter behind the Commons (in inclement weather). Hwy 101 & W 4th St.
Choice edible wild harvested Oregon mushrooms, fresh and dried.
Rainforest Mushrooms Outdoor Tent at Yachats Video Country Store, Hwy 101 & E
3rd St. Rainforest Mushrooms is certified organic and produces exotic mushrooms,
including shiitake, maitaki, lions mane, oyster, yellow oyster and
pink oyster, and also offers mushroom kits. They have been
growing mushrooms for 30 years and have a new farm in Yachats.
Harvest Farmers Market
Yachats Commons, Hwy 101 & W 4th
Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Weather Permitting - Outdoor market with fresh local produce, fresh and dried native
forest fungi, and local arts and crafts. This is the last Yachats Farmers' Market weekend
of the season.
WE THANK OUR 2015
VILLAGE MUSHROOM FEST
SPONSORS
Gold Level ($500-$999)
Silver Level ($150-$499)
Adobe Resort
Drift Inn Lodge, Historic Cafe & Pub
Fireside Motel
Ocean Odyssey Vacation Rentals
Overleaf Lodge & Spa
Deane's Oceanfront Lodge
The Yachats Commons
Ya'Tel Motel
Bronze Level (up to $149)
Dublin House Motel
Desserts Contributors
(Friday night Funguys Bash)
Adobe Resort Restaurant
Alder Bistro
Bread & Roses Bakery & Café
Drift Inn Historic Cafe
Green Salmon Café and Bakery
Heidi’s Italian Dinners
Ona Restaurant
The Village Bean
Special Thanks to our Education Program
Coordinator Emeritus, forest ecologist Marla Gillham, and to
the phenomenal team of educators, many of them friends and
former colleagues of Marla's, who make the "Ecology for
Everyone" programs of this festival possible.