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We all love mushrooms and they are used in our everyday cooking. If you are like the vast majority of mushroom eaters however, you find them in the produce aisle of your favorite supermarket. They grow in the wild but we need to be careful to select only edible ones. Why not take an hour or so and enjoy this presentation by Esther Tozier as she introduces the novice beginner to the fascinating hobby of becoming a mushroom forager.

Her talk will introduce us to the traits and features of edible wild mushrooms. We will meet the easily recognizable edible species and discuss their growing habits and habitats. If you ever thought you might like to try and pick your own mushrooms, you will find this informative talk very helpful as it will give ethical foraging tips, as well as preservation and preparation methods of our edible wild mushrooms.

Presenter: Esther Tozier has spent the last ten years studying and identifying mushrooms. She has been teaching about mushrooms since 2016. She has taken numerous classes at Eagle Hill Institute on mycology, as well as attending conferences and courses lead by leading mycologists, herbalists and other nature-based organizations. As a practicing Herbalist, she soon began to develop an interest in all of the mushrooms used as medicine, researching those species and their various uses. These studies have enabled her to incorporate and appreciate the health benefits of fungi as foods and extracts.

Class Information: This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom with the instructor being in person at UM@M.

All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant. The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms. Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible. SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.

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“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.”

This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members for $5.00. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $10.00 fee.

Important: If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class.

Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may incur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, any materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.