Join Columbia Slough Watershed Council and Leah Bendlin for the monthly Slough Science! This month we are excited to welcome back Leah . This class will cover the basics of mushroom identification for beginners, including mushrooms’ physical features, lifestyles, ecology and fun anecdotes about mushroom oddities and beauty.
Leah Bendlin is a Portland based mushroom and community science enthusiast. She caught the mycology bug after her first outing hunting chanterelles with a friend in 2012. She was amazed at the diversity of other mushrooms that day, and set out to learn the science of identification. That curiosity proved insatiable, and now she has become an expert taxonomist and aspires to learn the name of every mushroom she encounters, and delights in teaching others. Leah has special interests in taxonomy, uncommonly known edibles, mycoheterotrophic plants, slime molds and ascomycetes (cup fungi). She regularly leads mushroom ID classes and walks through various Pacific Northwest organizations, does mushroom DNA sequencing work at Molecular Solutions, LLC and has volunteered as a teacher, identifier and board member of the Oregon Mycological Society, and as a mushroom identifier for poison control. You can find her Instagram page, focused primarily on teaching mushroom species of the Pacific Northwest at https://www.instagram.com/leah_mycelia/
Getting there: This event will be held Double Mountain Overlook Taproom. Free street parking is available.
What to bring: Participants are strongly encouraged to bring in mushrooms they find before class so we can practice our new ID skills after the presentation! Bring your own field guides for reference if you have one, otherwise we will have a limited number for use.
Public Transportation? Bus line #72 & #75 drop you off near the brewery.
Double Mountain Overlook: This is an all ages venue. Drinks (alcoholic and NA) and food can be purchased in the brewery throughout the event.
Accessibility: This site has restrooms and seating available.
Questions? Reach out to Ced, at Cedrion.Gloria@columbiaslough.org.