Chris is in for Laurel this week (Happy Birthday to Laurel!!) kicking off the very nascent mushroom season here with none other than Luke Sarrantonio of Mycophilic, mushroom cultivator, educator, and community-minded organizer. Among many FUNgi topics, we discuss Luke and Kaya's newest Eat More Mushrooms project, which includes a free-to-all shiitake garden which will be fruiting this year at Red Fox Ravine here in Kingston, lots of community education to come, and a focus on cultivating regional ecotypes of delicious mushrooms for the health of humans and the land.

Links links links!

Luke's Website

Mid Hudson Mycological Association

Luke's email (to join or just to get in touch!) Lsarrantonio@gmail.com

Chris's Abundance Foraging Walk 5/18

JBNHS Spring Migration Walks

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Luke Sarrantonio grew up in Rosendale, New York, exploring the local landscape and its unique ecology. He fell in love with fungi while studying at SUNY ESF has since developed a dynamic career based around this passion. Luke’s work includes educational programming focused on ecological understanding and mushroom cultivation, organizing an annual mushroom & arts festival in the Catskill Region of NY (For the Love of Fungi), facilitating community projects (Eat More Mushrooms Project), and creating a line of functional mushroom products (under the name Mycophilic). He also consults for outdoor mushroom farms, and manages his own in Accord, NY. Luke’s main goal is to be an accessible resource for people who want to learn more about this fascinating group of life.