Fungi Fest 2010 in Echo Park
Machine Projects – Los Angeles, CA
1/16 – 1/23/10

With eight to twelve inches of rain in Southern California’s  forecast, now is the time to brush up on your mushroom identification skills.  Mushroom hunting is one of my favorite hobbies.  Gourmet mushrooms are pricey and finding a bag full of Chanterelles is liking finding delicious gold nuggets.  Just make sure you have a competent mycologist properly identify them for you.  There is a  real art to finding mushrooms.  They blend in with the leaves on the ground.  They can be right in front of you, but you won’t see them.  Then all of a sudden you find one and another, and then the entire hillside is covered with them.  Chanterelles are a safe specimen to start with.  With the gold color, veins, and fruity smell it only takes a little experience before you can comfortably cook them up without any concerns.  Watch out for ticks and poison oak and just keep looking beneath the oak trees in the leaves.

Come out to Machine Projects innovative, interactive experience with our fungi friends.  Audience members can watch strange mushroom monster flicks, taste mushroom-flavored ice cream and there will even be some slime mold racing!

Saturday January 16th, 8pm – At Machine Project
Mushroom collecting tutorial, screening of mushroom-themed short films, mushroom flavored gelato from Scoops, chanterelle schnapps, slime mold racing and more!

Monday January 18th, 7:30pm – At the Museum of Natural History
Meeting of the Los Angeles Mycological Society, all are welcome.

http://www.lamushrooms.org/

Thursday January 21st, 6-9pm At the Hammer Museum
Ask a mycologist, mushroom dancing, special mystery guest, mushroom-themed short films and more!

Saturday January 23rd, 8pm (mushroom walk in the morning) – At Machine Project
Guided mushroom walk (time and place to be announced), mushroom ID session, special mystery guest, harvesting and cooking of oyster mushrooms, mushroom music.

LOCATION:
1200 D North Alvarado
Los Angeles, CA 90026
213-483-8761

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For more on Machine Projects, visit: http://machineproject.com

For more on this event: http://theguide.latimes.com/los-angeles-county/events-and-festivals/fungifest-2010-event

via Ethan Holtzman, 16 January 2010 6:40pm | |