2024 Foray Schedule

Friday, October 11th

Time	Event
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Registration
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Workshop #1: Cultivation Workshop with the NH Mushroom Company- Eric Milligan
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Workshop #2: Mushroom Dyeing - Susan Hopkins
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Early Bird Foray, Walk #1
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Dinner
7:00 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome, General Announcements
7:15 PM - 9:00 PM	Keynotes: Out on a Limb- Mushroom Habitats of Cape Cod- Rick van der Poll;
	Cape Cod a Treasure Chest of Mycological Gems- Bill Neill
9:00 - 11:00	Social Hours

Saturday, October 12th

Time	Event
7:00 AM - 9 AM	Registration
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Buses leave for walks #2, #3, #4
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Talk #1: Is that a Chanterelle? No it’s a Trumpet – Rachel Swenie
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Talk #2: Introduction to Lichens on Cape Cod - Tom Walker
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Talk #3: Medicinal Mushrooms – Cornelia Cho
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Talk #4: A Crash Course in Identifying Fungi– Gary Gilbert
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Workshop #3: The Microscope Demystified: A beginners workshop-Paul Sadowski & team
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Buses leave for walks #5, #6, #7
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Workshop #4: Capturing Fungi: A Mushroom Photography Workshop- Alan Rockefeller
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Talk #5: Tricholoma: Status of the Genus in Eastern North America – Renée Lebeuf
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Talk #6: Unveiling Russula Species Diversity through DNA Analysis – Jacques Landry
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Talk #7: Autumnal Fungal Delicacies with a Polish Twist: A Cooking Demonstration – Spike Mikulski
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Talk #8: The Role of Fungi in Ecosystems– Todd Elliott
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Table Talk- ID Room
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM	Mycophogy: Pot Luck Appetizers-by everyone
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Dinner
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Announcements, Awards
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM	Keynotes: Adventures of a Mycohobo-Noah Siegel
	Saprobe Superpowers: Inside the Rotten World of Wood Decay - Bill Yule
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM	Social

Sunday, October 13th

Time	Event
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration
8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Buses leave for walks #8
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM	Buses leave for walks #9, #10 (Full Day Walks)
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Talk #9: Ascomycetes, the “Cup Fungi”: The Basics and Beyond - Ethan Crenson
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Talk #10: What is a Fungal Species anyways? A Practical Discussion - Rachel Swenie
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Talk #11: Caps Off the Milkies: A Look at the Sections of Lactarius & Lactifluus- Bethany Beech
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Talk #12: Mushrooms of Pacific Northwest Through an Easterner’s Eye - Noah Siegel
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Buses leave for walks #11, #12, #13
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Talk #13: Discoveries in the Taxonomy of Psilocybin & Tryptamine Fungi- Alan Rockefeller
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Talk #14: Amanitas of the Northeast - Spike Mikulski
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Talk #15: Making Sense of DNA Sequences – Sigrid Jakob
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Talk #16: Conserving Rare Fungi - Rick van de Poll / Gabriella D’Elia
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	NEMF Trustees Meeting
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM	Table Talk- ID Room
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Dinner
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM	Announcements, Awards
7:45 PM - 9:00 PM	Keynote: Animal/Fungal Interactions: From Around the World to Your Back Yard- Todd Elliott
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Auction
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM	Social

Monday, October 14th

Time	Event
11:00 AM	Check-out time - Return keys to Hotel
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Return ID neck wallets to Registration Table
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Final Table Talk- not to be missed!
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Clean Up: All Invited