The fungi abundance flourished even further in August! We found and foraged so many mushrooms, engaged with so many mycocurious customers, and enjoyed opportunities to share our joy of mushrooms with so many people! What a full month!
We sent so many wild foraged mushrooms to market!
Cassidy has joined our team! They will be helping with our value added products like soups and jerky! Their first task was making pickled chestnut mushrooms for the Indian Ladder Farms’ Picklepalooza event!
We visited Dancing Grain Farm Brewery to drop off some mushroom samples for the launch event of their new line of adaptogenic non-alcoholic seltzers containing a variety of medicinal fungi. They are delicious and refreshing!
The Scarlet Knife hosted a Mushroom Experience dinner. Chef Paul and his team served up an incredible evening of dishes and wine pairings.
The Adirondack Experience Museum hosted us for their third annual mushroom dinner
The Childhood Tribe invited Avery to join one of their outings to explore the wonderful world of mushrooms.
Sara Tyler from Black Squirrel Farms visited with her daughter to check on the Black Walnut Shell growth experiment we are doing in conjunction with Cornell University. They left us with a few Walnut treats!
The forests in our area continued to flourish with so many wonderful mushrooms. Our team went out on educational adventures as well as harvesting missions.
The Shroom Patch continued to show off during August, and some wild Giant Puffballs moved in to join our little fungi family!
Our Forest Plot fruited some very meaty shiitake and absolutely gorgeous turkey tail.
The Pine Hills Neighborhood started a new Farmers Market. Come find us every Thursday through October from 5pm – 8pm.
As always, nearly every Wednesday we share a beer and some mushroom talk with the patrons of the Helderberg Mountain Brewing Company in East Berne, NY.
For this year’s Indian Ladder Farms Cidery and Brewery PICKLEPALOOZA we served up pulled BBQ mushroom sandwiched with pickled cabbage slaw, dill aioli, and topped with a pickled chestnut mushroom.
Mr. Bluesky is now fully operational
Our team tried out 2 new mushroom games: Mycro Mycelium and Mycelia
Amy grilled up some marinated mushrooms for the Rensco Farm Bureau policy picnic at the Swartz Family Farm .
We found so many mushrooms in the wild.
Foraged Finds and Fabrications
We ate so many wild fungi and worked with some of our local wild plants.
We attempted to make a wild lettuce resin.
Unfortunately it took days to cook down the resin, and on the last day we burned it and ruined the entire batch! We’ll try again next year!
PSILOCYBIN CORNER
During our August meeting we were joined by Graham Boyd from the Psychedelic Science Funders Club and Tamar Todd of New Approach. They discussed their history of passing bills in other states that granted access to various substances that promote neural plasticity.
Watch the full meeting HERE.
Follow THIS LINK to fill out an individual Statement of Support for our psilocybin policy efforts.
Follow THIS LINK to fill out an Organizational Statement of Support.
For our September NYMHA Monthly Member meeting we’ll be discussing the actions we took in August and planning for the November 21st Fall Fungal Frolic Fundraiser. We’ll also talk about ways to engage more people across the state. We need YOUR stories! If you are interested in helping change the hearts and minds of our state law makers with your story, please let us know. EMAIL Avery HERE.
We met with the undersecretary for the Dept of Health in the Governor’s office, Megan Baldwin.
Avery’s article on using psilocybin as an end-of-life transition tool was published in the latest issue of Mycophile. Read the article HERE.
We held a fundraiser in NYC at the Lightning Society with our Cluster Buster Partners. Check out a summary reel here:
Listen to an Interview with Campaign Director, Corinne Carey on the Hudson Mohawk Radio program HERE.
COMING SOON
New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives Monthly Meeting, Tuesday, September 8th 7pm – 8pm. This monthly meeting we’ll be discussing our August successes and planning for future actions.
Join remotely via zoom here:
New Moon Mycology Summit, Friday, September 11 – Sunday, September 13. A gathering of all things fungi. While this is not our event, it is really exciting to have multiple fungi forward festivals happening in our area! Avery will be teaching an identifying mushrooms workshop for ages 4 – 14 on Sunday Afternoon.
Listen to an interview with summit organizer Olga Tzogas on the Hudson Mohawk Radio Program with Marrow Brooks.
https://www.themyceliumunderground.com/newmoonmycologysummit2026
Tiny Talk with Susie P Davidson @ Lucas Confectionary, Wednesday, September 16th 6:30 – 8:30pm
Identifying Mushroom Hour, Thursday, September 24th 5:30pm – 7pm Learn how to identify mushrooms! We’ll even go on a walk to find fungi! Event will be in the Indian Ladder Farms Tasting Room. $20.
Get Tickets HERE.
A Mushroom Experience Dinner Featuring Chef David Stein Friday, September 25th 6pm – 8pm. A 4 course plant and fungi based dinner. Suggested pairings will be available for purchase. This dinner is settling on a new venue. Stay tuned for location (Meadowdale Winery is nearly confirmed). But here’s the delicious menu!
Get tickets HERE.
NYMHA Fall Fungal Frolic Fundraiser @ Indian Ladder Farms, Saturday, Nov 21. Details to follow. But will include an educational panel, live music, and food! SAVE THE DATE! For more information see the Eventbrite link HERE.
Collar City Mushrooms 