fungi 101 and mushroom log cultivation workshop

10am – 2pm, Saturday, April 14, 2012

at Company Shops Market, 268 East Front Street, Burlington, NC.

Mushroom Logs from Bob Armantrout's garden

Join Bob Armantrout in an exercise designed to get you started growing your own delicious mushrooms at home. Bob will introduce you to the wonderful world of fungi. Together you will inoculate logs with mycelium, then take one home to begin your own mushroom garden!

Instructor Bob Armantrout teaches:

  • Basic principles
  • Equipment & Materials
  • Inoculation
  • After-care & Fruiting

Here’s the workshop presentation: Fungi 101

Please bring the following if you have them:

  • Corded Drill
  • Safety Glasses
  • Work Gloves

Class size is limited to 25 people age 16 or older unless accompanied by a parent

Register early to guarantee your spot!

Pre-registration & payment is required.

  • $30 – Mushroom Workshop plus mushroom log – Bring lunch or buy lunch at Company Shops Market

Register online using secure Google Checkout

OR, Mail your check to:

The Abundance Foundation
220 Lorax Lane #5
Pittsboro NC 27312

Need more information?

wow@theabundancefoundation.org
919-533-5181

Bob Armantrout with shiitake mushroom logAbout the instructor

Bob Armantrout loves mushrooms and after having an earth-shaking dream about them, decided to get more involved in growing them. In 2007, Bob enrolled in one of mushroom guru Paul Stamets’ seminars and began plugging logs with mycelium. He has since learned to cultivate his own mycelium using a pressure cooker, petri dishes and temperature controlled incubators.

Bob teaches at Central Carolina Community College as Coordinator of the Biofuels program. He also instructs in both the Sustainable Agriculture and Sustainability Technology Programs. He supports building personal and community resilience in all its forms, from renewable energy to growing food.

Check out this 18 minute TED talk with Paul Stamets….everything from getting rid of carpenter ants and termites to antibiotics to oil spills.  Amazing everything that mycelium is capable of….