Mushroom tour, Lamminpää Sun 28.9. 15:30-18 (30/20/10€)

NOTE: This event will be mostly in English, but also Finnish is used if needed. :)

On this tour we'll go picking mushrooms that grow in the middle of the mushroom season. We might encounter funnel chanterelles, tricholoma species and hypholoma capnoides, for example

Welcome onto a basic course for you who wants to know more about edible mushrooms in Finland and how to recognize, pick and use them. In this field trip you´ll learn more about the delicious culinary treasures of the nearby forests and your mushroom-hawk-eye will definitely sharpen. Expect to be surprised how exotic mushrooms of the forest can be! We will focus on edible mushrooms and their look-a-likes and to the ones you should be aware of: the toxic species.

From the trip you will get:

• Principles of safe mushroom picking

• Edible mushrooms to take home

• You will learn to use your senses in a variety of ways to identify mushrooms

• An expert guide on your tour so you also won't get lost in the forest

• Strengthened nature connection in the autumn forest

PRICING: I wish that everyone can come and that I also get some monetary compensation. Pay the amount you can pay with joy :). Price includes: Tour 2,5h, possibility to join mushroom pickers peer support group on Telegram, 2 weeks of remote mushroom consultation through whatsapp/email after the tour

• 30€ (normal price. Also for first comers, who probably learn a lot of useful mushroom picking skills)

• 20€ (reduced price 1, you already know something and wish to get repetition. Use discount code: opiskelija)

• 10€ (reduced price 2, you have little to spare but would like to join OR you know a lot of mushrooms but enjoy sharing your knowledge, picking with others and maybe you learn something more. Use discount code: opiskelija2)

Children under 12 years can come for free.

Meeting point: Lamminpään ulkoilumaja, Velodromintie 45

Psst! If you want to learn more about mushrooms growing in Finland, you can order the How To Start Mushroom Picking in Finland e-guide for an additional 7€. get it from here

WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU

• Weather-appropriate clothing and footwear.
• Mushroom knife, mushroom basket and mushroom book, if available. You can borrow a few mushroom baskets and knives from me. Let me know in advance if you want to borrow one. A cardboard bag is also a convenient way to transport the edible mushrooms home.
• Note-taking tools and a camera can help you record your learnings on site.
• Bring a water bottle and snacks.

Guide: environmental biologist, biology teacher and natural product advisor Tuomas Lilleberg

Please read terms and conditions here

Keywords: edible mushroom, edible mushroom, mushroom knowledge, mushrooms, trip, nature, nature experience, chanterelle, boletus, russula, cep, funnel chanterelle, sheep polypore