Mushroom Foraging and ID with Sequoia

Join mycologist and environmental educator, Sequoia Lewien, for an educational adventure in mushroom foraging and identification. Learn how to identify common edible mushrooms and tap into a wonderful food source this autumn. In this hands-on workshop, you will discover how to distinguish the toxic from the delicious and gain new insights into the fantastic world of fungi.

This workshop is supported by Bayside Council through a food security grant initiative to provide knowledge about growing and preserving food and reducing waste. The price of this workshop represents a donation for the garden for administrative purposes, with the individual price for the workshop subsidised thanks to Bayside Council.

About the facilitator:

Sequoia is a third-year Environmental Science student at Deakin University, who discovered her passion for mycology while learning to identify mushrooms in the forests of New Zealand. Sequoia has been volunteering with MYCOmmunity since 2021 and is actively engaged in community education of fungi across Victoria by collaborating with mycologists and leading her own identification and foraging workshops in Mt Macedon. In 2023 Sequoia started working with Rhizocore Technologies, a UK-based biotechnology company primarily focussed on ectomycorrhizal species, where she is aiding their expansion to Australia and curating the collection, isolation, and preservation of Australian fungal species. Her collaboration with Rhizocore reflects a shared vision of making a positive impact on the environment through the incredible world of fungi.