Dolores fifth-graders learn about fungi’s value

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Dolores fifth-graders learn about fungi’s value

Students plant oyster mushrooms
Gabe Deall teaches a group of fifth-graders at the Dolores school garden with hands-on activity about how strands of fungi reach out to one another. Deall and his business partner operate San Juan Mycology, a mushroom production company in Mancos.
Travis Custer shows students how to grow mushrooms in a planter using straw as food. Collin Rhymes, Justin Brunner, and substitute teacher Greg Havnan listen in.

Dolores fifth-graders learn about fungi’s value

Gabe Deall teaches a group of fifth-graders at the Dolores school garden with hands-on activity about how strands of fungi reach out to one another. Deall and his business partner operate San Juan Mycology, a mushroom production company in Mancos.
Travis Custer shows students how to grow mushrooms in a planter using straw as food. Collin Rhymes, Justin Brunner, and substitute teacher Greg Havnan listen in.
Classes

The San Juan Mycology farmers will be offering four workshops over the summer..
The mushroom lifecycle, ecological role and container cultivation methods: June 1
Garden design principles and mushroom lag cultivation: July 6
Myco-Medicinals: August 3
Mushroom cooking class: Sept. 7
Where: Mt. Lookout Grange
When: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Price: For all four workshops $250 individual workshops $75
To sign-up: sanjuanmycology.com or call 970-570-5116

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