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As an extension this year's Entheogenesis Australis, mycologist Caine Barlow will be running a fungi culture masterclass based around fungi conservation. The workshop will be approximately 5 hours in duration.

There are numerous strategies we can use to help in the collection of funga population data, and then the preservation of fungi from our environment. Recording observations on iNaturalist, the collection of specimens for the herbarium*, and the creation of fungi cultures for future fungariums.

(* collection with permission from the landowner from private land, and on a permit from public land is required)

In previous EGA workshops, we have worked through how to do tissue cultures for conservation and/or cultivation of fungi. This will be a hands-on workshop, focusing on working with spore prints, tissue culture or environmental culture strategies, cleaning up mycelium, liquid culture, then creating spawn, and bulk substrates.

Takeaways from the workshop will include, agar plates, liquid cultures, spawn, and buckets

Limited to 18 participants 

Bio - Caine Barlow

Caine Barlow is a Mycologist and Fungi Educator based in Melbourne, Australia.  He gives regular talks on mycology, fungi conservation, and teaches gourmet mushroom cultivation.  He is a member of the Australian organisations Entheogenesis Australis, MYCOmmunity Applied Mycology, The Australian Psychedelic Society, and the Entheome Foundation.

Caine started foraging for mushrooms in the early 1990's, and started cultivating gournet fungi in the mid 2000's. He did his Bachelor of Science at the University of Tasmania, and a Master of Science at the University of Melbourne where his research project was based around Conservation Mycology.

In addition to fungi, Caine has had a long term interest in ethnobotany, ethnobotanical literature,  and growing medicinal plants - in particular Cacti and Acacias. He writes for DoubleBlind and ThirdWave, is a “Trusted Identifier” on The Shroomery, and a moderator on many Facebook fungi groups. Caine posts regularly on his Instagram, @guerrillamycology, sharing adventures from cultivation, foraging, and ethnomycology, to interesting observations from his home lab.

Note: This workshop is being filmed by EGA. We will not be focusing on any attendees individually, rather we will be filming Caine and the demonstrators.

Location

Springvale City Hall (Located in: Springvale Community Hub)
397 - 405 Springvale Rd, Springvale victoria 3171

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