Mendocino Woodlands Foray
November 2024

The Dance Hall is a beautiful structure just downhill from the Dining Hall.
Chairs are set up for evening presentations.
Mushroom Collections are brought here, where they are ID'd and displayed.

Dance Hall
Else Vellinga   The Camp Mycologist is Else Vellinga.

Else is a Dutch, cat-loving, knitting mycologist living in Berkeley, CA, who cares deeply about using fungi in conservation efforts and who likes to spread her love and knowledge of fungi.		   Else Vellinga
2024 Camp Schedule

Schedule subject to change - information will be updated until camp staff leave for camp - cell service is uncertain at Mendocino Woodlands Camp (some providers might have 1-bar coverage, or not).
Online updates can't happen from the forest.

Friday, November 8
    2:00 - 11:00 pm   Check in @ CAMP #1, Mendocino Woodlands   Dining Hall
    4:30 - 5:30 pm   Potluck Appetizers - bring a dish to share!   Dining Hall
    6:00 - 7:30 pm   Dinner, BYOB   Dining Hall
      Dinner leftovers saved for late arrivals until 10 pm    
    7:30 - 8:00 pm   Announcements & Foray information   Dance Hall
    8:00 - 9:00 pm   Presentation: Noah Siegel   Dance Hall
Saturday, November 9
    7:00 - 8:30 am   Coffee & Breakfast available   Dining Hall
    7:30 - 8:45 am   Make sack lunch to take on your foray, far room   Dining Hall
    8:45 - 9:00 am   Foray groups assemble to get instructions  
      Designated locations inside/outside   Dining Hall
    9:00 - 9:30 am   Forays Depart - on foot or carpools  
    3:15 - 4:15 pm   Mushroom Cyanotypes w/ Karen Rusiniak   Dance Hall
    3:30 - 4:00 pm   ID discussion with Camp Mycologist: Else Vellinga, tables at the side/rear of   Dance Hall
    4:00 - 5:30 pm   Mushroom Appetizer Cooking demo - Mushroom Soup, Grilled Mushrooms, Bread & Sauces, & MycoCoffee Tasting with Andy Still, Phil Minnick, & Co., outside of   Dining Hall
    6:00 - 7:30 pm   Dinner - A Fungal Feast! - BYOB   Dining Hall
    7:30 - 8:00 pm   Announcements   Dance Hall
    8:00 - 9:15 pm   Presentation: Cat Adams   Dance Hall
    9:30 -10:30 pm   Turkey Tail Mushroom Tincture Making with Natasha Jimenez   Dining Hall
    10:30 - 10:45 pm   MycoCocktail Night Caps with Phil Minnick   Dining Hall
    10:45 pm into the wee hours   MycoMendoMondo, hosted by Ken Litchfield & Co.   Dining Hall
Sunday, November 10
    Everybody Needs To Hand In The Lanyards and Name-tag Holders   Coffee Station
    7:00 - 8:30 am   Coffee & Breakfast available   Dining Hall
   7:30 - 8:45 am   Lunch Station Available *only chance to make pack lunches for the day*, far room in   Dining Hall
    9:00 - 11:00 am   Pack, and clean your cabin    
    9:00 - 9:30 am   ID discussion with Camp Mycologist: Else Vellinga, Tables at the side/rear of   Dance Hall
    9:00 - 10:00 am   Mushroom Dye Demo w/ Gayle Still, outside   Dining Hall
    11:00 am   Checkout and depart - find your own adventure on the way home...  

Campers are responsible for cleaning their cabins

Here's the checklist of your responsibilities
  • Cabins:
    • Beds & mattresses in place, (4 of each per cabin)
    • Floor swept, (under the cots also)
    • Entry stoop & balcony swept
    • Fireplace free of trash
    • All trash and recyclables brought to main camp
    • Broom returned to closet
    • Unused firewood brought back to main camp
    • All personal items removed from cabin
The MSSF will be billed for any unused firewood left in cabins and not returned to the wood storage rack at the dining hall by 11:00am on Sunday

MSSF members/campers not returning their unused wood may be billed for the wood and/or barred from future Mendocino Camp Forays