Mendocino Woodlands Foray
November 2025

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
2025 Camp Schedule

Schedule subject to change - information will be updated until camp staff leave home 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 14
    2:00 - 11:00 pm   Check in @ CAMP #1, Mendocino Woodlands   Dining Hall
    3:00 - 4:30 pm   Camp Craft Zone Open, backroom of   Dance Hall
    4:45 - 5:45 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 - 9:15 pm   Presentation: Brian Perry   Dance Hall
      FORAY NOTES: There will be both long and short forays on Saturday. Long forays last roughly 4-6 hours; Short forays last roughly 2-3 hours.  
Saturday, November 15
    7:30 - 9:00 am   Coffee & Breakfast available   Dining Hall
    8:30 - 9:30 am   Make Pack Lunches *Self-Serve lunch station available in morning only, make your lunches immediately after breakfast   Dining Hall
    9:15 - 9:30 am   Foray groups assemble to get instructions  
      Designated locations inside/outside   Dining Hall
    9:15 - 9:45 am   Forays Depart - on foot or carpools  
    1:30 - 3:00 pm   Intro to Mushroom ID workshop w/ JR Blair, outside the   Dance Hall
    2:00 - 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 Happy Hour by Andy Still, Phil Minnick & Co. [Far West Fungi Mushroom Soup, Grilled Mushrooms, Bread, Sauces; MycoCoffee & MycoCocktails], outside of   Dining Hall
    6:00 - 7:30 pm   Dinner - A Fungal Feast! - BYOB   Dining Hall
    7:30 - 9:15 pm   David Campbell Presentation and Announcements   Dance Hall
    10:45 pm into the wee hours   MycoMendoMondo, hosted by Ken Litchfield & Co.   Dining Hall
Sunday, November 16
    Everybody Needs To Hand In The Lanyards and Name-tag Holders   Coffee Station
    7:30 - 9:00 am   Coffee & Coffee & Breakfast available   Dining Hall
   8:30 - 9?:30 m   Lunch station available. *Last chance to make lunches, far room in   Dining Hall
    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 Craft Zone Open with Karen Rusiniak, back room of   Dance Hall
    9:15 - 10:30 am   Mushroom Dye Workshop with Gayle Still, outside of   Dining Hall
    9:00 - 11:00 am   Pack, and clean your cabin    
    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:
    • Return beds and mattresses to original setting, (4 of each per cabin)
    • Return beds and mattresses to original setting, (4 of each per cabin)
    • Fireplace should be free of any trash
    • Bring all remaining trash from cabins to main camp receptacles
    • Return broom, dust pans, & any cleaning items to your cabin’s closet
    • Remove all personal from cabins and bathrooms at end of stay

    NOTE: 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. Camp firewood is expensive! MSSF members/campers not returning their unused wood will be billed for the wood and/or barred from future Mendocino Camp Forays

    11:00 am onward... Self-Guided forays on the way home.