Learn about mushrooms with an expert on Anchorage walk

Take a walk with mycologist Christin Swearingen to learn about mushrooms in Southcentral Alaska. In this event, sponsored by the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ Cooperative Extension Service, participants will collect, identify and learn about mushrooms. 

Bring a basket if you have one and any mushrooms from your backyard about which you would like more information. The class will take place rain or shine, and participants will walk on forest trails and uneven ground for approximately 30 minutes. Please prepare accordingly.

The workshop is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Campbell Creek Science Center, 5600 Science Center Drive, Anchorage. The cost is $30. Register using or visit . 

Space is limited and registration is required. A $5 fee applies to all cancellations. No refunds will be given to cancellations requested within 48 hours of the workshop.

For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.  

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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