2023 April 14 – 16 Morel Madness Schedule
Friday April 14
Check in:
- 12:00pm – can arrive and explore, however cabins unavailable.
- 3:00pm – Registration begins – Piercing Arrow Dining Lodge
Evening Activities – Piercing Arrow Dining Lodge
- 5:30pm – Appetizer potluck and BYO drinks social hour
- 6:30pm – Announcements and potluck dinner
- 8:00pm – Hints and Strategies for Finding Morels (Willie May) and foray sign ups.
- 9:00pm – Night walk using UV flashlights (Fantastic Fungi screening if raining)
Saturday, April 23
Breakfast (provided)
- 6:00am – Continental breakfast (coffee, pastries, and fruit) for all-day foray participants
- 7:30am – Hot breakfast (breakfast sandwiches, pastries, coffee, fruit)
Forays – 4 Forays offered.
- 6:15 am – 5ish, all-day foray (bring your own lunch, plenty of water, compass, and cell phone)
- 9:00am – noonish, ½ day foray low impact (1)
- 9:00am – noonish, ½ regular forays (2)
Afternoon Activities
- 2 – 3:30pm, Introduction to Mushroom Identification (Jay Justice)
- 3:30 – 4:30pm, Mushroom Jerky Making Demonstration (Peggy Green)
Evening Activities
- 5:30pm – Appetizer potluck and BYO drinks social hour
- 6:00pm – Potluck dinner
- 7:00pm – Announcements, Awards, and Raffle Drawing
- 7:30pm – Speaker: Bruch Reed, “Saving the Mushrooms: 25th Anniversary of NAMA’s Voucher Collection Project”
- 8:30pm – Bonfire fun and smores (Fantastic Fungi screening if raining)
Sunday, April 16
- 6:00am - Coffee
- 7:00am to 9:00am “Clear out the fridge” breakfast (provided)
- 9:00am to noon – Check out and camp clean up.