Classes hosted by Smugtown Mushrooms, our hosts, third parties + others are all sales final and no refunds unless stated on the specific class information
Find us vending and sharing our creations amongst amazing herbalists and creators!
SCUMS monthly meeting: Monday, May 5th
Olga Tzogas will present:
Mushrooms + Culture of Greece
Experience and take a visual journey into the diverse and lush natural world of Greece. Ancient forests, traditional land-based living still exist, providing a rich culture weaved within nature itself. Connections to fungi are ever present and it’s only gaining more attention. Take a look into the relationships the locals have with certain species of mushrooms, plants, & their recipes for use. Olga Tzogas of Smugtown Mushrooms, based in Rochester, NY returns to her ancestral home to learn and connect deeper to the mycelial communities, and the people still practicing traditional ways of life or those creating a new. Greece is typically pictured by bluebird skies and matching crystalline seascapes, but Greece is home to lush dense forests of several Oak species, Chestnut, Beech, Fir, Sycamores and Pine to name a few. The life they harbor is exquisite. See the similarities of fungal life that are shared on both continents. Together we see a visual depiction of the funga, flora + fauna of this diverse ecological haven of the country of Greece.
Find me speaking in Atlanta, Georgia!
Free Presentation about the Mushrooms + Culture of Greece!
Join us for an evening of learning about the glory of Fungi and their medicinal properties!
Our instructor Olga Tzogas will -lead us through various methods by which we can access the profound ways mushrooms can help us build immunity and strengthen ourselves and our communities
-go over several species of mushrooms that are known for their beneficial properties -teach techniques and recipes to take home with you
-help participants get creative with recipes, and treating mushrooms like Turkey Tail, Lions Mane + Reishi as the ingredient to inspire a DIY, intuitive approach to making extracts, like vinegars, tinctures + oxymels Together we will explore and open your palate by mixing the gastronomic + functionality of fungi and their allies.
-Make and take home a 4oz extract starter of a Lions Mane medicinal mushroom extract that is alcohol free!
*** PS - If you have time to come early, check out Audubon's new seed library and plant guide in the visitor center! Or walk the trails before the event
*** This event is free and open to everyone. The PMC is funded entirely through donations. If you are able, please consider giving an amount of your choice at checkout.
By registering for this event you grant the Philadelphia Mycology Club to use photographs and/or video of you taken at the event in publications, online, and in other communications related to the Philadelphia Mycology Club.
Spend time with your Mother.…Mother Earth that is :) or both!
Come on a cute little sweet mushroom and wild plant walk in peak Spring beauty season
This walk is in the area of Springwater, NY and is within 1 hour from Rochester, NY
Join us at the annual Mycofest! Hosted by Mycosymbiotics
Come and join us from August 1st to 3rd, 2025, for the 11th annual MycoFest! It's going to be an unforgettable weekend at the stunning Rhoneymeade Arboretum & Sculpture Garden in Centre Hall, PA. Embraced by the beauty of nature, this special venue is the ideal backdrop for an enriching experience that brings together foraging, permaculture, rewilding, and community connection.
This year, we’re excited to redefine the festival experience! We're moving beyond traditional sit-down lectures and diving into engaging hands-on learning, interactive workshops, and vibrant skill-sharing sessions led by our amazing expert teachers. Whether you’re a seasoned mycophile or just starting your journey into the fungal realm, you’ll leave with practical knowledge that you can easily integrate into your daily life.
Find us amongst dozens of incredible mycologists at a gorgeous camp along Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region
More info soon!
Come learn from the forest! See for yourself the awakening of the blessed Spring and witness the beauty of the ephemeral plants of our woodlands native plants…..and of course mushrooms. .
This time of year is precious and we are lucky enough to have city forests to experience this sacred time of year.
Walk begins at 11am on April 26 in Rochester, NY.
Exact location is given a couple days before the class begins
Join me for a free presentation about my work I do in my ancestral homeland of Greece
Mushrooms + Culture of Greece!
Ill also have some offerings for sale like Lions Mane Grow kits, extracts and more.
Join us!
6:30 pm at the Community Library of Dewitt & Jamesville, 5110 Jamesville Road in Syracuse, NY
See you there!
Join us for a POP-UP + Mushroom Tasting alongside our friends at the Mobile Moon Co-op
Our website is being funky and wont let us update the time …this days events run from 12-6pm
Join us!
Suggested Donation is $10-20
FREE !! Presentation on the Mushrooms + Culture of Greece with the Vancouver Mycological Society
Mushrooms + Culture from Greece with a cooking demo bonus!
Take a visual journey into the diverse and lush natural world of Greece. Ancient forests, traditional land-based living still exists, providing a rich culture weaved within nature itself. Connections to fungi are ever-present and they’re only gaining attention. Take a look into the relationships the locals have with certain species of mushrooms, plants & some of their associated recipes.
Where: Sebastopol Grange. Here is a zoom link if you’d like to join remotely.
6000 Sebastopol Ave, Hwy 12, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
When: Potluck at 6pm. Announcements at 630pm. 7pm Presentation.
Olga Tzogas started her love affair with Fungi and plants over 15 years ago, with the help and guidance of family, teachers and community. In 2011, Smugtown Mushrooms was started, which provides cultivation supplies to grow mushrooms, indoors or outdoors, for food or for medicine. Olga has taught hundreds of folks how to grow mushrooms, make medicine and learn about the glory of Fungi and the natural world. In collaborating with The Mycelium Underground, Olga helped create the New Moon Mycology Summit in 2018. She was also a core organizer for the 2016 Radical Mycology Convergence and the MycoSymbiotics Festival from 2015-2017. Annually, Olga returns to her ancestral homeland to guide small groups immersed in land based and traditional knowledge of the country of Greece, highlighting the flora and funga!
Together we go through various ways we can access the profound ways mushrooms can help us build immunity and strengthen ourselves and our communities. We go over several varieties of mushrooms that are known for their beneficial properties. Learn techniques and recipes to take home with you.
We navigate the complex web & ancient world of medicinal mushrooms. Explore how they grow in nature then, how they nurture us in return. Explore the deep history humans have with medicinal mushrooms & their power to heal. Identifying uses, and ways to prepare them. We will demonstrate the vast options and diversity of properties within just a handful of selected varieties. The most common and popular we will look at & work with is the Reishi or Lingzhi mushroom, the legendary ‘Mushroom of Immortality.’
Journey through other divine healers of the wild; the Turkey Tail mushroom, Lion’s Mane mushroom, & the common culinary mushroom, the Shiitake. Learn about how each of these mushrooms exists in nature, how we can cultivate a working relationship with them in our health regimens and of course keep them sacred and wild where they deserve to remain. Raising awareness of the growing market for these healers and what it means for us to do our part to grow our own, and explore the ethics of this huge growing industry.
-Learn the basic life cycle and biology of mushrooms and their Fungal relatives.
-Learn how mushrooms exist in nature to better understand how they grow, and how we can apply these methods to our lives, agriculture, health regimens and more.
-Journey through a few varieties of medicinal mushrooms that are commonly found in stores.
-We go over methods we can prepare and use these medicinals for both food and/or medicine.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO!
Join Olga Tzogas from Smugtown Mushrooms in beautiful Albuquerque at the Lost Cultures Tea Bar. We are stoked to join in community with Ryan from Lost Cultures as he has truly made a space where small hand crafted drinks can go beyond our expectations and booze doesnt have to be in the recipe. Speaking of recipe! The night of February 5th catch us offering a small hands-on demo that illustrates how we can use basic mushrooms and other ingredients from the grocery store and make beneficial extracts that are shelf stable, healthy and delicious.
All participants take home 4 ounces of mushrooms extract. This extract will be alcohol free.\
Registration is open, join us!
Find us vending alongside other talented folks on this cute day!
Join us for our 4th Annual Queer Handmade Holiday Art Sale🏳️🌈❄️
On Saturday November 16th from 10am - 4pm at the Allendale Columbia School (Big Gym)
519 Allens Creek Rd. Rochester NY
Come out and support over 50 local queer artisans and vendors. Check off everyone on your list with gifts for the whole family this holiday season, it’s sure to be a blast!! We can’t wait to see you all there❤️
OUR FIRST ATHENS GREECE WORKSHOP COMMENCES!
If you’re in the area come to our first FREE offering with the Mouries Collective
Scroll down on the link pages below to check ut details!
Ella!
https://mouriescollective.org/events/
Join Olga Tzogas and some special guests for a walk in the woods and taste, sample some of our findings and some cultivated mushrooms as well.
Rain or shine .
We spend a few hours together looking for mushrooms, touching plants, smelling our way through the forest and listening for bird songs who will be serenading us throughout our time together. After our walk in the woods, we gather, cook, relax and taste our findings and other local delights.
Exact location is given after registration
General location is within the WESTERN Finger Lakes region of New York.
11-3pm
- Children 13 and Under Free
- Dogs are welcome but we do recommend they stay home because they can trample findings and cause cute yet-distractions.
Find us in the woods! In Rochester NY!
Learn what is actively growing and belonging in the ecosystems around you!
Pack your own snacks as we have our walk during lunch time.
Exact location given upon registration
Rain date is Oct 5th
Music, Arts + Mycology festival for all!
Based in West Almond,NY
Sept 6-8th 2024
Camping-Vendors-Interactive Art Displays -Workshops - Mycology Forays
We teach on Saturday!!..Saturday there is a ful day of mycology classes!
We plan to do a Medicinal Mushroom Class! Join us and go home with skills to make your own medicine from wild and cultivated mushrooms!
Join Olga Tzogas and some special guests for a walk in the woods and taste, sample some of our findings and some cultivated mushrooms as well.
Rain or shine unless weather is hazardous. Tentative Rain date would be in Sept 21st.
We spend a few hours together looking for mushrooms, touching plants, smelling our way through the forest and listening for bird songs who will be serenading us throughout our time together. After our walk in the woods, we gather, cook, relax and taste our findings and other local delights.
Exact location is given after registration
General location is within the WESTERN Finger Lakes region of New York.
10-1pm
- Children 13 and Under Free
- Dogs are welcome but we do recommend they stay home because they can trample findings and cause cute yet-distractions.
Find us returning to our beloved Basilica Farm + Flea!
We will have our full mushroom spread PLUS a whole booth of our treasured vintage, books and other upcycled and used items to adorned your home with!
Find us!
