NEWS
Class Mushroom Project
December 13, 2024
David Healy is a board member of SOMA, Sonoma County Mycological Association, a non-profit group dedicated to learning about local mushrooms, and educating the public about the vast and diverse world of fungi. He is also a science teacher at a local Middle School. Our sister company, Redwood Mushroom Supply, donated five inoculated bags of oyster mushrooms for a school project.
David sent his gratitude for the huge success of this project. Not only did the students get to experience the life-cycle of mushrooms, they also partnered with the Culinary Arts class to harvest, prep and cook the mushroom for a class made pizza party!
“We grew the oyster mushrooms in our classroom over about 2 weeks in October and November during our mycology unit. Every Biodiversity student had the opportunity to help in the process. We observed the mycelium colonize the bags and followed the steps to help the mushrooms fruit. We had great success.
When the mushrooms were just about ready to harvest, we teamed up with the Culinary Arts students for a fun collaboration… mushroom pizza! The Culinary students taught us how to make pizza dough. The dough was made and left overnight. The next day we cooked down the oyster mushrooms and used them as toppings on our pizzas. We also added microgreens we had been growing.
Although some students were reluctant to eat mushrooms on their pizza, many students enjoyed them, and a few students that had never eaten mushrooms were brave enough to try them. We had a lot of fun observing, growing, and eating the blue oyster mushrooms.”
Thank you so much to everyone at Redwood Mushroom Supply.”
Sincerely,
Slater Middle School Biodiversity and Culinary Arts
(Mr. Healy and Ms. Lilligren)
