Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops - Vince's Park

Name: Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshops - Vince's Park
Start: 2025-10-30T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-30T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Vinces Park

Schedule

Thu Oct 30 2025 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Vinces Park | Seneca Falls, NY

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga, Schuyler and Seneca Counties are each offering a Shiitake Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshop to learn about growing mushrooms using red oak logs.
The workshop will be offered three different times across the Finger Lakes Region, providing options to those wishing to attend. These programs are open to the public regardless of your county of residence.
Join Connor Youngerman, Agroforestry & Mushroom Specialist from the Cornell Small Farms Program, to learn about specialty mushrooms and guide participants through the process of inoculating red oak logs with shiitake mushroom spawn.
Participants will start the workshop indoors with a short presentation, then go outside to inoculate red oak logs. Participants are encouraged to dress appropriately for the weather. Closed toe footwear strongly encouraged.
The cost is $25 per person, which includes handouts, materials and an inoculated red oak log to take home. Cheese pizza slices will also be offered as part of the registration fee.
Registration is required and space is limited. Register online at: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/MushroomLogFL_245
If you do not have access to the internet, call (315) 539-9251 ext. 1009. Registration payments must be received in order to save your spot.
Workshop dates/locations:
Schuyler County - Wednesday, October 29 at 5pm at Apples and Moore Farm
Seneca County - Thursday, October 30 at 5pm at Vince’s Park
Cayuga County - Saturday, November 1 at 10am at the Sterling Nature Center
CCE Environmental and Natural Resources Educator, Ryan Staychock, said, “more and more people want to grow shiitake mushrooms. They are good to eat, and can generate income, diversify farm and forestry enterprises, add value to forestry by-products and create opportunities for sustainable forest management.”