SDMYCO Hands-on Cordyceps Cultivation Workshop with Desert Alchemist

• LEARN: We'll explain basics of mushroom cultivation and tips for cordyceps.
• DEMO: We'll go over the instructions and go through the process together.
• DO IT YOURSELF: Innoculate the grow bag and take it home to fruit!

INSTRUCTOR BIO:

Hernan Castro is the owner of Desert Alchemist an Arizona based business. He is a passionate Naturalist, Mycologist & influencer from Arizona. He educates the community on topics like medicinal mushrooms, foraging, cultivation, extraction, ethical harvesting practices, and more. He is specializes in medicinal mycology and the documentation of new species/rare species found in the Sonoran Desert Sky Islands. He leads Identification workshops in the local mountains during the monsoon season. He hosts talks or workshops for the sky island mushroom society and other Mycological groups, as well as educating the global community through his mycology videos on TikTok and Instagram. He began learning about the world of medicinal mushrooms in 2015 when his father had several strokes. Hernan made a lion’s mane extract to support his father’s recovery from paralysis and has been working with medicinal mushroom extracts ever since. His work has been featured on PBS, as well as newspapers and magazines. His company, Desert Alchemist, makes a wide variety of medicinal mushroom/Herbal extracts, coffee, tea, honey, and other mushroom products made with wild fungi.

https://desertalchemist.com/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Casa Del Prado, 1650 El Prado, San Diego, United States