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MYCELIUM MYSTERIES: A Women’s Mushroom Retreat
MYCELIUM MYSTERIES: A Women’s Mushroom Retreat The inaugural mushroom event held on October 6,7 and 8, 2017. This event is hosted by The Midwest Women’s Herbal which has hosted an annual herbal conference in Wisconsin since 2010. The mushroom event was a natural extension of the mushroom workshops and walks that have been offered every year since the inception of the herbal event.

The Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference was founded by American Herbalist, Linda M. Conroy who is an herbal educator, an herbal clinician and a community organizer. Is the founder of Moonwise Herbs, LLC and The Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference and Wild Eats. Silently shaping the soil beneath our feet, fungi are key players in the health of Earth and trajectory of human culture around the globe. Still, we find ourselves in a time where the study of fungi is considered to be a neglected megascience, their mycelium, a mystery. It is our goal to help modern women connect with the roles and wisdom of our female ancestors who always maintained and shared their visceral understanding of the Fungal Queendom.

This annual retreat, the first recorded Women's Mushroom Retreat focuses on understanding fungi as the Grandmothers of our ecosystems. Workshops will be offered at the beginner through advanced levels, and include topics in wild mushroom skills, fungal ecology, fungi and human health, and ethnomycology.

Speakers at the inaugural event included: Alanna Burns Andi Bruce Ava Arvest Barbara Ching Carla Kramer Cornelia Cho M.D. Danielle Stevenson Dr. Crystal Dawn Erica Gunnison Eugenia Bone. Jennifer Knox Linda Conroy Linda Grigg Mara Fae Penfil Mary Scott Nicole McCalpin Olga Tzogas Sarah Foltz Jordan Sue Van Hook Tess Burzynski