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ADV - NE - Mushroom Field Day, Cloquet
Cloquet Forestry Center website
175 University RdCloquet, MN 55720
Join Kalvin and Rachel Stern of Fiddlehead Knob for a hands-on field day designed to help you confidently identify common Minnesota mushrooms. Throughout the day, you’ll explore mushroom morphology, identification techniques, and considerations around edibility.
This immersive learning experience includes hiking, guided observation, and a chance to practice spore printing.
Please dress for the weather in comfortable, layered clothing suitable for both indoor and outdoor activities, and bring appropriate footwear for hiking.
Fiddlehead Knob is a fourth-generation family farm in Southeast MN. After nearly a decade of commercial mushroom farming, they are embracing a new chapter rooted in wild food, traditional skills, and community. Kalvin is certified through the Minnesota Mycological Society and has been foraging wild mushrooms and other wild foods for nearly 15 years. Through education, wildcrafting, plant medicine, and homestead skills, they hope to help others cultivate a deeper connection and stewardship to the land.
To learn more about Fiddlehead Knob, visit https://www.fiddleheadknob.com
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The course cost is $60 and includes course manuals and supplies.
Course Dates:
Meeting from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. on:
- Saturday, September 12, 2026
Instructor Information
Kacey is an Extension Educator with Minnesota Master Naturalist. Primarily from the Chicago area, she began her Naturalist path in 2007 as a teen wildlife rehabilitation and animal rescue volunteer. From there, she pursued degrees in Wildlife Ecology and Biology at UW-Stevens Point. She has worked as an environmental educator at the Forest Preserve Districts of DuPage and Lake counties in Chicagoland, the Saint Louis Zoo, and Brookfield Zoo. She has also volunteered at museums, including the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Field Museum in Chicago. After receiving her Master's in Biological Teaching from Miami University in Ohio, she transitioned to program management at Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville, WI, and at Evanston Ecology Center. With 8 years of experience in program coordination and over 15 years in the environmental field, Kacey is passionate about connecting people to the natural world around them. She particularly likes the less-loved taxa such as amphibians and reptiles, fungi, and non-dino fossils.
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