Mushrooms

We are so excited to announce our new mushroom foraging trips in Oaxaca this summer 2023! We are lucky to be working with two local mycologists as well as hongeros-community members with a vast knowledge of local mushrooms, and traditional cooks who will learn all about the mushrooms of the region with. Join us for our inaugural group trip to the Sierra Sur for a weekend of immersing ourselves in the beautiful landscape of the high pine forests where wild mushrooms flourish during the summer months in Oaxaca. We´ll also be offering day trips to the Sierra Norte mushroom foraging and cooking with mushrooms with our local guide Lalo.

Wild Mushroom Foraging in the Sierra Sur

Itinerary: 4 days, 3 nights 

2023 dates: Thurs-Sun Aug 10-13 & Sept 21-24

Cost per person: $950 USD/17,000 MXN (Open Outing 5-8 participants)

Activities planned:

  • Talks by a local mycologist teaching us about the local mushrooms of the region and Oaxaca and their uses

  • A guided walk in the high altitude (2440 m/8000 ft above sea level) pine forests of the region where we will collect different kinds of mushrooms with the mycologist and local guide from the community

  • Create an identification table to learn about the varieties of mushrooms we collect, their scientific classifications, and their uses

  • A cooking class with a cocinera tradicional learning local dishes like amarillo or hongos a la mexicana that use edible mushrooms

  • The chance to learn how to make traditional mountain bread in a wood fired oven 

  • Group meals featuring edible mushrooms of the region

  • Traditional mezcal tasting

  • Temezcal

Includes:

  • Personalized guide and translation (English/Spanish) 

  • Comfortable transportation round trip from Oaxaca City (3 hours each way) 

  • Cost of all programmed activities over the course of the trip

  • 10 meals (most featuring edible mushrooms)

  • 3 night stay at Puesta del Sol cabins (double occupancy) 

  • Drinking water and light snacks 

  • Donation to local elementary school for much needed school supplies

Wild Mushroom Foraging & Tradicional Cooking Class

in the Sierra Norte

2023 dates: Saturdays in August: 5, 19, & 26 & Weds August

Saturdays in September: 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30

Schedule: 9am-6pm

Cost per person: $170 USD/3,200 MXN (Open Outing 2-6 participants)

Includes:

  • Personalized guide and translation (Spanish/English)

  • Comfortable and safe transportation round trip from Oaxaca city (1 hour each way)

  • Quick tamales and fresh fruit en route

  • Two hour guided hike through the Sierra Norte woods with a local guide from the community and a mycologist (the hike is leisurely as we will be stopping and learning about mushrooms and the history of the area along the way)

  • Mushroom foraging and identification with local guide and mycologist

  • A chance cook up some of the edible mushrooms we collect with a cocinera traditional

  • Lunch of regional dishes accompanied by our selection of traditional mezcal

  • Drinking water and light snacks

  • Donation to community library