Name: Scoping Out Trees and Mushrooms with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy
Start: 2025-10-18T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-18T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Hunter's Point South Park

Scoping Out Trees and Mushrooms with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy

The Hunters Point Parks Conservancy is a community organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in Long Island City by preserving and enhancing its parks, green spaces, and waterfront in partnership with the community.

Hunters Point Parks Conservancy

We will explore the mushrooms and ecology of Hunters Point through a guided walk and a look through microscopes!

Hunter's Point South Park

We are very excited to be partnering with the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nyc_mushroom_network/" title="https://www.instagram.com/nyc_mushroom_network/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NYC Mushroom Network</a> to host a mushroom and tree fall guided walk! We will be joined by arborists and mycologists as our walk leaders.This is a special, family friendly, mycological walk with a slight bent towards urban arboriculture and agriculture. It's the perfect time to enjoy the end of the mushroom fruiting season, as well as kick-off winter tree pruning season, the ideal time to harvest wood for mushroom log cultivation!We have 5 amazing walk leaders confirmed - Andrew Cannon, rust fungi enthusiast, and Zihao Wang, naturalist, from the New York Mycological Society. We also have Parks experts - Marilyn Griffin of Gracie Mansion and Schuyler Borden of Brooklyn Forestry. As well as, Daniel Wendlek alongside arborists and tree experts from Arborpolitan.We will meet at the Oval in Hunter's Point South Park (at the intersection of Borden Ave. and Center Blvd.) at 1 PM sharp. Together we will survey Hunters Point Park and Gantry Plaza State Park, identify the diversity of soils, trees, plants, fungi and lichen, and learn about the local ecology.The walk will culminate at the Queens Landing Boathouse and Environmental Center at 2 PM, where we will discuss our observations and look at collected specimens under the macro- and microscopes!The walk and microscopy sessions are open to all ages and experience levels.*ISA continuing education credits are pending approval.Schedule1 - 2 PM Hunters Point South Park &amp; Gantry Plaza State Park Foray2 - 3 PM Queens Landing Boathouse &amp; Environmental Center Microscopy session

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