About me
John Michelotti founded Catskill Fungi in 2014, which empowers people through ID walks, cultivation courses, mushroom art, and mushroom health extracts. Based in upstate New York, Catskill Fungi comprises a team of mushroom enthusiasts aligned around the goals of mycological education, fungal conservation, environmental regeneration, and community health and resilience. Since 2018, he has cultivated the Catskill Fungi Spore Space, which displays a giant mushroom mural on the side of the commercial kitchen next to the outdoor cultivation and education area. John serves as Chair of the Medicinal Mushroom Committee for the North American Mycological Association (NAMA). He is a Poison Control Consultant for NAMA and an identification specialist for the NYC Poison Control Center. He is the former President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association, has organized forays for the Northeastern Mycological Federation, and has taught the Wild Mushroom Food Safety Certification Course. He was chosen by the Catskill Center as a "Steward of the Catskills" for his contribution to the environment. His goal is to educate and inspire people to pair with fungi to improve the environment, their health, and communities.
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