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  • 10th Annual Mycelium Mysteries: Women's Mushroom Conference Registration Form

    Click the tabs for specific information. Continue scrolling for registration information

  • Early Bird Pricing until July 15th, 2026!

    Spaces always fill up fast! Don't miss your chance to register at the early bird rates, register today!

    Once the conference is full, we will start a waitlist.

  • Welcome Ladies!

    This is a long form as we have many offerings for you to choose from!

    Please ensure that you have the time and space to read all questions thoroughly. Take a deep breath, ground, grab a cup of nourishing infusion and begin. You've got this!

    If you have any questions or difficulties, please email us at herbwomen@gmail.com.

    We look forward to spending this time with you! 

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  • Helpful Instructions

  • Pricing Information:

    For pricing information for pre-conference, main conference, and extras: Click Here. 

  • For Pre-Conference only, follow these instructions: 

    - Fill out the "Information" Section - Continue to the next page

    - Under "Will you be attending the Main Conference?" - select "No" 

    - Continue to the Pre-Conference Registration and additional offerings

  • To Add Addditional Offerings to your Registration:

    If you have already registered and would like to add workshops or early arrival to your registration: Please use this Extras Registration Form HERE!

  • To Purchase Recordings Only:

    If you cannot attend the conference and would like to purchase the recordings only, please use this Recordings Packages Form HERE!

  • IMPORTANT: Cancellation and Refund Policies
    Please see our Website for important cancellation policy information.

  • Information

  • Please fill out the form carefully, being certain that both your email and phone number are correct - this is the only way we have of communicating with you! Add herbwomen@gmail.com to your contacts so our communication does not go into spam or promotions.

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  • Age Range:
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  • Meal Preferences

    Please help us provide enough nourishing, satisfying food for all. Those with unique dietary needs not addressed below may wish to bring snacks to supplement meals. Food allergies and medical conditions need to be listed in the allergy section.
  • Meal Preference:*
  • Dietary Preferences/Restrictions - Chose all that apply*

  • Mobility Needs

  • Main Conference Registration

    September 18, 19 & 20, 2026
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  • Registration Includes:

    Main Conference Attendance (September 18, 19 & 20, 2026)

    Lodging: Friday & Saturday Night

    Meals: Friday Dinner – Sunday Lunch

     

    Workshops topics during the main conference will include: 

    • Wild mushroom gathering and identification
    • Fungal ecology
    • Mushroom medicine & nutrition
    • Ethnomycology
    • Women's roles in the herstory of fungi
    • Women’s Traditions/Spirituality
    • Celebrating The Seasons
    • And More!

    Full line up of workshops to be posted soon.

    View keynote speakers:

    • Rose Tursi
    • Ruth Barrett
    • Sue Van Hook
  • Will you be attending Mycelium Mysteries, A Women's Mushroom Conference?*
  • Confirm Lodging Choice for Pre-Paid Spots
  • Lodging Choice
  • Please Choose from the Following:

  • Pre-Conference Registration: September 17, 2026

  • Create a Mini Retreat for yourself through these Pre-Conference Offerings:

    - Full Day Workshops on Thursday

    - 3 Hour Workshops on Thursday and Friday

     See descriptions below

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  • Thursday Full Day Workshops

    Thursday, September 17th from 9 am to 4:30 pm

    All Include Thursday Lunch

  • Certified Wisconsin Mushroom Identifier Class

    Melissa Klotka

  • The Wisconsin Mycological Society (WMS) has put together a fabulous class for beginning or intermediate mushroom lovers. Learn about all of the most popular edible species in Wisconsin and their look-alikes. Discover key identifying characteristics, and if you feel extra adventurous, test your knowledge at the end! If you receive a passing score on the test, you will become a Certified Wisconsin Mushroom Identifier, and you will be able to legally sell mushrooms to restaurants and grocery stores in the state of Wisconsin.

     

    The class covers:

    • PDF study guide, sent to you by email - you maintain access to this study guide for ongoing reference
    • Key identification practices for approved species for sale to grocery stores and restaurants in Wisconsin
    • Correct handling and storage of wild harvested fungi for sale
    • Use of "Wisconsin Statement of Sale for Wild Mushrooms" forms to document your transactions

     

    Adding the test includes:

    • Administered test on the curriculum in-person, that same day
    • Grading of your test and communication of your results within 14 days of testing
    • If passing, 3 year certification in the state of Wisconsin to sell approved wild foraged fungi to grocery stores and restaurants
    • If passing PDF copy of a certification card you may choose to print or use digitally on a website, social media
    • Card includes a QR code that leads to a webpage maintained by WMS affirming your certification and displaying the contact details for you or your business which you choose to have visible

     

    Pricing: 

    • $100 - Class ($80 for the WMS Class + $15 MWH processing fee) 
    • $150 - Class with Test ($125 for the WMS Class with the test + $15 MWH processing fee) 

     

    *Note: An additonal Wisconsin Mycological Society form will be required for registration. This form will be emailed to you after registering*

     

  • Additional WMS resources will be share with you after you register.

    These will be emailed to you.

  • Please Note: WMS recommends setting aside at least two weeks to review the study guide, especially if you are new to mushrooms or have little prior experience. Without adequate preparation, the test may be challenging.

    Retests are available if needed.

  • Energetics for Magick, Ritual and Everyday Life

    Ruth Barrett and Falcon River
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  • Through interactive and participatory exercises, participants will learn hands-on, tangible energetic skills for surviving and thriving in patriarchy, providing and receiving energetic support, practicing the art of centering, and much more. Our intention is to provide women with tools to access their bodily memories of drawing power from the elemental forces that surround us and to become more receptive to the multi-sensory world of Nature.

  • Sweetgrass and Pine Needle Basketry

    Linda Conroy

  • Learn to make a coiled basket using pine needles and sweetgrass. Spend a fun day exploring the creative possibilities of this traditional skill as you design and complete your basket. Herbalist Linda Conroy will guide and instruct you on how to coil and stitch a simple basket as well as integrate other materials into your basket, ie black walnut hull, pine cone, beads, and more.
    This class is a great opportunity for both beginners and intermediate weavers to begin or expand on their skills.


    Bring a small pair of scissors, a thimble, and reading glasses if needed. All other supplies provided.

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  • Tending Our Dead

    Threshold Care
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  • Until the latter part of the 19th century, most people were born and died in their own homes. When they were born, their family cared for them; when they died, their family cared for them. Dying, like birthing, was integrated into living. Threshold Care Circle was created to help families rediscover this tradition of home vigil and family-directed funeral.

    This pre confernece immersion is focused on at-home and community death care. Participants will gain the information and hands-on practice needed to care for loved ones after death.

    Topics include:
    • Advance planning: Utilizing My Final Wishes, WI Health Care Power of Attorney, Living Will & Ethical Will
    • Meeting legal requirements and acquiring the necessary paperwork
    • Care of the Body
    • Creating Sacred Space, and Home Vigils
    • Family Direct Cremation & Green Burial options

  • Add a Thursday Full Day Workshop?

  • Friday Pre-Conference Workshops

    Friday, September 18th from 9 am to 12 pm 

    All Include Friday Lunch 

  • Bringing Mushroom Terminology Down to Earth

    Anna DeMers


  • Are you stuck foraging and working with the mushrooms that you know, while many of the others remain hard for you to identify? During this workshop you will learn different features of mushrooms and their terminology related to the gills, caps and stipes (stems), so that you can better utilize your books and resources. Throughout the learning, we will practice noticing features and using terminology to describe a variety of wild mushrooms that the instructor brings to the class and ones that we gather together in the woods during a short foray.

    Participants will:
    • Learn the terminology that helps you recognize patterns in mushroom families.
    • Gain confidence in using macroscopic (visible to the eye) mushroom features to better distinguish and identify mushrooms to family and sometimes species on your own in the field.

     

     

  • Ruth Barrett

  • Crafting and Magical Use of a Willow Wand

    Falcon River
  • Ruth Barrett

  • In goddess and female-centered Dianic Witchcraft, the wand is a tool of the Air element as trees create the very air we breathe. In this experiential workshop, participants will be guided through the transformational process of crafting a wand from a willow tree branch, consecrating it as a tool of magic, and will begin to learn the energetic skills needed to effectively wield it in accordance with will. All materials will be provided. Bring a sharp pocketknife.

    Crafting and Magical Use of a Willow Wand
    Note Extended Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

     

  • Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation

    Ingrid Daudert

  • Grow Your Own Mushrooms!

    Join us to increase your mushroom cultivation knowledge. Learn a variety of ways to grow your own bounty of edible and medicinal fungi. Mushroom farmer Ingrid Daudert will teach about and demonstrate a variety of growing techniques:

    • Shiitake log inoculation
    • Totem technique, as well as low-tech pasteurizing of straw as substrates for growing mushrooms.
    • Many of the techniques can be used interchangeably with various mushroom species. 

     

     

     

     

     

  • Ruth Barrett

  • Mushrooms in the Kitchen and Apothecary

    Linda Conroy
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  • Join herbalist and mushroom enthusiast Linda Conroy for this fun, hands-on workshop. In this session, we will learn how to prepare mushrooms for optimal health and medicinal use. From culinary delights and infused vinegars to beverages and extracts, everyone will go home with remedies and preparations we make in class, along with instructions on how to incorporate them into everyday life.

     

     

  • Other Ways of Knowing Fungi

    Sue Van Hook

  • Journey with Mushrooms!

    Come listen to what fungi have to teach us. Sue will share her many encounters of working with fungal spirits over the last 50 years and invites you to meet the fungal species who align with your purpose through a shamanic drum journey. During this time together, we will also journey for the highest good for the collective as fungi lead the way forward.

    In this pre conference workshop you will:
    * learn the basics of shamanic journeying to access other ways of knowing
    * connect with fungal beings to gain insights and wisdom
    * receive guidance for your life's path
    * discover how we women can weave ourselves into mycelial communities above and below ground

    Please bring a mat or towel so you are comfortable laying down for a period of time and a blanket or shawl to be warm. Bring a journal or notebook and pen for recording your experience.

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  • Add a Friday Morning Workshop (Includes Friday lunch)

  • Add Lodging and Meals

    If you would like to arrive early, stay onsite between the pre-conference and the main conference, or add additional meals, please add those things below.

  • Additional Lodging

  • Wednesday Night Lodging

    Add this option if you are arriving Wednesday night to attend a Thursday Full Day Workshop.

    Includes Wednesday lodging and Thursday Breakfast.

    Wednesday Dinner is NOT included. Your first meal is Thursday Breakfast.

  • Wednesday Night Lodging
  • Thursday Night Lodging Add this option if you are arriving Thursday night to attend a Friday Pre-Conference or the Main conference OR if you are staying onsite Thursday night after a pre-conference.Includes Thursday lodging and Friday Breakfast.Thursday Dinner is NOT included. Your first meal at camp is Friday Breakfast.

  • Additional Meals

    Delicious Meals Prepared by Retreat Center Chef

  • Thursday Dinner

    **Please note: Thursday Dinner is NOT included in early arrival and must be added below if you would like to join us for this meal.

  • Friday Lunch

    Friday Lunch is included with the Friday Pre-Conference Workshops! 

  • Friday Lunch

    **Please note: Friday lunch is NOT included in early arrival and must be added below if you would like to join us for this meal.

  • *Note! Friday Lunch is included in the Friday Morning Preconference Workshops. If you are arriving early, but not participating in a workshop, you can purchase lunch below. 

     

  • Infant Registration

  • Babes in arms (babies that are not yet mobile) are welcome to attend with their guardian! They will lodge where their guardian is lodging.

  • Will you bring a "Babe in Arms" newborn to 2 years to the Conference?

  • Teen Registration

  • This year, at Mycelium Mysteries, we will be accepting registration of young women years 12 and up! They must be accompanied by a guardian to attend. We will not have any separate teen events, they will be attending the main conference workshops with their gaurdian. 

    All Teens will be assigned to the same lodging as their guardians. If in a cabin, your teen will be assigned a top bunk lodging unless a bottom bunk is specifically requested (use the additional comments section or email us at herbwomen@gmail.com)

  • Teen Information

  • Will you be bringing a Teen (age 12 and up) to Mycelium Mysteries: A Women's Mushroom Conference?
  • Is the teen's address the same as the parent/guardian registered above?
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • Teen Meal Preference

  • Teen Meal Preference:
  • Teen Dietary Preferences/Restrictions - Chose all that apply

  • Teen's Early Arrival Information

  • Will this teen arrive Thursday evening with adult registered above? (Includes Thursday lodging & Friday Breakfast)
  • Will this teen arrive Thursday evening and need Thursday Dinner?
  • Will this teen arrive Thursday evening or Friday morning and need Friday lunch?

  • Additional Teen Information

  • Will you be bringing an additional Teen (age 12 and up) to Mycelium Mysteries: A Women's Mushroom Conference?
  • Is the additional teen's address the same as the parent/guardian registered above?
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.

  • Additional Teen Meal Preference

  • Additional Teen Meal Preference:
  • Additional Teen Dietary Preferences/Restrictions - Chose all that apply

  • Teen's Early Arrival Information

  • Will this additional teen arrive Thursday evening with adult registered above? (Includes Thursday lodging & Friday Breakfast)
  • Will this additional teen arrive Thursday evening and need Thursday Dinner?
  • Will this additional teen arrive Thursday evening or Friday morning and need Friday lunch?

  • Early Registration

    Receive the deepest discount on our upcoming events by registering early below!

  • Receive $50 off when you sign up for two multi-day events

    Add the 2027 Midwest Women's Herbal Conference and/or the 2027 In Our Own Hands: Women's Wellness Series to your Registration to receive the coupon below. 

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  • 2027 Midwest Women's Herbal Conference Registration

  • Receive $50 off when you sign up for two multi-day events

    Add either the 2027 Midwest Women's Herbal Conference or the 2027 In Our Own Hands: Women's Wellness Series to your Registration to receive the coupon below. 

  • Would you like to register for the 2027 Midwest Women's Herbal Conference?
  • Lodging Choice
  • Use the same Meal Preferences, Dietary Restrictions, Medications, and Emergency Contact as above?
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  • 2027 Virtual In Our Own Hands Women's Wellness Series Early Registration

  • This event is held virtually on Zoom every other Saturday from January to March. Each workshop is 3 hours long and lead by experts in their field. Recordings of each workshop are included.

    Sign up early to recieve a deep discount on the series. You may purchase individual workshops on the Wellness Series page once registration opens. 

    More information coming soon!

     **Virtual classes are not refundable**

  • Register for 2027 In Our Own Hands: Women's Wellness Series?

  • Pre-Order Recording Package

    Don't Miss a Single Workshop!!

  • Pre-order the 2026 Mycelium Mysteries workshop recording bundle that includes over 30 workshop audio recordings and videos of the three keynotes.

    This special offer is only available online prior to the conference. Recordings will be available after the conference at regular pricing. The recordings will be available within 4-6 weeks of the conference.

    Did you miss the 2026 15th Annual Midwest Women's Herbal Conference? Or did you attend and wished you made it to more workshops? Order both recording sets below. 

    Recordings from previous Midwest Women's Herbal Conferences, Mycelium Mysteries: Women's Mushroom Conferences, and In Our Own Hands: Women's Wellness Series are all available at the Herb Women Classroom

  • Recording Packages
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  • Special United Plant Savers Membership!

    United Plant Savers (UpS): Medicinal Plant Conservation Organization has been serving the herbal community for over 30 years. The UpS mission focuses on research, education, and conservation of native medicinal plants, fungi, and their habitats.

  • Midwest Women's Herbal is forever grateful to UpS for helping to plant the seeds of our conference, through their seeding communities events. As they celebrate over 30 years of service, we are partnering with them to offer you a discounted membership. By joining us at any of our events offered through Midwest Women's Herbal, you can purchase a student membership for a discounted price of $22, (typically $35 for community members).

  • Scholarship Fund Donation

    Our Scholarships are funded through the generosity of donors and sponsors. Please choose an amount below if you are able to help towards scholarships. Thank you!
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  • Scholarship fund Donation- If you would like to donate a different amount - please note in the comments and we will send you an invoice

  • Mycelium Mysteries Conference Hoodies and T-Shirts

    Beautiful and high quality mushroom merch from Taproot Threads!

  • Shipping

    Order before August 31st and your item/s will be shipped to the conference for you to pick up.

    Order after August 31st and your item/s will be shipped to you. Please make sure you have entered your full and complete address above.

    Price includes shipping.

  • Taproot Threads Hoodies 

    Please chose your size and color preference below.

    Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large 

    Colors: Purple, Charcoal, Green, Blue

    **Purple is only available for the lightweight pullover** 

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  • Taproot Threads T-Shirt

    Please chose your size and color preference below.

    Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large 

    Colors: Slate, Bark, Avocado, Nautical Blue, Eggplant

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  • If you would like to purchase more than 1 of the above options, please do so on the Extras Form!

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