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The Mushroom Museum is installed in huge underground galleries dug into the tufa in the heart of Maine et Loire. A part is devoted to wild mushrooms. The other part is an active mushroom farm allowing discover the secrets of mushroom cultivation from Paris, blue feet, shii-takes and oyster mushrooms.

This characteristic makes it an ideal place fororganization of trips or school outings for your students from kindergarten to high school, through two types of entertainment specified below. You benefit from preferential rates for your student groups.

Keywords: Mushroom farm, Cellar cultivation, Mycology, Troglodyte, Nature and environment.

School activities in Saumur
(Maine and Loire)

Guided tour

We will discuss the initiation to the world of mushrooms, the discovery of different cultivated mushrooms and the recognition of several wild mushrooms.

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The mushroom grower's workshop

1. Participation in the work of the mushroom grower
   (placing the compost, sowing and casing)
2. Mushroom tasting in a troglodyte
3. Each class leaves with a box of mushrooms ready to grow.
4. Each child leaves with their individual kit

Accommodation capacity : 4 classes simultaneously.
Qualification of the animation manager : mushroom guide
School levels : Kindergarten - Primary - Colleges / High Schools