The French-born Mathieu transferred to Mexico, and in fact to Huautla de Jiménez, in 2005. "Yes, coming all the way to Mexico from France to follow my interest in weeds seems like quite a distance traveling," Mathieu discussed in a recently available meeting in Oaxaca. "But there actually wasn't much of a way to perform studies and grow a business in Western Europe," he remains, "because reverence for mushrooms have been all but fully eradicated by The Church on the span of generations; and I found that Mexico however retains a regard and understanding for the healing and natural price of hongos. Mexico is definately not mycophobic."

Huautla de Jiménez is more than a five time get from the best metropolitan center. Accordingly, Mathieu ultimately realized that remaining in Huautla, while keeping an historic allure and being in a geographical region conducive to working together with weeds, could impede his initiatives to cultivate a business and cultivate popular interest in learning about fungi. Mathieu turned mindful of the burgeoning reputation of Oaxaca's ecotourism areas of the Sierra Norte, and indeed the Feria Regional p Hongos Silvestres (regional crazy mushroom festival), used annually in Cuahimoloyas polkadot mushroom chocolate.

Mathieu achieved Josefina Jiménez at the summer weekend mushroom event. Jiménez had moved to Oaxaca from hometown Mexico City in 2002. The two discussed similar pursuits; Jiménez had studied agronomy, and for close to 10 years had been dealing with sustainable agriculture tasks in rural farming neighborhoods in the Huasteca Potosina region of San Luis Potosí, the mountains of Guerrero and the shore of Chiapas. Mathieu and Jiménez became organization, and then life companions in Benito Juárez.

Mathieu and Jiménez are concentrating on three mushroom species within their hands-on seminars; oyster (seta), shitake and reishi. Their one-day workshops are for oyster weeds, and two-day centers for the latter two species of fungus. "With reishi, and to an inferior extent shitake, we're also teaching a reasonable bit in regards to the healing employs of weeds, so more hours is required," claims Mathieu, "and with oyster weeds it's generally but maybe not exclusively a course on cultivation."