When the first rains tease up the chanterelles and porcini, fungus lovers head to the Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms.
Hands-on mushroom activities for all ages; workshops, speakers, displays (hundreds of species), educational area, crafts, mushroom growing kits, recipes and more.
• Creative hands-on family friendly activities (all ages)
• Lectures & workshops by renowned experts
• Displays of 300+ species of locally collected fungi
• ID table – bring your specimens to find out the species!
• Educational – subjects include medicinal, myco-remediation, cultivation, ecology, dyes, toxicology, psychedelic fungi and more
• Microscopes & spore prints
• Vendors with fun mushroom products
• Mingle with other mushroom loving people.
• Come and try a bowl of delicious mushroom soup
• The Fair provides information on the uses and abuses of fungi, with displays and exhibits on ecology, toxicology, and cultivation.
LECTURERS:
David Arora, Eugenia Bone, Damon Tighe, Gordon Walker, Shannon Adams, Noah Siegel, George Caughey, Thea Chesney
WORKSHOPS: (requires additional ticket)
Wilder Herbertson, John (Jack) Muir Laws, JR Blair, Alan Rockefeller, Eleana Hsu, Noah Siegel