Welcome to the fourth annual Tilden Fungus Fair, a day dedicated to the fungi of the Bay Area!
In addition to tables of identified local fungi for your enjoyment and education, this event also includes presentations by local experts, a cooking demonstration, a drawing and painting class, ice cream making, mushroom crafts, and more! Read on for details.
Schedule of Events
Presentations: 11am: Complexity, Simplicity and Convergence – a tour through the evolutionary history of the Mushrooms and their relatives with Dr. Thomas Bruns, UC Berkeley
12:30pm: Mushroom Cooking with Morgan Evans, Mycological Society of San Francisco
2pm: A Mycological Revolution: How Mushroom(ers) Can Change the World with Christian Schwarz, co-author of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast
3pm: Mushroom Field Sketching with Jack Laws, Naturalist / Illustrator
Arts and Crafts: 12pm & 2pm: Candy cap ice cream making 11am – 2pm: Mushroom crafts table for kids
Ongoing Tables and Exhibits: Bay Area Mycological Society Bay Area Applied Mycology Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast with Christian Schwarz Friendly Fungus Photography with Anna Towers
