Back to All Events

Mycological Society of San Francisco 52nd Fungus Fair

  • El Camino High School 1320 Mission Road South San Francisco, CA, 94080 United States (map)

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

Later Event: December 15
Mycoblitz Mushroom Foray