51st San Francisco Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms

Submitted by the Event Organizer

When the first rains tease up the chanterelles and porcini, fungus lovers head to the Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms.

The December 2023 MSSF 51st Fungus Fair will display fungi collected in various locations in California. Annual collections have been made by MSSF since 1972. This historical information is a potentially important contribution to science as climate change affects our local ecosystems.

• Creative and hands-on mushroom activities for people of all ages.
• Lectures: David Arora, Alan Rockefeller, Christian Schwarz, Roberto Flores Arzu, Elsa Vellinga, Cat Adams, Dr. Kathryn Meier
• Workshops: Christian Schwarz, JR Blair, Jack Laws, Eleana Hsu, Wilder Herbertson [Workshops requires a separate add-on ticket , in addition to your general admission ticket.]
• Naturalistic displays of more than 300 species of locally collected fungi
• Identification table – bring your specimens to find out the species!
• Educational tables on varied subjects such as medicinal mushrooms, myco-remediation, cultivation, ecology, psychedelic fungi, dyes from fungi, toxicology, edible mushrooms, and more…
• Microscopes and spore prints
• Vendors with fun mushroom products
• Mingle and meet other mushroom loving people.
• Come and try a bowl of delicious mushroom soup.
• Book signing by the authors.

The Fair provides information on the uses and abuses of fungi, with displays and exhibits on ecology, toxicology, and cultivation. Campsite gourmands learn how to serve up the safe and scrumptious species through identification tutorials, and sales of books, teas, snacks, and fresh edibles.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.