Mycological Society of San Franciso Fungus Fair

321 Golf Club Road,Pleasant Hill CA 94523

29 January, 2023

Description

Tickets will be available at the door. Sunday January 29, 2023, 10:00am - 5:00pmThe 2023 Fungus Fair will display expertly identified fungi collected in various locations in the Bay Area. Annual collections have been made by MSSF since 1972, and the documentation constitutes a more than 50-year record of the winter fungal diversity in our area. This historical information is a potentially important contribution to science as climate change affects our local ecosystems. Activities, lectures, cooking demos, and a selection of fabulous soups for sale.Educational tables on varied subjects such as medicinal mushrooms, myco-remediation, cultivation, ecology, lichens, psychedelic fungi, dyes from fungi, toxicology, edible mushrooms, and more...Microscopes and spore printsNaturalistic displays of more than 300 species of locally collected fungiIdentification table - bring your specimens to find out the species!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 recipe books, soups, snacks, and fresh edibles.