Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms

Saturday-Sunday, December 6-7, 10:00AM-5:00PM

San Francisco Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, 1199 9th Avenue, San Francisco

see website for ticket information

http://www.mssf.org/fungus-fairs/index.html

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/45th-annual-mssf-fungus-fair-december-6-7-2014-tickets-9121431447

“When the first rains tease up the chanterelles and porcini… fungus lovers, foodies, and those curious about the natural world head to the Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms.

There will be children’s activities, lectures, cooking demos, cultivation workshops, and a selection of fabulous soups for sale.

In addition to the above activities, on Sunday, there will be:

Many educational tables on varied subjects such as medicinal mushrooms, mycoremediation, cultivation, ecology, lichens, psychedelic, dyes from fungi, toxicology, edible mushrooms and more…

Microscopes and spore prints

Naturalistic display of more than 200 species of locally collected fungi

Identification table – bring your specimens to find out the species!

Many mushroom related items for sale: fresh mushrooms, artwork, crafts, books and collecting gear, T-shirts

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, cooking demonstrations, and sales of recipe books, soups, snacks, and fresh edibles. Watch renowned Bay Area chefs prepare dishes like matsutakes and roasted cauliflower in coriander cream or sauteed caramel candy cap pears and dentelles.”