2023 Fungus Fair Art panel

January 29, 2023
10 am - 5 pm


Fungus Fair Schedule

Creative & Hands-on Options at the Fair

Updated January 11 - there may be changes and updates to this schedule - please check the schedule as the fair date approaches.
10:00 am
Fungus Fair Begins
10:15 - 11:30 am Christopher Hobbs Christopher Hobbs, PhD
Medicinal Mushrooms, the Essential Guide
Art Building, Room #221
10:30 am - 1:00 pm John Muir Laws John Muir Laws: Drawing Mushrooms Workshop
Age 12+. Workshop ticket can be purchased online after you have purchased your fair admission ticket. SOLD OUT
Location: PE Classroom #3
11:00 - 11:30 am Children's Foray
Melany Kahn
Meet at Craft Zone, Horticulture Classroom
Melany Kahn
11:45 am - 12:45 pm Brian Perry Brian Perry. PhD
Documenting Fungal Diversity
Art Building, Room #221
12:00 - 12:30 pm Mushroom Sunprint Activity
Karen Rusiniak
For ages 6+. Horticulture Classroom
Sun Print
1:00 - 2:00 pm Gordon Walker Gordon Walker, PhD: Why Fungi Are So Fascinating?
An Overview of the Fungal Kingdom
Art Building, Room #221
1:15 - 1:45 pm Melany Kahn
Book reading: Mason Goes Mushrooming
PE Classroom #3
Mason Mushrooming
2:00 - 4:30 pm JR Blair JR Blair: Beginning Mushroom ID Workshop
Age 12+. Workshop ticket can be purchased online after you have purchased your fair admission ticket. SOLD OUT
Location: PE Classroom #3
2:15 - 3:30 pm Alan Rockefeller Alan Rockefeller
Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Fungi
Art Building, Room #221
3:00 - 3:30 pm Children's Foray
Melany Kahn
Meet at Craft Zone, Horticulture Classroom
Children's Foray'
3:00 - 4:00 pm Carol Reed
Mushroom Snowflake Activity
Craft Zone, Horticulture Classroom
Carol Reed'
3:45 - 5:00 pm Damon Tighe Damon Tighe
Mushrooms of Lake Merritt
Art Building, Room #221
5:00 pm
Fungus Fair Ends

Past Fairs

The Mycological Society of San Francisco has been hosting 1 or 2 Fungus Fairs each year since 1969. Fairs have been held in San Francisco County, Alameda County, San Mateo County, and Marin County. Historical information is available about previous Fungus Fairs: