Welcome to the 75th season of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. The MSSF was founded in 1950 to promote the understanding and enjoyment of mushrooms and other fungi. Our mission has since expanded to advocate for the preservation of mycological habitats and to promote and maintain the rights of the general public to collect mushrooms for study and recreational purposes on public lands.
Besides these lofty ideals, we like to have fun finding mushrooms. You can stay in touch with upcoming MSSF events at our
website, our
Facebook page, and the
groups.io members list (follow the groups.io link to find out how to subscribe). For spur of the moment events, we’ll send an email blast to members.
Our foray program is being revived, so keep an eye out for announcements for fall, winter, and spring forays. The Education and Cultivation Program is planning lots of great workshops, events, and local Quick Start Forays. We have an exciting slate of speakers scheduled for our General Meetings, which are held every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Randall Museum in San Francisco. More info is or will be on the Website Calendar and Meetings page.
In anticipation of an uptick in attendance this year, our meetings will be held in the Randall Museum Theater. It’s a beautiful facility with a large seating capacity, so please consider joining us in person. As always, we host a social hour in the Buckley Room prior to the meeting. There will be lots of goodies to eat, a mushroom ID table, and bona fide ID experts. Hope to see you there!
The two biggest events of the year are the Mendocino Woodlands Camp Foray, and the Fungus Fair. Mendo Camp will be held this November 14th thru 16th. Registration will open either in late September, or early October. Note: It sells out quickly.
The Fungus Fair will be held at El Camino High School in South San Francisco on December 7th, 2025. Volunteers are the backbone of the MSSF and especially needed for this event. We need volunteers to help set up on 12/6 and run the fair on 12/7. Please contact Elizabeth Simonson, our volunteer coordinator, at
volunteer@mssf.org if you can help in any way.
Most of all, we wish for a good rainy season, and lots of mushrooms. So far, it’s still very dry in central California, but we know there is fog drip bringing up Chanterelle somewhere along the coast, and there may be a few
Princes still popping up here and there.
Happy hunting,
Mike McCurdy
Another mushroom season is upon us. I'm really hoping 2025-2026 will be a great mushroom season full of adventure. Come out to our monthly meetings, join the culinary group, sign up to take part at our Mendo-Camp event in November and volunteer for our Fungus Fair in December. Please be sure to check our MSSF calendar and our Facebook and Instagram sites. Also, check our sites for forays, workshops, other type of fungal outings.