Fungi Festival 
and Cultural Convergence

Nov 14 & 15, 2026

Schedule of Events

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Saturday, Nov 14

8:00 - 10:00
Guided Forays - Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF)
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Doors Open
10:00

North Hall - Presentations

10:15 -
​10:30
Opening Ceremony:
​Ui'lani Wesley - Xa Kako Dile:
10:45  - 11:45
Mushrooms Basics:
​Mario Abreu
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12:00 - 1:00
High-Tech Tools for Locating and Studying Mushrooms:
​Alan Rockefeller
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1:15-2:15
Queer Fungi: How fungi challenge our conceptions of sex, reproduction, and what it means to be an individual, species or organism: 
​Wilder Herbertson
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2:30-4:00
Mushrooms are Food Medicine! 
Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac.: 
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South Hall - Activities & Workshops

10:45 - 12:45
Making Paper with Mushrooms:
​Liz Vermillion


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1:30-3:30
Oyster Mushroom Propagation Workshop:
Lama Nasser-Gammett​
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4:00
Doors Close

Saturday After Hours

Forager's Feast

​with Chef Chad Hyatt

Requires separate purchase - not included with Festival Ticket

Sunday, Nov 15

8:00 - 10:00
Guided Forays- Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF)
Details
Doors Open
10:00

North Hall - Presentations

10:15  - 11:15
Black to the Land: The Thrills and Spills of Foraging:
Panel discussion with​ La'Esha Cooper, Mariamma Jones, and Zappa Montag​

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11:30 - 1:00
TBD
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1:15-2:15
Mycology in the Molecular Age:
​DNA to Z:
Harte Singer
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2:30-4:00
Mycophagy in the Miombo: When Primates Go Full Forager Mode:
Noah Siegel
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South Hall - Activities & Workshops

10:30- 12:30
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Cooking with Mushrooms:
​Harte Singer & Alan Rockefeller
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1:30-3:30
Mushrooms to Dye for!
​Wilder Herbertson

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4:00
Doors Close

Activities, Demonstrations & Exhibits - In the South Hall

10:00-4:00
​Saturday & Sunday
Making Spore Prints with Mario Abreu
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10:00 - 4:00
​Saturday & Sunday
Nature crafting​ with the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
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10:00 - 4:00
​Saturday & Sunday
Mushrooms for Color - an exhibit of mushroom-dyed works and more to explore. Presented by Felicia Rice and the International Mushroom Dye Institute (IMDI)
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10:00 - 4:00
​Saturday & Sunday
Mushroom Identification - bring your mushrooms from the foray to be identified by experts. Marvel at the diversity of form, color, smell, size and more. 
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10:00 - 4:00
​Saturday & Sunday
A World of Muhrooms - explore a curated collection of wild and cultivated mushrooms and books and other resources to help you learn more about the fungal kingdom. Presented by Eric Schramm
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10:00 - 4:00
​Saturday & Sunday
Redwood Time Sewing & Weaving Circle - Sewing and weaving with mushroom-dyed threads​
with Anne Beck, Shoshanna Zambryski-Stachel, and Matilda Hernandez-Miyares​ & Larry Spring Museum
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Detailed event listings on the Festival Events page.

Saturday & Sunday Take-out Mushroom Dinner
by petite PERCEBES

Requires separate purchase - not included with Festival Ticket

Festival Marketplace

Visit the big Festival Tent behind the community center to browse and buy mushroom and nature-themed wares from a variety of talented and creative vendors. 

You'll find fresh and dried mushrooms, books, pottery, mushroom knives, apothecary, mushroom salts and other prepared foods, and more!