Mushroom Growers/Sellers
The Forest People, Matthew and Lama, are dedicated to radically sustainable mushroom cultivation. All organic practice and lots of love and care make their mushrooms beautiful, healthy and delicious.
They have a dedicated mushroom house where they are able to grow mushrooms year-round. With a background in regenerative farming technologies, they’ve custom built their operation with whole systems awareness. They never use harmful chemicals or pesticides and only use organic practices. They are ‘Certified Renegade’ through the Mendocino Organic Network. |
You can find them at the farmers markets in Mendocino, Fort Bragg and Ukiah.You can also buy their fresh mushrooms at Corners of the Mouth in Mendocino and Ukiah Natural Foods Coop in Ukiah. Check out this article in Word of Mouth.
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Chris Watkins of Mendo Family Forage hunts and sells wild mushrooms. He and his family also process wild mushrooms into tasty salts and powders. Contact Mendo Family Forage for more information. |
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Billy Sprague hunts and sells wild mushrooms and wild-mushroom products. Mushrooms for sale can be found on his website Born Free Natural Mystic.
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Mendocino Mushrooms is the oldest solely wild mushroom company in the world and is operated by The Mushroom Man, Eric Schramm. Eric runs his operation from his five-acre property outside Fort Bragg during the fall and winter months and from the road in his mobile mushroom buying station in the Mount Shasta area in the spring. He's been foraging, buying and selling thousands of pounds of mushrooms for more than 30 years. There are numerous articles and videos available to learn more about this mushroom pioneer and all-around great guy. Call Eric to buy or sell mushrooms: (707)-964-1646
Guided Foray Services
Mendo Family Forage is owned and operated by the Watkins family (Chris, Amanda and Abira). As a family or solo with Chris (depending on the adventure), we take folks on customizable outdoor adventures on and near our very unique Mendocino Coast. We can accommodate one-on-one tours as well as private group outings. Occasionally we bring small groups together for larger gatherings.
From spearfishing to wild mushrooms and plant foraging, I (Chris) am a life long outdoor adventurer. I choose to live here because of the sense of peace I get from the redwood forest where it meets our beautiful rugged coastline. I prefer the spongy redwood duff and the ocean and forest sounds over pavement and traffic.
Our mission is to connect people with nature in a family friendly environment allowing them to shed their everyday worries in beauty found no where else. To us, being in nature anywhere is truly healing but to do it here is extra special.
Our services can be tailored based on guests interests and can include:
-wild edible and medicinal mushroom and plant forays
-waterfall and forest diversity hikes
-swimming hole excursions
-tide pooling for edibles
-beach parties with a bonfire
-forest bathing
-Most tours can match our guests' level of physical ability and desires.
With the purpose of regenerating the soul, Mother Nature will assuredly relieve and reset our headspace. Through our guided tours we hope to assist all who crave a calm mind with just that. From sea level to her highest peaks, consider us a link to Mother Nature's best of Mendocino!
-wild edible and medicinal mushroom and plant forays
-waterfall and forest diversity hikes
-swimming hole excursions
-tide pooling for edibles
-beach parties with a bonfire
-forest bathing
-Most tours can match our guests' level of physical ability and desires.
With the purpose of regenerating the soul, Mother Nature will assuredly relieve and reset our headspace. Through our guided tours we hope to assist all who crave a calm mind with just that. From sea level to her highest peaks, consider us a link to Mother Nature's best of Mendocino!
Billy Sprague has earned quite the mushroom hunter reputation, so many are eager to learn his ways. One of the many services provided by Billy and Valentine's Born Free Natural Mystic is a guided mushroom hunt.
Visit their website to book a foray and peruse all the many products and services they provide.
Mushroom Arts, Crafts & Utilitarian Wares
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Alison Gardner, one of MCMC's founders, offers an assortment of mushroom teas and The Wild Mushroom Cookbook to help you figure out what to make with all your mushroom finds.
In addition to her mushroom wares, she also makes beautifully functional pottery. You can order both the teas and the cookbook directly from her or you can find them for sale at The Artist's Collective in Elk. 
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Craig Hathaway has an exquisite mushroom table hewn from an old redwood burl on exhibit and for sale at The Artist's Collective in Elk. You can see other examples of his woodworking craftsmanship on his website.
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Born Free Natural Mystic is a husband and wife duo (Billy & Valentine) living in beautiful Mendocino County in Northern California. We are expert foragers, psychonauts, farmers, artists, musicians and general magik makers)))) we try to take everything we do to the next level and infuse love and care into all we create. we are cosmic manifestors and nature lovers and try to find ways to fuse the 2 and offer these creations to you))) thanks so much for looking around, peace and health to you and yours)))
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If you're looking for a mushroom knife, look no further. In addition, they offer teas, fine art, music, t-shirts and more. Each item is hand-made in an eco-friendly way.
Billy designed the patch for MCMC, which we provide to all MCMC club members. Via their website you can make contact and purchase the many products and services they have to offer. 
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Dynamic husband and wife duo, Jacquelyn & Christopher Cisper make various forms of art in Fort Bragg.
You can find their creations at galleries around town, on their Facebook pages and at their in-home studio (now on the front porch, due to Covid-19) at 250 N Harrison in Fort Bragg. 
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Chris makes fine pottery and music. Jacquelyn creates up cycled fashions, some delectable confections and fine arts and also works in collaboration with Chris to decorate some of his pottery. They are also amazing gardeners and offer produce and plants for trade or donation from their front porch farm stand.
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Mendo Family Forage offers wild mushrooms, guided forays and wild mushrooms salts and powders. To purchase products visit the Mendo Family Forage website. |
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Jon Klein lives near Fort Bragg on the northern California coast, and in his photography he is mainly trying to get beautiful images of local wildlife, landscapes, and seascapes.
He earns his living selling prints of his work through galleries, shops and via the internet. If you see any pictures on his website that you would like to own, he will happily sell them to you.
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Anna Towers is the woman behind the lens at Friendly Fungus Photography. Anna has spent the last 10 years honing her craft and wants to share the wonder of the fungal kingdom with you through her delightful photographs. In her online shop you'll find stickers, bookmarks, note cards and more, all featuring her photographs. You can also catch her at local events on the Mendocino Coast to procure additional products not sold through her web store.
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Education, Promotion & Tourism
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Wilder Herbertson offers a variety of hands-on, experiential learning opportunities from mushroom foraging to yarn dyeing and spinning, along with artwork and nutritional coaching.
Wilder's passion is for sharing skills and lifestyle amendments so that we can individually and collectively re-member our place in nature.
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Mendo Parks and the Ford House Visitor Center and Museum hosted of the Mendocino Coast Mushroom Club's monthly meetings for many years, until the Covid-19 pandemic forced us online. They also partnered with the Club to bring educational events like the Mushrooms for Color exhibit and dye demonstration, Mushroom Identification for Beginners, and Medicinal Properties of Mushrooms to the public.
The Ford House Museum and Visitor Center is both a historical Museum Circa 1854 as well as the official visitor center for the village of Mendocino, featuring permanent displays of local history as well as seasonal displays to highlight the area's natural beauty and bounty, including a display of mushrooms in the fall/winter months.
The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens is home to more than 160 species of mushroom and offers guided walks, Identification workshops and maintains signage to help visitors find the mushrooms throughout the gardens.
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Real Estate Magazine, published by Zida Borcich, serves up so much more than just real estate listings.
Locals—DO NOT pass this one by. The real gold lies in the lifestyle and community reporting. Every issue covers local events, organizations and causes that make this community what it is. The November 2020 issue, which is devoted to the Wild Mushroom scene, is a great case-in-point. Issues are available on-line and locally at newsstands in shops, restaurants, lodging facilities and galleries up and down the coast. |
Jug Handle Creek Farm & Nature Center offers seasonal mushroom walks and events in addition to the native plant nursery and numerous education programs and restoration projects offered year round.
Mendo Insider Tours offers mushroom tours. Not just fun but educational as well, Mendo Insider Tours’ mushroom exploration tours will enable you to learn basic taxonomic identifying features so you can distinguish the type of mushroom you’re looking at. You’ll also learn about medicinal and other uses as well as interesting myths associated with various mushrooms and local anecdotes.
