Cost: Free
Location: Bear Valley Visitor Center
Saturday, January 7, 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
*Due to hazardous weather forecasted, this event has been cancelled.*
Join a mushroom foray on Saturday, January 7, 2023.
This is a collecting event for the Fungus Fair, which will be held the following day, not a guided foray. Be prepared to learn, and be prepared to participate! As always, this is a free event, open to all.
10 am: Park visitors and the mushroom curious are invited to gather at 10 am on Saturday, January 7, 2023, (rain or shine) at the Bear Valley Visitor Center for instructions on how to collect fungi for Sunday's Fungus Fair. Bring bags or buckets or baskets and ways to keep collections separate (paper or wax-tex works best). A pocket knife or trowel can help you to get entire mushrooms. Please document your collections, by noting habitat and location. Collecting labels will be provided. We cannot promise guided forays, and this is NOT about collecting edibles. In fact, we'd like to see any mushrooms, edible or not, donated for displays in our Fair. Experienced collectors are welcome to go out on their own at any time—just be sure and bring your collections to the Red Barn before 2 pm.
Noon to 2 pm: Bring your mushrooms to the Red Barn. We will ID your finds, and select the most beautiful and interesting and unusual examples for our Fair the next day.
Then on Sunday, January 8, 2023, please attend the Sixteenth Annual Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus Fair from 10 am to 4 pm at the Bear Valley Visitor Center.
Contact David Rust by email or call 510-468-5014 for more details. Park visitors and local residents are welcome to participate!