Sunday, January 7, 2024
10 am to 4 pm
Bear Valley Visitor Center
Please join us for the 17th Annual Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus Fair!
Ever wonder about all those mushrooms you've seen in the grasslands and forests at Point Reyes National Seashore? The Fungus Fair is a perfect opportunity to see them up close and learn more about them.
Since 2005, fungi have been gathered by volunteers who collect, identify, and catalog mushrooms for an ongoing study at the Point Reyes National Seashore.
The public is invited to help us to collect mushrooms in good condition from the Point Reyes Peninsula on Saturday, January 6, 2024.
During the 17th Annual Fungus Fair on Sunday, January 7, 2024, wild mushrooms collected in the park will be on display on the south porch of the Bear Valley Visitor Center with several mushroom-related exhibits inside the visitor center. We will also have presentations in the auditorium throughout the day. Roving Mushroom Ambassadors will be available to answer your questions, both indoors and out. Bring mushrooms you've found and are curious about.
As always, this is a free event, open to all.
Presentations
For 2024, the following talks are scheduled:
11 am "Underground Fungal Connections" by David Rust
12:30 pm "Amanitarita's Freaky and Fabulous Fungi" by Debbie Viess
2 pm "Pyrophilous pioneers: how fungi survive and thrive after fire" by Monika Fischer
Directions
For directions and a map to help you get to the Bear Valley Visitor Center, visit our Directions page.
Parking
To help reduce traffic congestion in the paved parking lot adjacent to the Bear Valley Visitor Center, please park your vehicle(s) in the gravel, trailhead/picnic area parking lot on the left (east) side of the access road close to the Bear Valley Trailhead. Parking is free. Download the Bear Valley Area Map (504 KB PDF), which shows the location of the trailhead parking lot relative to the Bear Valley Visitor Center.
More information...
Go to the Bay Area Mycological Society's (BAMS) web site or contact the Bay Area Mycological Society or David Rust for more details about the Point Reyes Fungus Fair. For more information about mushrooms at the Point Reyes National Seashore, visit our Mushrooms and other Fungi page.
Sponsors
The Point Reyes Fungus Fair is sponsored by the Bay Area Mycological Society and Point Reyes National Seashore.
Get details on the Point Reyes National Seashore website