Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speakers.
Our program will consist of four beginner-oriented, mini-presentations about how to recognize some common local mushrooms.
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01/12/2018, 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
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Louden Nelson Community Center (Room #3), 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
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CLOSED |
Enjoy an amazing multi-course mushroom and wine feast with a group of like-minded fungiphiles.
Lucky attendees will sample appetizers and have small-scale guided tours of the displays in a more intimate, less crowded atmosphere.
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12-14, January 2018 |
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Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
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Learn about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz/Monterey and Bay Area. Find fungi on display in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features three days of fantastic fun, informative speakers and demonstrations, with fungal activities for the whole family. Initiated by David Arora in 1973, this year's fair represents 43 years of keeping the "fun" in fungi. Join the fun!
Loch Lomond Recreation Area is hosting an interpretive forayled by a local mycology expert on January 6, 2018 from 11 AM-1 PM. We will be hiking less than two miles and identifying fungi under the instruction of our own wizard Phil Carpenter. The park entry is FREE for the event and participants will have to sign waivers...
Heads up, art fans! The buzz about the Fungus Fair, food and art has extended to Artisan's Gallery
on Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz. The event celebrates the start of of Culinary Mushroom Week January 5th – 14th 2018. A mushroom artist's work will be featured, accompanied by appetizers and wine. If you haven't attended First Friday, it's a fun night of gallery hopping, sipping and munching with friends. See you there!
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07-10, December 2017 |
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Mission Springs Conference Grounds, 1050 Lockhart Gulch Road, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066 |
Join us at the Santa Cruz Mycoflora Project's Wild Mushroom Foray this December for a full weekend of lectures, workshops, mushroom tasting, and of course, mushroom collecting! Here in the southern stronghold of Redwoods, mid-December has been the most consistently productive time for mushroom variety and abundance in...
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01-03, December 2017 |
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Albion Field Station, Albion Field Station, 34100 Albion Street Albion, CA 95410 |
There is no limit to the foray size itself. FFSC members are welcome to stay off site and join us for both the Saturday foray and the Saturday night potluck. You must be a FFSC member for you and your family to attend.
The Albion Retreat and Learning Center is located just one mile from the seashore, eight miles south of Mendocino, and 28 miles from the Jackson Demonstration Forest, and 60 miles from Salt Point in the valley of an old lumber camp on the Albion River, it has welcomed students and visitors with its rustic charm since 1947. The Albion Retreat and Learning Center is owned and operated by Pacific Union College and offers an ideal base from which to foray in the nearby Jackson Demonstration Forest. The Mendocino Coast is a bountiful haven for fungal species in any season. The Albion foray focuses on a wide range of fungi, with edibles including boletes, chanterelles, candy caps, matsutake and hedgehogs. Go here to get your Jackson Demostration Permit.
The Albion Retreat and Learning Center features heated private cabins with private baths and a lovely dining hall with a commercial kitchen. The center serves as our foray base and we utilize the kitchen for meals and our famous Saturday night potluck. Additional information regarding the Albion Retreat and Learning Center can be found at http://www.puc.edu/puc-life/albion/home.
Please join us for our General Meeting at the Harvey West Scout House. Refreshments will be provided and informal mushroom ID from 7:00 - 7:30. A discussion of upcoming events will precede our speaker, Laura Bogar, PhD candidate at Standford University.
Fungal frenemies: How can roots tell good fungi from bad?
The FFSC Culinary Committee is happy to announce a fungal feast to start off the new season. We’re planning a family-style dinner for FFSC members at Casa Nostra in Ben Lomond. Sorry, details and registration are limited to current FFSC members! Members can purchase a guest ticket for the same price.
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