Upcoming FFSC Events

Save the date for our fantastic journey in Alaska! Explore the Alaskan Kenai peninsula and be amazed by the wildlife, fjords, glaciers and of course mushrooms.

As our last local monthly speaker of the season, Dean will explore the similarities, differences and beauty of New Zealand and South America, which were once part of an ancient supercontinent.

Prepare to enjoy a fun-filled day with a bunch of Fungiphiles and Zymurgeeks! Our spring picnic is coming up, and you won’t want to miss it.

Shane Peterson, Master Fermentologist of Farmhouse Culture fame, will be our fearless leader. He’ll do a demo, share tastings, and instruct us in creating a few of our own ferments to take home. Join us and bring a friend ! Attendance is limited so advanced tickets will be required.

When life feels like too much, the forest offers something quietly grounding. Join Alissa Allen to explore mushroom and lichen dyeing as a practice of presence, color, and connection.

The ministers meeting and potluck is where we discuss club business and plan for upcoming events. All are welcome and encouraged to join in!

The Wine and Mushroom Fest is on! We’ll be gathering with four or five Santa Cruz Mountain appellation wineries to sample wines, nibble fungal delicacies and tell tall tales.

Olga Tzogas of Smugtown Mushrooms, based in Rochester, NY returns to her ancestral home to interact, learn and connect deeper to the mycelial communities, and the people still practicing traditional ways of life or those creating a new.

UV fluorescence makes any night hike turn into a little slice of the movie Avatar. Damon will talk about the nascent field of UV fluorescence, and genera of fungi that have very distinct UV fluorescent patterns.

My hometown, Chongqing, China—nicknamed the “Mountain City” and “Fog City” and home to 30 million people—is famous for its spicy cuisine, ancient rock carvings, and breathtaking landscapes featured in Transformers. Little is known, however, about its mushrooms.

The next Ministers’ meeting and potluck will take place on Tuesday, February 10, 6:00pm at the Live Oak Grange. All are welcome and encouraged to join in!

This one day class won't turn you into an instant mushroom expert, nor enable you to effortlessly identify every mushroom in the forest. Rather it will give you an introduction to a systematic approach for identifying your finds and give you a foundation for building your skills. Cost: $15