Turnagain Arm Mycological Society

2025 Girdwood Fungus Fair Mycoblitz

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Noon Wednesday, September 3rd through Sunday, September 7 @ 6:00 pm.

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A mycoblitz is an intense, and usually time limited survey of all fungi in a given geographic area. Participants work to catalog as many species as they can from the survey area, during the survey time period.

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Document what mushrooms are out during the 2024 Fungus Fair in the Girdwood and Anchorage area!

 

A 2025 Fungus Fair t-shirt will be given to the individual with the most confirmed species! You must be a member of the project for your observations to be included. Only one t-shirt per individual.

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Create an iNaturalist account HERE

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Add this mycoblitz project to your account (Coming soon...)

• 6pm-8pm, *Workshop* ($20) Meet at the Girdwood Brewing Company

  • Fermentation (Must be 21 or older to attend, bring ID to Workshop) - Join us @Girdwood Brewing Company (GBC) to kick off the Girdwood Fungus Fair to learn about yeast & its role in the brewing process. GBC Brew Engineers Brett & Rory Marenco will be onsite to educate you on the yeasts they employ when brewing & discuss the intricacies of each strain while tasting the finished product - CRAFT BEER!

  • Class cost includes beer tasting & tour but class size is limited to the first 20 people to sign up.

  • Proceeds from the event will go to Turnagain Arm Mycological Society (TAMS) & Four Valleys Community School (FVCS).

  • Register HERE

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• 6pm-7pm, *Demo* ($20) Basic Cooking With Fungi Join us in the Girdwood Community Room to watch a fungus cooking demo and try some of the results. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Class includes tasting.

  • Register in advance HERE

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Schedule

• 9:30am-5:00pm *Fungus Displays, Talks, Information, Check-in* Free 

  • Located in the Girdwood Community Room

  • Check-in for Forays, Workshops, Demos

  • Talks (Free) - see schedule below

  • Fungus Fair t-shirts, Books, Bags, Stickers and more!

  • Turnagain Arm Mycological Society Information

• 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am *Forays* ($28)

  • Guided Mushroom Walks (with mycologists) - Groups meet outside the community room 15 minutes prior. Each foray is limited to 15 participants. 

    • Steve Trudell (10:00am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Kate Mohatt (10:30am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Noah Siegel (11:00am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Joe Zapotosky (11:30am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Adult Beginner Foray: Gabriel (1:00pm) - Register in advance HERE

• 10:00am-1:00pm, *Demo* ($55)

  • Mushrooms to Dye With - Dye 2 silk scarves with pigments derived purely from wild harvested mushrooms and lichens with Teresa Paquet. Limited to 12 participants.

  • Register in advance HERE

• 2:30pm-4:30pm *Workshop* ($50)

  • Mushroom Cultivation - The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a “make your own home cultivation kits” workshop. Limited to 30 participants. 

  • Register in advance HERE

• 1:30pm-4:30pm *Talks* Free Held in the Girdwood Community Room

  • 1:30pm "Alaska's Mushroom Habitats: A comprehensive guide to collecting in Alaksa" - Kate Mohatt

  • 2:30pm "To Live and To Dye For: Edible, Poisonous and Dye Mushrooms of Alaska" - Noah Siegel

  • 3:30pm "The Making of an Alaskan Field Guide" - Steve Trudell

Schedule

• 9:30am-4:00pm *Fungus Displays, Talks, Information, Check-in* Free 

  • Located in the Girdwood Community Room

  • Check-in for Forays, Workshops, Demos

  • Talks (Free) - see schedule below

  • Fungus Fair t-shirts, Books, Bags, Stickers and more!

  • Turnagain Arm Mycological Society Information

• 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am *Forays* ($25)

  • Guided Mushroom Walks (with mycologists) - Groups meet outside the community room 15 minutes early.  Each foray is limited to 15 participants.

  • Foray Leaders:

    • Steve Trudell (10:00am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Noah Siegel (10:30am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Joe Zapotosky (11:00am) - Register in advance HERE

    • Kid's Foray: Gabriel (11:30am) - Register in advance HERE

• 10am-12pm *Workshop * ($50)

  • Mushroom Cultivation - The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a make your own home cultivation kits. Limited to 30 participants.

  • Register in advance HERE

• 12:30-2:30 pm *Workshop* ($55)

  • Tincture Making - The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a mushroom tincture making class. Limited to 30 participants.

  • Register in advance HERE

• 1:00pm-4:00pm *Talks* Free Held in the Girdwood Community Room

  • 1:00pm "Lichens of the Girdwood Valley" - Howard Earl

  • 2:00pm "Stop Walking on Truffles: The Cryptic Life Underground" - Noah Siegel

  • 3:00pm "Girdwood Fungus Fair Table Talk" - Steve Trudell, Kate Mohatt, Noah Siegel

    • Learn more about the fungus on display during the Girdwood Fungus Fair from the visiting Mycologist as they share with you the abundance of different species found in the Glacier Valley.