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2024 info will be updated in July 2024

2023 Girdwood Fungus Fair Schedule of Events
September 2-3, 2023

The Girdwood Fungus Fair is held at the Community Room in Girdwood, Alaska.

Visit us in the Community Room for all:

  • Foray Check-in's

  • Workshop Check-in's

  • Fungus Displays

  • Fungus Talks

Registration* is online in advance for forays, workshops, and demos through the Four Valleys Community School.

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Mushrooms

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - Sep 3, 2023 @ 6:00

2023 Fungus Fair Mycoblitz
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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 2023 Fungus Fair in the Girdwood and Anchorage area!

 

A 2023 Fungus Fair t-shirt will be given to the individual with the most observations and to the individual with the most species! You must be a member of the project for your observations to be included.

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The 2023 Micoblitz is over! Thank you all who participated.

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Create an iNaturalist account here for 2024!

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Schedule

  • 9:30am-5:00pm

    • Mushroom display at the Girdwood Community Room, books and t-shirts for sale

  • 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am *Forays*

    • Guided Mushroom Walks (with mycologists) ($20). Groups meet outside community room 15 min. prior. Each foray is limited to 15 participants.

      • Foray leaders:  Shannon Adams + Kymi Draeger (10:00am), Shannon Nix (10:30am), Brian Heitz (11:00am), Joe Zapotsky (11:30am)

  • 10:00am-1:00pm, *Demo* 

    • Mushrooms to Dye With ($50) Dye 2 silk scarves with pigments derived purely from wild harvested mushrooms and lichens with Teresa Paquet. Limited to 12 participants.

  • 2:30pm-4:30pm *Workshop*

    • Mushroom Cultivation ($40) The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a “make your own home cultivation kits” workshop. Limited to 30 participants.

  • 1:30pm-2:30pm *Talk* FREE

    • “Introduction to Mycology 101: 5 Senses and Practical Application” Shannon Nix and Shannon Adams

  • 2:30pm-3:30pm *Talk* Free

    • “From Saucepan to Science: Taking the Next Step in your Fungal Adventure” Shannon Adams

  • 3:30pm-4:30pm *Talk* Free

    • “The Great Escape: Fungal Spore Dispersal Strategies” Shannon Nix

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Schedule

  • 9:30am-3:00pm

    • Mushroom display at the Girdwood Community Room, books and t-shirts for sale. 

  • 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am *Forays*

    • Guided Mushroom Walks (with mycologists) ($20) Groups meet outside community room 15 min. prior to the foray. Each foray is limited to 15 participants.

      • Foray Leaders: Shannon Adams (10:00am), Shannon Nix + Kymi Draeger (10:30am), Joe Zapotsky (11:00am), Gabriel Wingard *Beginner Foray* (11:30am)

  • 10:00am-12:00pm *Workshop *

    • Mushroom Cultivation ($40) The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a make your own home cultivation kits. Limited to 30 participants.

  • 12:30-2:30 pm *Workshop*

    • Mushroom Tincture Making ($50) The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a mushroom tincture making class. Limited to 30 participants.

  • 1:00pm-2pm *TALK* Free

    • “Behind the Veil: Learn to Identify Cortinarius”  Shannon Adams

  • 2:00pm-3:00pm *TALK* Free

    • “Butt Rot, Decay, and Forest Diseases” Kymi Draeger

  • 6:00pm-8pm *Five Course Fungus Feast*

    • Fungus Feast ($120) Spoonline Bistro. Advanced online reservations required.

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