A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms: 42nd Annual Fungus Festival

Get up close to hundreds of wild mushrooms at the 42nd annual Fungus Fair, being held this year at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Our hallways and classrooms will be filled with wild-mushroom displays. Eat edible mushrooms, meet vendors displaying everything from cultivation kits to T-shirts, and watch culinary demonstrations by mushroom chefs. Get the dirt on poisonous mushrooms and check out other wild fungi, from the wonderfully medicinal to the really, really strange.

Mushroom experts will be on hand to answer all your questions and to identify unknown specimens brought in by visitors-BYOM (Bring Your Own Mushroom). Mycologists (mushroom scientists) will present slide shows and talk about foraging for mushrooms. Find out how different mushrooms can be used for treating diseases, dyeing cloth or paper, and flavoring foods. From lectures to microscopes to dining, there is something for everyone at the Fungus Fair.

Come to the Family Fungus Room: a space set up especially for kids to explore the wild world of mushrooms!