2009 Mushroom Festival at Mt. Pisgah
The Mushroom Festival, co-sponsored by the Cascade Mycological Society, is held on Sunday October 25th 2008 from 10am to 5pm, and features a broad range of fungi collected throughout western Oregon. Experts are on hand during the show to help with mushroom identification. The Mushroom Festival also includes hayrides, cider pressing demonstrations, wine tasting, and a scarecrow contest.
Suggested donation:
$5/person or $10/family. MPA members free!
Visit the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum website for more details.
2008 Mushroom Festival at Mt. Pisgah
The Mushroom Festival, co-sponsored by the Cascade Mycological Society, is held on Sunday October 26th 2008 from 10am to 4pm, and features a broad range of fungi collected throughout western Oregon. Experts are on hand during the show to help with mushroom identification. The Mushroom Festival also includes hayrides, cider pressing demonstrations, wine tasting, and a scarecrow contest. Suggested donation:
$5/person or $10/family. MPA members free!
Visit the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum website for more details.
Yachats Mushroom Festival 2008
October 17-19, 2008: Fabulous Wild Mushroom Cuisine, Guided Mushroom Walks, Talks, Exhibits and Identification, as well as Fungi products, Music, Entertainment and lots of FUN-gi! The Yachats Village Mushroom Fest is hosted by the Yachats Area Chamber of Commerce and is generously supported by Yachats Restaurants, the Yachats Lodging Association, the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center and Scenic Area, Forest Ecologist Marla Gillham, OSU Faculty, Students and Alumni, Cascade Mycological Society, North American Truffling Society, Mycological Natural Products, the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program, and many Yachats area businesses, naturalists and culinary mushroom enthusiasts. Our 2008 Mushroom Fest schedule will be similar to the 2007 Mushroom Fest schedule. Information: (541)547-3530, 1-800-929-0477.
Oregon Mycological Society 2008 Mushroom Show
Join Oregon Mycological Society at their 58th annual Mushroom Show, Sunday, October 12, Noon to Five. Location: Cheatham Hall, World Forestry Center, near the Portland Zoo. Admission: Adults $5, Students & Seniors $3, children under 12 free.
OMS Describes the event:
This colorful event also showcases mushroom cookery or preservation, toxic mushrooms information, books for sale, demonstrations of mushroom dyeing, a “Kids’ Corner” and much more. OMS Members put this all together between 5:30 a.m. and noon on that Sunday for a noon to 5 p.m. show. It’s a miracle - and a fund-raiser for programs and the library.