Tilden Fungus Fair 2021

The pandemic stiff armed the Tilden Fungus Fair into going online this year, which isn’t as bad as it all sounds. Although there was not the opportunity for the public to come through and examine mushrooms from our local area in person going online made the Fungus Fair available to a lot more people.

A recording of the entire day is up on youtube so anyone can get at it:


Here are the youtube time points for various topics / activities of the day:

9:00:00 : Long Term Mushroom Monitoring: Lessons from a Three-year Effort
Join mycologist and author Christian Schwarz in a discussion of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Blog post on Longterm monitoring


1:16:00: A Naturalist’s Guide to Mushroom Identification Books
Naturalist Trent Pearce shares his extensive (some might say excessive) collection of mushroom guidebooks.

1:47:00 Culinary Endeavors with Matsutake
Mycophyle and gastronomist Morgan Evans takes us on a culinary journey through the world of mushroom cooking.


2:47:00 Mushrooms of Lake Merritt
Local naturalist Damon Tighe leads us through the world of urban mushrooms at Oakland’s Lake Merritt.
Slide Deck Link

3:48:00 Bay Area MycoBlitz Results
Naturalist Trent Pearce reviews the iNatualist Mycoblitz, sharing the most commonly observed species in the Bay Area from the past week.

iNaturalist Project for 2021 Tilden Fungus Fair Mycoblitz