Fungus Among Us

MENDOCINO, Calif. - If the mere mention of chanterelles and morels gets you salivating, consider a trip to a mushroom festival this fall.

Mendocino County, about 90 miles north of San Francisco, hosts a Mushroom Festival, Nov. 7-16, http://www.gomendo.com, with hunts for chanterelles, porcinis, morels and rarer varieties like the candy cap and hedgehog mushroom. Mushroom-themed dinners are offered throughout the area, along with mushroom cooking classes and a seminar on the healing power of mushrooms. The Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden hosts mushroom walks on Mondays between Nov. 17 and Jan. 26, at 1:30 p.m., and mushroom identification workshops, Nov. 22 and 29 and Dec. 20, http://www.gardenbythesea.org. Other events include a Mushroom Exhibit at the Ford House Museum in Mendocino Village and a Wine and Mushroom Train ride, Nov. 15, departing Fort Bragg or Willits Depot, on the Skunk Train, http://www.skunktrain.com.

Martin are you going?

-Brian G

Yeck!

Martin are you going?

-Brian G

would love to go.  don't have any concrete plans this far out but it sure does seem fun.  I'd shoot for Dec 20, if any, for the mushroom walk. 

Hi Yakers:

         I lived in Mendocino for about 8 years and love the "Room" Season!
Most of the Rooms on my property were "Strawberries and Cream" and Death
Caps. I'm too much of a chicken to pick and eat so, the Fest is a must thing to do in Mendo.
          My Mom still lives in Ft. Bragg and I will be taking her to the Fest.
                                                                                  Sea-ya
                                                                                  Ernie
                                                                 

Thats a long drive for me (SLO), we just got our first rain, and a look forward to running the hills, looking for boletus, and our chantrelles!!

Andy

Thats a long drive for me (SLO), we just got our first rain, and a look forward to running the hills, looking for boletus, and our chantrelles!!

Andy

yeah me too!

There is also a Fungus Fair in Santa Cruz. Second weekend in January.
San Francisco and Sonoma also have them.