• 6pm-8pm, *Workshop* ($20) Meet at the Girdwood Brewing Company

  • Fermentation (Must be 21 or older to attend, bring ID to Workshop) - Join us @Girdwood Brewing Company (GBC) to kick off the Girdwood Fungus Fair to learn about yeast & its role in the brewing process. GBC Brew Engineers Brett & Rory Marenco will be onsite to educate you on the yeasts they employ when brewing & discuss the intricacies of each strain while tasting the finished product - CRAFT BEER!

  • Class cost includes beer tasting & tour but class size is limited to the first 20 people to sign up.

  • Proceeds from the event will go to Turnagain Arm Mycological Society (TAMS) & Four Valleys Community School (FVCS).

  • SOLD OUT NO WAIT LIST

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• 5pm-7pm, *Workshop* (FREE) Meet at the Glacier Ranger District in Girdwood

  • 2024 Capitol Christmas Tree Mushroom Ornament Making

    • Join us at the Glacier Ranger District office to make mushroom-themed ornaments to send with the 2024 Capitol Christmas Tree from Alaska!

    • This is a free, all-ages event

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2024 Fungus Fair Mycoblitz

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Starts Wednesday, August 28, 2024 @ Noon and ends Sunday, September 1, 2024 @ 6:00 pm.

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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 2024 Fungus Fair in the Girdwood and Anchorage area!

A 2024 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. Only one t-shirt per individual.

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Create an iNaturalist account HERE

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Add this mycoblitz project to your account HERE

Schedule

• 9:30am-5:00pm *Mushroom Displays, Talks, Information* Free 

  • Located inside the Girdwood Community Room

  • Talks (Free) - see schedule below

  • Fungus Fair t-shirt sales

  • Turnagain Arm Mycological Society Information

  • Check-in for Forays, Workshops, Demos

• 10:00am, 10:30am, 11:00am, 11:30am *Forays* ($25)

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

    • Steve Trudel (10:00am) SOLD OUT

    • Kitty LaBounty (10:30am) SOLD OUT

    • Ron Hamill (11:00am) SOLD OUT

    • Kymi Drager + Kate Mohatt (11:30am) SOLD OUT

    • Kids Foray: Gabriel (1:00pm) SOLD OUT

• 10:00am-1:00pm, *Demo* ($55)

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

  • SOLD OUT

• 2:30pm-4:30pm *Workshop* ($45)

  • Mushroom Cultivation - 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

  • "Intro to Mushroom Identification" - Kitty LaBounty 

• 2:30pm-3:30pm *Talk* Free

  • "Fungi and Fire" - Ron Hamill

• 3:30pm-4:30pm *Talk* Free

  • "Butt Rot and Butt Swell: an exploration of pathogens of Alaska’s forests" - Kymi Draeger

Schedule

• 9:30am-3:00pm *Mushroom Displays, Talks, Information* Free 

  • Located inside the Girdwood Community Room

  • Talks (Free) - see schedule below

  • Fungus Fair t-shirt sales

  • Turnagain Arm Mycological Society Information

  • Check-in for Forays, Workshops, Demos

• 10am, 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am *Forays* ($25)

  • Guided Mushroom Walks (with mycologists) - Groups meet outside the community room 15 minutes early.  Each foray is limited to 15 participants.

  • Foray Leaders:

    • Steve Trudell (10:00am) SOLD OUT

    • Kitty LaBounty (10:30am) SOLD OUT

    • Ron Hamill (11:00am) SOLD OUT

    • Gabriel  (11:30am) SOLD OUT

• 10am-12pm *Workshop * ($45)

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

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• 12:30-2:30 pm *Workshop* ($55)

  • Tincture Making - The owners of Far North Fungi will be offering a mushroom tincture making class. Limited to 30 participants.

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• 1-2pm *TALK* Free

  • “Alaska’s Mushroom Habitats”  Kate Mohatt

• 2-3pm *TALK* Free

  • “Mushrooms of Alaska: a field guide preview” Steve Trudell

• 6-9pm *Five Course Fungus Feast* ($120)

  • Spoonline Bistro. Advanced online reservations required.

  • SOLD OUT