The annual mushroom hunt returns to the park! The Bay Area Mycological Society will join LARPD rangers to lead groups into the park in search of fruiting fungi.

Dive into the magical world of mushrooms with this introduction to fungus workshop. This class will be based on slides and collected specimens to prepare you for a mushroom walk (guided or self-directed) .

Kick off 2026 by joining us for a fungi Bioblitz in Tomales Bay State Park!

Kick off 2026 by joining us for a fungi Bioblitz in Tomales Bay State Park!

Join us for a fungal exploration at Alemany Farm and learn about the important role that mushrooms and other fungi play in our ecosystem.

The Mycological Society of San Francisco Fungus Fair includes the latest collection of expertly identified fungi collected in various locations in the Bay Area.

We’ll go exploring for the entirety of this class, applying the skills introduced in Fun With Fungus Workshop, in search of examples of the wide variety of fungi that occurs at Hidden Villa during the rainy season.

Join us to discover the mushrooms of Roy’s Redwoods Preserve.

This wonderful event will engage, entertain, and educate the community about the benefits, joys, and culinary values of fungi!

Join rangers to discover the mushrooms of Stafford Lake.

Mushroom displays, talks, workshops, crafts, ID tables, activities, vendors, food and more. Meet David Arora author of Mushrooms Demystified

Mushrooms are a fascinating subject, and learning how to draw and paint them will also help you learn and practice some fundamental skills that you can apply to drawing all sorts of things including: thinking three-dimensionally, simplifying structure, understanding perspective and foreshortening, how shadow reveals form, and the order of operations to paint a portrait with watercolor. 

Explore the mysterious and fascinating world of wild mushrooms in Point Reyes.

We’ll go exploring for the entirety of this class, applying the skills introduced in Part I (on January 13th or 27th), in search of examples of the wide variety of fungi that occurs at Hidden Villa during the rainy season.

A playful introduction to the awesomely strange, wonderful, and utterly essential world of the fungi. This class will be based on slides and collected specimens to prepare us for upcoming field days on February 3rd and 17th (choose either or both).

Join the Mycological Society of Marin and us to discover the mushrooms of Stafford Lake.

Join Ranger Lauren on a winter exploration to discover the wonders of mushrooms. We'll take a leisurely stroll through the Upper Meadow and Deer Camp Cutoff Trail, giving you a chance to observe the incredible world of decomposition and learn about the important role that fungi play in this process.

Join the Mycological Society of Marin and us to discover the mushrooms of Stafford Lake Park. We will learn about identification and fungal ecology and document the fungal diversity of the park.

In the middle of winter, liven up your Sunday with an exploration of mushrooms and their kin in the hills of Black Diamond.

James Morris received his Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Science from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2019, and is now a graduate student in Dr. Brian Perry’s Lab at CSU East Bay. James is researching the degradative capabilities of wood rot fungi associated with eucalyptus trees.

Why do mushrooms grow in circles? Why are mushroom rings historically associated with fairies? Come learn about funky fungi as we search for mushroom rings, and make your own fairy craft!

Explore the fantastic world of mushrooms, mushrooms, and more mushrooms! In the morning, your instructor will lecture on mushroom types, characteristics, where they are found, and how to forage for them. Following this morning lesson the group will go for a site visit in the National Seashore to forage for mushrooms! Expect to share any edibles, which the instructor will ID.

The redwood forest has towering trees, a diversity of amazing mushrooms (with enough rain), and sometimes hibernating ladybugs. Three fairly easy miles.

Nothing is more elusive and mysterious than the wild mushroom. Join us for an introduction to the mushrooms of the Central Coast!