10 am: Park visitors and the mushroom curious are invited to gather at 10 am on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Red Barn (adjacent to the Bear Valley Visitor Center) for instructions on how to collect fungi for Sunday's Fungus Fair. Bring bags or baskets and ways to keep collections separate (wax-paper works best). A pocket knife or trowel can help you to get entire mushrooms. Please document your collections, by noting habitat and location. Collecting labels will be provided. We cannot promise guided forays, and this is NOT about collecting edibles. In fact, we'd like to see any mushrooms, edible or not, donated for displays in our Fair. Experienced collectors are welcome to go out on their own at any time—just be sure and bring your collections to the Red Barn before 2 pm.

Noon to 2 pm: Bring your mushrooms to the Red Barn. We will ID your finds, and select the most beautiful and interesting and unusual examples for our Fair the next day.