Mycological Society of San Francisco 54th Fungus Fair

Tickets will be available at the door (cash or eventbrite)

Sunday, December 6, 2026, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

When the first rains tease up the chanterelles and porcini, fungus lovers head to the Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms.

The December 2026 MSSF 54th Fungus Fair will display fungi collected in various locations in California. Annual collections have been made by MSSF since 1972. This historical information is a potentially important contribution to science as climate change affects our local ecosystems.

• Creative and hands-on mushroom activities for people of all ages. Dyes, Clay, Sunprints, felting mushrooms, zine workshop Plus microscopy, koji making, medicinal mushroom tincture, and ID workshops!

• Naturalistic displays of more than 300 species of locally collected fungi

• Identification table - bring your specimens to find out the species!

• Educational tables on varied subjects such as medicinal mushrooms, myco-remediation, cultivation, ecology, psychedelic fungi, dyes from fungi, toxicology, edible mushrooms, and more...

• Microscopes and spore prints

• Vendors with fun mushroom products

• Mingle and meet other mushroom loving people.

• Come and try delicious mushroom dishes from Far West Fungi

• The Fair provides information on the uses and abuses of fungi, with displays and exhibits on ecology, toxicology, and cultivation. Gourmands can learn about the diversity of culinary mushrooms at our culinary table, and throughout the fair purchase books, teas, snacks, mushrooms, and other edibles to create scrumptious dishes.