On July 27, mid-Summer & full-on foraging season, we are hosting the 3rd annual: For the Love of Fungi Mushroom & Arts Festival!! Just a few words here to describe the new format... The morning will begin with group forays throughout the local region, guided by a knowledgeable Mycologist. Early afternoon, we will all meet back at the Ashokan Center with our specimens and stories, to embark on a full sensory exploration. Discover new sounds, textures, flavors and more through different workshops and activities that focus on the many ways we use our senses to perceive the natural world. Brush up on your ID skills, learn to tissue culture, illustrate, or listen to the song of your favorite fungi! Cooking demos and tastings all day long. After sunset we will gather for a bonfire, short film series, music, and UV night foray, with camping and lodging options onsite!

What to Expect:

Featured Contributors (More Announced Soon!):

Roberta Trentin - Listen to Fungi - Interactive Biosonification Station - All afternoon!

Justin Knaub - Concentrate, Breath, Heal - Build your own unique medicinal tincture using mushroom and botanical concentrates made by Justin and Cristian at MMM labs. Free w/ pre-registration (on tickets page).

Renee Baumann - Communal Basket Weaving - Learn traditional basketmaking techniques and work together to weave a beautiful, communal basket. See what we made last year, below, and check out more of Renee’s work!

Delicious Mushroom Tastings and Cooking Demos - All afternoon from several talented chefs including Page Moll from Hash and Olga Tzogas from Smugtown Mushrooms, at our Eat More Mushrooms Booth!

Mushroom Cultivation Panel and Q&A - Bring all your mushroom cultivation questions! Indoor, Outdoor, Gourmet, Medicinal, DIY or Commercial!

Demos and Hands-On: Outdoor Cultivation, DIY Indoor Home Cultivation, Tissue Culturing, Korean Natural Farming Techniques, Cooking with Mushrooms, ID Assistance and Microscopy, Illustrating Fungi, Interactive Exhibits…

Marketplace: A juried selection of artisans, working with Fungi and Fungi inspired goods.

Food: Kimchi Harvest Kitchen: Specializing in Korean field fresh dishes!

Raffle winners announced at 5pm (prizes listed below).

Evening Activities: Music, Short Film Series, Bonfire, UV Foray, Camping under the stars onsite (380+ acres).

*No one will be turned away for lack of funds - Sliding Scale Tickets available upon request! Reach out to Fortheloveofungi@gmail.com

Still accepting applications for Contributors, Volunteers and Vendors, apply Here!

Raffle Prizes (tickets in ticket section)

- Cultivation Package – 1 full length ready to fruit Shiitake log (can fruit for 5+ years) plus a 1-hour consultation with Luke Sarrantonio (15+ years’ experience as a Mycologist and Cultivator). A chance to ask all your burning mushroom questions or get your backyard mushroom garden going!

- Mushroom Lovers Goodie Bag – 1 mushroom print tote bag (heavyweight and durable, %100 cotton, made by Only Hearts), 1 Turkey Tail+Elderberry 2oz Tincture, 1 Donko Shiitake 2oz Tincture both made by Mycophilic, 1/2oz bag dried Log Grown Shiitake Caps from Eat Flowers Farm.

- Foraging Kit – 1 specimen box (w/movable dividers), 1 folding mushroom knife with cleaning brush, 1 metal loud whistle (so you’ll never get lost in the woods again!), 1 Lion’s Mane 2oz Tincture, 1 ‘Fungi Fix Nature’s Bandage’ 2oz both made by Mycophilic, 1 ‘Edible Mushrooms of the Hudson Valley’ poster designed by Matt Schulze+Dina Kravstov.