Radical Mycology Convergence
Description
Part arts festival, part outdoor science lab, this one-of-a-kind event invites curious people of all ages to explore mushrooms (and all fungi) through hands-on workshops, wild food, natural dyes, citizen science, immersive art, live music, games, growing demonstrations, and nighttime nature walks. No mushroom knowledge required—just bring your curiosity.
Day passes begin at $25, children 12 and under attend free, and free childcare is available during workshop sessions.
This unique, biennial gathering brings together more than 25 researchers, artists, authors, growers, chefs, filmmakers and educators to lead more than 45 workshops and demonstrations. Most sessions are beginner-friendly and give visitors many ways to enter the world of mycology through interests they already have, including cooking, fermentation, natural dyes, illustration, filmmaking, gardening, ecology, microscopy, mushroom identification and low-cost cultivation.
Workshop topics include wild-food cooking, oyster-mushroom miso making, mushroom and lichen dyes, fungal pigments, mushroom illustration, stop-motion filmmaking, microscopy, mushroom identification, fluorescent and bioluminescent fungi, low-cost oyster mushroom growing, log and wood-chip cultivation, soil fungi, and the installation of an outdoor Reishi mushroom garden.
Notable speakers include Alan Rockefeller, Dr. Gordon Walker, Julie Beeler, Dr. Anna Sitkoff, Peter McCoy, and Kevin Feeney.
Additional festival highlights include:
Live musical performances, DJs, a fungi-centered theatrical production, a talent show, mushroom storytelling, and a nighttime foray in search of fluorescent mushrooms and lichens.
A hands-on citizen science hub where visitors can examine fungal specimens under microscopes, practice laboratory cultivation techniques, sample soils for fungal spores, and prepare fungal DNA for sequencing.
In/Visible Signals, an international art exhibition inside the farm’s renovated barn featuring work by dozens of fungi-centered artists, along with film screenings, sculptures, installations and a 10-minute virtual-reality experience in which the viewer becomes a mushroom cleaning up pollution.
The MycOlympics, mushroom costume contest, Capture the Conk team game, and a child-friendly scavenger hunt with prizes.
A multi-author book signing, the Mycelial Marketplace of artists and herballists, and a Barter Faire where attendees can trade or sell fungi-related arts and crafts.
A bespoke five-course wild-food tasting dinner led by wild-food expert and professional chef Cameron Dunlap of Morchella Events (tickets sold separately).
Complimentary kava and gong fu cha tea service, two mushroom-inspired bars serving cocktails and mocktails, and an on-site eatery featuring dishes made with gourmet mushrooms grown at Brown Bottle Farm.
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Alan Rockefeller
Alan Rockefeller grew up outside Chicago, where he developed an early fascination with nature, electronics, and computers. By the early 2000s he had moved to California, where he worked in IT security for NASA. Today Alan is a mycologist specializing in DNA barcoding, field photography, and fungal microscopy. He has photographed more than 3,000 species of fungi since 2001 and regularly leads forays across North and South America, both to document new species and to draw newcomers into the field. He spent sixteen years studying mushroom diversity in Mexico, and is a co-author on several scientific papers, including the descriptions of new bioluminescent Mycena species and new Psilocybe species. Alan is also among the most prolific identifiers in the online mycology community, having identified more than 400,000 observations on platforms such as iNaturalist and Mushroom Observer. Alan is especially interested in helping people engage more deeply with the natural world through fungi.
Peter McCoy
Peter McCoy is an author, researcher, and interdisciplinary educator who has worked in diverse fields of applied mycology for over 20 years. Recognized for his pioneering work in habitat regeneration and accessible mushroom cultivation, Peter now leads Mycologos, an applied mycology school and research-based fungi farm, alongside directing Mycoculture Research, Arts, and Development.Peter is the author of the celebrated books Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing and Working With Fungi and The Mycocultural Revolution, and his work has been featured in the films Fantastic Fungi and The Mushroom Speaks, and in the books Entangled Life, In Search of Mycotopia, and The Future is Fungi. From his hometown in Portland, Peter’s daily practice centers on advancing ever-healthier relations between humans, fungi, and the habitats we share.
Dr. Gordon Walker
Dr. Gordon Walker is an award winning speaker, science communicator, and published author with a PhD in biochemistry from UC Davis where his research focused on yeast genetics and the microbial ecology of wine. He has worked with wineries on optimizing fermentation performance and wine quality. In 2017 he began a deep investigation of mushrooms and other fungi, learning all he could about their nature and ecology. Now a dedicated mushroom educator, Dr. Walker has amassed over 3 million followers on his social media channels @FascinatedByFungi, where he educates the public on mushrooms while dispelling fear and countering scientific misinformation. He is a passionate advocate for fungal conservation, environmental stewardship, and sustainability through partnering with fungi. He lives in Napa, CA but also travels around North American professionally presenting on fermentation and mycology.
Julie Beeler
Julie Beeler is an acclaimed designer, artist, and educator inspired by the natural world. Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Popular Science, The Smithsonian Institution and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, among others. Julie created the Mushroom Color Atlas website to unveil and celebrate the resplendent chromatic universe hidden within the fungi kingdom, making it accessible to people around the world. Her book The Mushroom Color Atlas, recently published by Chronicle Books, is a comprehensive primer on the universe of colors lurking inside fungi. It is equal parts art book, field guide, and dye-making workshop. In every form her effort is a timeless reference that will be used for years to come. After a 20-year career at the vanguard of interactive design, Julie founded Bloom & Dye, a natural dye studio and farm in the Pacific Northwest ideally situated for foraging mushrooms, growing fresh-cut color, and creating fine art.
Dr. Michael Beug
Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Washington in 1971. Professor The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington (chemistry, environmental studies, mycology, and organic farming. Member Pacific Northwest Key Council and the North American Mycological Association (NAMA Education Committee, chair of the Toxicology Committee, chair of the Editorial Committee, and past editor of the Journal McIlvainea, medicinal mushroom committee. Winner 2006 NAMA Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology and the 2026 Mycological Society of America Community Mycologist Award. With his student Paul Stamets, who studied with him from 1975 through his graduation in 1980, he began research on mushrooms containing psilocybin and psilocin and started to learn about medicinal fungi and they have now been collaborators for over 50 years. With coauthors Alan and Arleen Bessette, he wrote Ascomycete Fungi of North America: A Mushroom Reference Guide, University of Texas Press, 2014. Author of Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key to the Fungi of the Pacific Northwest, which is described on the website mushroomsofcascadia.com.
Dr. Anna Sitkoff, ND
Anna Sitkoff is a licensed naturopathic doctor and medicinal mushroom educator with more than a decade of experience in clinical practice, laboratory research, wildcrafting, and applied mycology. As Co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Lucidum Medicinals, she formulates evidence-based mushroom supplements for immune, lung, and nervous system health. She is the author of the Medicinal Mushrooms chapter in The Textbook of Natural Medicine, has published research in the Journal of Immunology, serves on the North American Mycological Association’s Medicinal Mushroom Committee, and is a Scientific Advisory Board member for NAMMEX. Anna frequently speaks on functional medicine, women’s health, herbalism, and mycology. Her experience as a physician, researcher, formulator, and wildcrafter gives her a practical, holistic perspective on medicinal mushrooms and their use in human health.
Kevin Feeney
Kevin Feeney is an author and researcher trained in the fields of law and cultural anthropology. His primary work, “Fly Agaric: A Compendium of History, Pharmacology, Mythology, and Exploration,” was published as an edited volume in 2020. His research and writings have been published in the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, International Journal of Drug Policy, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, and Curare, among other books and journals. He is a member of Chacruna’s Council for the Protection of Sacred Plants.
Dr. Seri Robinson
Dr. Seri Robinson is a professor of wood anatomy at Oregon State University. Their research areas include wood spalting and fungal secondary metabolite use in art and bioscience, wood turning, wood identification, and wood toxicity, especially in the home. They are well known for their research in spalted wood, as well as studies on cutting board science. Dr. Robinson is also a passionate sculptor and furniture maker, and when not in the shop can be found writing, baking, and wrangling an ever evolving number of kids and rabbits.
Chris Trump
Chris was born on the big island of Hawaii where his family farmed 800 acres of macadamia nuts as well as raised a herd of 1,000 hair sheep. While managing the family farm with his father Chris journeyed to South Korea 11 times to study with Master Cho Han Kyu to learn Natural Farming methods. This was all in an attempt to learn to farm more effectively than “organic” methods were offering. With Nathan Trump (Chris’ younger brother) the family farm to organic using these practices. Chris has gone on to spread this success and teach farmers all over the world. Chris has five children and a wonderful life partner named Sarah. Now Chris’ company Biomei Natural Farming Solutions spreads education and natural farming products with a vision to re-establish diverse fungal life in this nation’s farmlands.
Joel Penner
Joel Penner is a National Geographic-featured documentary filmmaker based out of Treaty 1 territory in Winnipeg, Canada. His work delves into the beauty of mortality and decay seen through the unique perspective provided by timelapse photography. His most recent short film Wrought has screened at over 65 film festivals around the world, receiving 17 awards as well as being featured on CBC Gem. It is in a permanent exhibit about fungi at the Museo Interactivo Mirador in Santiago, Chile and is currently slated for inclusion in more exhibits.He is currently working on the film tentatively entitled Rebirth, a short film exploring the interconnectedness of nature and the challenge of finding hope amidst the climate crisis. His work has been generously supported by funding bodies such as the National Film Board of Canada, the Winnipeg and Manitoba Arts Councils as well as the Canada Council for the Arts.
Mark Lakeman
Mark is a national leader in the development of sustainable public places. In the last decade he has directed, facilitated, or inspired designs for more than three hundred new community-generated public places in Portland, Oregon alone. Through his leadership in Communitecture, Inc., and it’s various affiliates such as the The City Repair Project (501(c)3), The Village Building Convergence, and the Planet Repair Institute, he has also been instrumental in the development of dozens of participatory organizations and urban permaculture design projects across the United States and Canada. Mark works with governmental leaders, community organizations, and educational institutions in many diverse communities.
Graham Steinruck
Graham Steinruck is a chef, forager, and community mycologist, and the founder of Biodiversity Collective, an educational initiative rooted in field-based learning and collaborative research. His work brings people into closer relationship with fungi through identification, culinary curiosity, and hands-on fieldwork.Much of Graham's work centers on helping people participate in biodiversity documentation, supporting learning, identification, and community-driven research. As an iNaturalist Ambassador and Curator, he brings community science tools into fungal surveys, workshops, mycoblitzes, and DNA-supported projects focused on fungi and other overlooked organisms.At RMC, Graham can be found at the Community Science Tent, partnering with MiniPCR to help attendees observe, document, identify, and prepare fungal collections for DNA sequencing. His approach centers careful observation and hands-on learning, and the ways fungi can deepen our understanding of biodiversity.
Chris Adams
Chris Adams is the Artist behind Sporelust!, The Mushroom Tarot and Corvidopolis as well as the official artist for The Telluride Mushroom Festival for then last 5 years.Since childhood he’s been wandering the coastal & mountain forests of the Pacific NW looking, listening and taking in everything he can. For the last decade he has merged his love of those wildly biodiverse ecosystems––particularly the fungi––with his creative influences.With interests spanning skate-punk culture, scientific illustration at large and counterculture comics from the late 20th century, his work can be difficult to categorize and may simultaneously make you smile, laugh, scrunch up your face with unknown feelings, or maybe even inadvertently learn a little about mycology or forest ecosystems.
Cameron Dunlap
Cameron Dunlap is the chef and founder of Morchella Events, a Pacific Northwest catering and private dining company rooted in fine-dining technique, deep ingredient knowledge, and a love of wild and local foods. Known for weaving foraged elements into seasonal menus, Cameron creates elevated experiences that feel both grounded and unforgettable—whether cooking in a fully equipped kitchen or building a mobile setup for outdoor venues. Serving clients across Oregon and Washington, Morchella Events specializes in weddings, corporate gatherings, and intimate private dinners with custom menus tailored to the season, the venue, and guest preferences. Recognized by Bon Appétit as one of the country’s best new restaurants, Cameron brings a chef-led, hospitality-first approach to every event—polished execution, warm service, and food that’s intentional, beautiful, and distinctly Pacific Northwest.
Catherine Euale
Catherine Euale is a Venezuelan-Canadian artist, citizen scientist and researcher exploring the connections between humans and our more-than-human kin, merging speculative storytelling, art, biology and mycology with planet-first design. She partners with living organisms as collaborators, questioning the boundary between maker and material.Her research includes biologically grown flexible and sculptural materials and electrically conductive biomaterials. With Jessica Dias, she co-authored Fungal Matters for Bio-Based Design (Routledge). Her work has shown at Milan Design Week, Dutch Design Week and Qatar Foundation's Stars of Science.Through her practice Slimy Futures, she runs workshops, mentors for the Biodesign Challenge and develops mycelium meditations inviting people to sense fungal life as felt, bodily relationships, recognizing fungi as sovereign agents and kin, using art and science to awaken wonder and move ecological advocacy into lived practice.
Cuauhtemoc Villa
Cuauhtemoc Villa is a Taino, Aztec and Mayan living soil educator, regenerative farmer and father. He is a friend of the microbes, a student of their ancient wisdom and a teacher of their ways. For over 25 years, Cuauhtemoc has partnered with the microbes using biochar, bokashi and compost teas to grow resilient plants and bioremediate land and water. Cuauhtemoc is passionate about remembering and restoring indigenous agricultural ways and tribal ecological knowledge to honor land, ancestors and future generations. Cuauhtemoc shares these practices with people of all ages and backgrounds, through school garden programs, online and hands-on workshops, conferences and consultations with indigenous communities, farmers, growers, nonprofits and agencies across the world.
Victoria Beall
Victoria is a multidisciplinary designer, foraging instructor, and UX Lead at the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN). She works championing the diverse audiences and actors involved in digital storytelling and science communication around the role of mycorrhizal fungi in ecosystems, policy, and conservation project planning. Offline, she is fascinated by the sharing of plant and fungi folk knowledge, with a particular interest in crafting with amadou (mushroom leather from the tinder hoof mushroom), and teaches foraging courses in the Scottish highlands. She is passionate about approaching complex problems in environment and society with a systems-oriented design mindset and radical empathy. She also sits on the board of Rhyze Mushrooms, an Edinburgh-based mushroom farm, where she picked up a penchant for punk design!
Gabe Garms
For over 15 years I've been a farmer, teacher and fermenter and have wild foraged plants and mushrooms for over 20 years. I operated a naturalist school for over a decade and fermentation was one of the main topics that I taught in addition to wild foraging, permaculture and herbalism. I began making misos out of non traditional ingredients almost 10 years ago with both wild and cultivated foods other than soybeans. I regularly teach classes on food molds, specifically on miso and tempeh making.
Julian Dominic
Julian studied landscape ag. at Warren Wilson College in NC and Portland Community College’s Landscape Technology Program, where his work with corn led him to huitlacoche—a fungus that transforms corn into a complete superfood. From Western North Carolina to Central America, he explored its paradoxical nature: both as a pest to control and a crop to cultivate. He’s always loved to sing and began his academic journey as a theater major, but corn foods and corn culture has become central to both his studies and his joy in feeding himself and his community.
Shelby Lynn Spencer
Shelby has more than 20 years experience identifying, harvesting and preparing the plants, mushrooms and lichens of our bioregion. And has been teaching about the unique ecology of the Pacific Northwest since 2005. Their passion for habitat restoration, permaculture principles, and collective liberation fuels a teaching style that is both engaging and transformative. Drawing on experience from institutions such as the Sitka Center for Arts & Ecology, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon Mycological Society and community-led organizations like Rosehip Collective, Shelby will guide you to see the land through an ecological lens—shifting your focus from a human-centric perspective to a broader, more interconnected worldview.
Roberta Trentin
Roberta received her Master's Degree in Agriculture Science and Technology from the University of Florence, Italy, before moving to New York City to study Photography in the General Studies program at the International Center of Photography. She earned her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art through the NOMAD program at the University of Hartford. Her work has been exhibited in Abundance of Life (Bio Art Seoul) at the Gwacheon National Science Museum, South Korea, on the an/aesthetics at Rosekill Farm, NY, and featured in MYCRO Mag, an NYU interdisciplinary publication. She participated in Bioneers (2024, 2025) and was a semifinalist for the Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship (2025). Roberta teaches mushroom papermaking and biosonification workshops at institutions and festivals including Pioneer Works, Genspace, Radical Mycology Convergence, Mycofest, MicoCosmo Festival, Maine Fungi Festival, and EcoArt Matters at Laney College.
Molly Quade
Molly Quade first began researching fungal applications for improving honey bee health by working on a collaborative project with Paul Stamets investigating the role of Ganoderma resinaceum (Reishi mushroom) extract in enhancing honey bee immune systems. This experience sparked her interest in insect-fungi relationships, and since then, she has contributed to a variety of projects focused on integrating fungal applications into commercial apiculture. As a Ph.D. student at WSU, Molly is researching the use of Metarhizium and other entomopathogenic fungi in Integrated Pest Management with a focus on developing strains for targeting Varroa mites, a deadly honey bee parasite. She plans to continue her research in fungal strain selection to develop mycoinsecticides, with the long-term goal of advancing the application of fungi in sustainable agriculture.
Maria Loper
Maria Loper is a soil health consultant, educator, and ecological land steward focused on helping people build deeper relationships with the natural systems that support life. Her work centers on biological soil systems, restoring water cycles, building water retention features in landscapes, and designing resilient ecological systems in partnership with nature.She trained in regenerative land management, earned a Permaculture Design Certificate, graduated from Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web School, became a Certified Soil Food Web Laboratory Technician in 2021, and is a Water Stories Certified Water Cycle Restoration Professional.Today she works with farmers, gardeners, ranchers, landowners, and restoration practitioners to assess soil health, develop compost systems, implement regenerative practices, and design landscapes that improve water retention and ecological function.
Raskal Turbeville
Raskal Turbeville is a soil ecologist, Mycology consultant, homesteader, and educator based in Rochester WA who focuses on exhuming the patterning, functionality, and gifts of fungi in agricultural systems and ecological stewardship. Inspired to dedicate himself to the fungal world as a teenager, Raskal has spent the last 14 years cultivating, foraging, and teaching about fungi in an attempt to bring our communities into a deeper and more holistic relationship with these distressingly under appreciated organisms. Raskal runs Soil Ecology Analytics, a soil health and mycology consultation service focused on regenerating soil microbial communities and repairing our relationship with fungi in Washington State and beyond.
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