Tickets
- Saturday foray: $50 ($40 for YWI members). Pre-registration required.
- Sunday admission: $25 ($20 for YWI members).
- Sunday family walk: $30 per adult, kids free.
Rain or shine. No dogs or smoking at the venue.
What to bring (Saturday)
Collection basket, waxed paper bags, knife, hand lens, field guide and sturdy shoes. Be ready to walk in damp woods and off trail.
Saturday, December 12 schedule
- 9:00 Doors open (all foray participants please arrive by 9:00)
- 9:10 to 9:30 Introduction and orientation
- 9:30 to 1:30 Foray #1 (Seth Rosmerin)
- 9:30 to 1:30 Foray #2 (Guy Prudhomme)
- 9:30 to 1:30 Foray #3 (Damon Tighe)
- 9:30 to 10:00 Introduction continues for Forays #4 and #5
- 9:45 to 1:30 Foray #5 (Daniel Nicholson)
- 10:00 to 1:30 Foray #4 (Sam Longmire)
- 1:55 to 2:55 "Documenting Fungal Diversity within the FUNDIS Project," Dr. Brian Perry
- 3:00 to 4:00 "Fungi of Australia," Damon Tighe
Sunday, December 13 schedule
- 10:00 Doors open
- 10:15 Family walk: meet in the parking lot
- 10:30 to 11:45 "Wild Mushroom Brunch Cooking Demo," Chef Todd Spanier
- 11:45 to 12:45 "Forest/Fungi Conflicts: Tales of Fungal Pathogens in California," Christopher Hodge
- 12:45 to 1:15 "Cortinarius Diversity and Newly Described Species in Nevada County," Dimitar Bojantchev
- 1:30 to 2:30 "DNA Sequencing at Community Forays," Douglas Smith
- 3:30 to 4:00 "Table Talk: What Amazing Fungi Did We Find?" Daniel Nicholson
The forays take place on the Tahoe National Forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands.