Comments on: Fungus festival

By: Lot’s to do this weekend « Living in the O

Lot’s to do this weekend « Living in the O — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:09:37 +0000

[...] wrote a hilarious post about how she found out about the Fungus Fair, and you really should go read the whole post if you’re looking for a laugh. She reminded me about the annual Fungus Fair, which takes [...]

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:09:26 +0000

Kitty Joe, that’s so bizarre about the commenting…SO bizarre. But yes, convenient with the blaming.

And I have met more vegetarians lately who hate mushrooms (probably because all the meat-eaters force the shrooms on the veg-eaters…among other reasons…)! It is totally a pain-in-the-ass. I love them…particularly if they’re sauteed in olive oil and wine. And served over a steak. ;-)

By: kitty joe

kitty joe — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:34:18 +0000

genie, i hate to say it but this fungus fair sounds like my worst nightmare! the only thing i hate more than mushrooms is meat–and that’s a terribly pain-in-the-ass fate for a vegetarian. i do think they are strangely beautiful–just not for eating. after this weekend when you become a mushroom expert, clue me in to this thing i’ve been hearing about them containing something strangely of the animal kingdom. it will help my defense…

oh, and by the way, the new trick to getting a comment to post on your blog is not listing my website, because according to blogger, i am not an authorized user of my own blog. interesting. i wonder who keeps posting all that drivel, then?! nice that i can blame someone else!

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:13:16 +0000

Marc, I know of at least one person I’m following on Twitter who lives down near San Jose, I think, and who’s planning on taking a big ol’ mushroom up to the Fair…I’m going to see if I can scope it out while I’m there on Sunday afternoon. Should be cool — I’m looking forward to it!

By: inadvertentgardener

inadvertentgardener — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:10:32 +0000

Ree, a mushroom in Chinatown? In the wild or in a store?

By: Ree

Ree — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:26:34 +0000

The one time I was out San Francisco way, I met up with a college friend and we searched high and low for a specific mushroom in Chinatown. I’m sending her this info. Thanks!

By: http://marcsala.blogspot.com/

http://marcsala.blogspot.com/ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:29:10 +0000

I visited the Fungus Fair twice in recent years and highly recommend it. If Mother Nature has cooperated with the right amount of rain and heat (or cold?), the Fungus Fair will have table after table of recently collected fungi from California (perhaps numbering into the hundreds of species), plus exhibits about such things as lichen, using mushrooms as dye, medicinal uses, and more. Fungus aficionados are quite passionate about their field, so the crowd is interesting and knowledgeable. The talks and demos can be good too.