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The Fifth Annual Fungi Film Fest
The Fifth Annual Fungi Film Fest
20 films | 17 countries | 2+ hours
The Fungi Film Fest is the world’s only film festival dedicated to the beauty, otherworldliness, and human influences of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi.
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La Paloma Theater
471 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA
$17
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Please Join us at our next Monthly Meeting on Monday, April 7th at 7:00pm.
Please Join us at our next Monthly Meeting on Monday, April 7th at 7:00pm.
Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi, in print since 2008. Britt is a former university professor and has published over 100 academic and popular science papers. He has served as an editor for mycological and entomological research journals, and mushroom guide books.
A popular evangelizer on all things fungal, Britt has given more than 250 invited lectures to
academic and popular audiences across North America and beyond. He has been featured on the BBC World Service’s Newshour, NPR’s All Things Considered, PBS’s NOVA and Wisconsin Foodie television programs; and interviewed or quoted in Discover magazine, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Vox, Vogue, Forbes, Saveur, Eating Well, Hobby Farm, Women’s World, and other magazines and newspapers.
Britt has collected fungi and lectured throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
Annually, he leads mycological expeditions throughout the world. One such expedition, was the subject of a documentary film “Look Down Not Up” (2022), produced by documentary filmmakers Alok Siddhi Tuladhar and Dusty Shiva Panthi of Kathmandu, Nepal.
Britt has authored several books, including The Little Book of Fungi (2024; Princeton University
Press), The Lives of Fungi (2022; Princeton University Press), The Beginner’s Guide to Mushrooms(2021; Quarry Books), Amanitas of North America (2020; The Fungi Press), and Mushrooms and Macrofungi of Ohio and Midwestern States (2012; The Ohio State University Press).
Britt has served as Executive Director of the Telluride Mushroom Festival since 2014 and was
awarded the “Dr. Emanuele Salzman Award” for service to the Telluride Mushroom Festival in 2024. In 2021 he was awarded the Gary Lincoff Award “For Contributions to Amateur Mycology,” by the North American Mycological Association—NAMA’s most prestigious honor for American mycologists.
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The Next Generation of Women Botanists is Here.
A recent expedition to the Cape region of the Baja California Peninsula helped build capacity for the next generation of women botanists in the region. The expedition focused on training 10 young and upcoming women biologists from Mexico and a few young men on the flora and rare plant species of the region.
Lichens on the Go
Please Join us at our next Monthly Meeting on Monday, March 3rd at 7:00pm.
Jessica Allen is a Staff Scientist in the Reck-Peterson Lab at the University of California San Diego. She has spent the last 18 years studying lichens and fungi inside and out, with an emphasis on conservation, genomics, and evolution.
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California Red-Legged Frog Egg Counts Have Dropped Close to 90%—Here’s What it Means.
"I've got one!"—is a phrase the herpetology team at the San Diego Natural History Museum has grown accustomed to in past years. This year, the phrase sends a rush of relief and excitement through the team, who are recording significantly less California red-legged frog eggs than in previous seasons.
10 Most Commonly Seen Mushrooms in Southern California
As the rainy season is (finally) getting started in Southern California, you may notice mushrooms popping up around town. This blog is a short introduction to the 10 most commonly seen mushrooms in Southern California. As always with fungi, be careful with identification, and reach out to an expert or check out our resources for more information.
Costume Contest and Parade at our Fungus Fair
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Fungus Fair Schedule
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Getting To The Fair
Balboa Park has so many exhibits and the parking lots can fill up quick!
Please plan to arrive early for a good parking spot or be prepared to walk a short distance to the fair location.
There are several parking lots close by, but if you are unable to find a space we suggest parking:
A – in the ZOO PARKING LOT and walk the short distance to the fair.
B – take the BALBOA PARK TRAM
Inspiration Point parking lot provides ample parking and easy access to Tram Central, the starting point for the free tram transportation service.
Parking lot located at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way (parking lot on the south side of Park Boulevard).
Every day and every 10 to 15 minutes, the tram will stop at Tram Central to pick up and drop off Park visitors. Fall/winter hours of operation are from Nov. 1 through May 31 daily, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Last pickup from Tram Central will be 15 minutes prior to the end of tram operations for each day.
The tram makes its way through the Park, stopping at most of the Park’s most popular destinations. Get off at Plaza de Panama (in front of The Prado) for a short walk to the Fungus Fair!
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