Pre-Festival Events

Schedule for 2026

Guided Lichen Walks and Mushroom Collection Display Work Party

All events on Friday and Saturday are $10 suggested donation, unless stated otherwise.

Friday, August 28rd
- Noon, Guided Lichen Walk by Celia Hampton-Miller at Birch Hill (Registration link coming soon)
- 7 pm - 9 pm, Alaska Fungi Lecture at UAF Murie Auditorium (Free and open to public)

Saturday August 29th
- 10 am - Noon, Mushroom collecting foray TBA (Registration link coming soon)
- 2 pm - 4 pm, Mushroom collecting foray TBA (Registration link coming soon)
- 5 pm, Guided lichen walk Celia Hampton-Miller at Murphy Dome (Registration link coming soon)
- After 5 pm, Volunteers are need to assist Fairbanks Mycology Society to create a display of local mushrooms with collection labels. The team will be sorting mushrooms morphologically (gilled, boletes, polypores, toothed fungi, clubs & corals, puffballs, cup fungi, other) to speed up identification and labeling of mushrooms. We will also be collecting moss to line the display trays.

Sunday, August 30th- 11 am - 4 pm.
- Festival schedule coming soon!

Alaska Mushroom Lecture

Join us on Friday, August 28, 7pm, for an Alaska Fungi Lecture with visiting mycologist Noah Siegel in the UAF Murie Auditorium. No registration required. OPEN TO ALL!

Friday- Lichen Walk

August 28th, Friday, 12 pm noon Birch Hill

Have fun searching for lichen in a boreal forest environment, and talking about the habitat, growth form, and life history of lichen.

Suggested donation: $10 to support the Fairbanks Fungi Festival.

Age group: Teens and adults. All minors must be accompany by an adult. Registration is required and is free.

Saturday- Lichen Walk

August 29th, Saturday 5 pm

Join Celia as she explores the rocky tundra of Murphy Dome, searching for lichen, and talking about the habitat, growth form, and life history of lichen.

Suggested donation: $10 to support the Fairbanks Fungi Festival. Registration is required and is free.

Saturday- Work Party for Mushroom Collection

Volunteers can help in the field, as well at the display table. Join FMS to collect fungi and lichen, sort collected mushrooms by shape (gilled, boletes, polypores, toothed fungi, clubs & corals, puffballs, cup fungi, other) and line display trays with moss.

Saturday morning foray: 10 am --noon at Birch Hill Rec Area, meeting at the warming hut
Saturday afternoon foray: 2-4 pm at Chinook Conservation Park, meeting across the street from the Chena Pump Transfer Site.
Rain or Shine
Sorry no dogs allowed

Our goal is to have displays ready before the festival begins, freeing our experts to answer questions at the festival. RSVP form coming soon.

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