Pre-Festival Events

August 23-24th Activities

Two Guided Lichen Walks and Mushroom Collection Display Work Party

Friday, August 23th, 7 pm, Alaska Fungi Lecture at UAF Murie Auditorium- Open to all
Friday, August 23th, Guided lichen walk for beginners with Celia Hampton-Miller on Murphy Dome-Waiting List Only
Saturday, August 24th Guided lichen walk for intermediates with Celia Hampton-Miller on Murphy Dome- Waiting List Only
Saturday, August 24th Guided mushroom walk with Dr Laursen 9-11 am at the UAF Ski Hut RSVP
Saturday, August 24th Guided mushroom walk with Dr Laursen 1 - 4 pm at the Birch Hill Ski Area RSVP
Saturday, August 24th Guided lichen walk for intermediates with Celia Hampton-Miller on Murphy Dome

Saturday, August 24th- All day. Volunteers are need to assist our mycologist Christin Swearingen in her efforts to create a display of local mushrooms with collection labels. Volunteers can help in the field, as well in the "studio" for 2 or more hours. The team will be sorting mushroom shape (gilled, boletes, polypores, toothed fungi, clubs & corals, puffballs, cup fungi, other) to speed up identification and labeling of mushrooms. We collect moss to line the display trays.

Alaska Mushroom Lecture

Join us on Friday, August 23, 7pm, for a Alaska Fungi Lecture with Dr. Gary Laursen, Christin Swearingen and Andrew Forbes. in the UAF Murie Auditorium. No registration required. OPEN TO ALL!

Friday- Lichen Walk

August 23rd, Friday, 2-4 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.

Age group: Teens and adults. All minors must be accompany by an adult.Registration is required and is free. Please use this online form: https://bit.ly/FFF_Lichen

Saturday- Lichen Walk

August 24th, Saturday 12- 2 pm

This Murphy Dome walk is for people who want to get a little deeper into lichen taxonomy. Ceila will discuss lichen terminology and take more time to identify lichen to species. She will review characteristics unique to different groups of lichen and provide hand lens. Suggested donation: $10 to support the Fairbanks Fungi Festival. Registration is required and is free. Please use this online form: https://bit.ly/FFF_Lichen

RSVP for Aug 24th Mushroom Foray

Two Mushroom Forays Saturday Aug 24th

Mycologist Gary Laursen will be leading two 3-hour mushroom foray this Saturday as a fund raiser for the Fairbanks Fungi Festival. A donation of $10 is suggested. Cash is best as Dr Laren does not do venmo. RSVP and let us know which foray you plan to attendl

Saturday morning foray: 9 am --noon at UAF ski trail, meeting at the ski hut;
Saturday afternoon foray: 1-4 pm at Birch Hill ski trails meeting in parking lot.
Rain or Shine, Dr. Laursen will be there
Most of the fungi collected will used for the fungi festival education tables
Sorry no dogs allowed

RSVP: https://bit.ly/FFF_Foray082424

Saturday- Work Party for Mushroom Collection

Volunteers can help in the field, as well at the display table. Join Christin Swearingen to collect mushroom and lichen, sort collected mushrooms by shape (gilled, boletes, polypores, toothed fungi, clubs & corals, puffballs, cup fungi, other) and line display trays with moss. Expert will identify muschroom species and volunteers will help duplicate labels. Our goal is to have displays ready before the festival begins, freeing our experts to answer questions at the festival. Let us know if you can help by filling out this form https://bit.ly/FFF2024_signup

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