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2014 Speaker Schedule

This schedule covers our headliners, cooking demos, and educational talks.

We also have other programs during the Fair:


  • We will be conducting a class specifically designed for students to be held from 10:30-11:30 both Saturday and Sunday mornings in the Teen Center at Louden Nelson.

  • Visit the Kid's Room for mushroom activities such as clay sculpture, water colors, face painting, and making mushroom dyed fabric.

  • You can also ask questions about mushrooms you have brought to the fair in the main auditorium at the mushroom identification table, staffed by our best identification experts.

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Mushroom Toxicology (Friday)

Henry Young

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Friday, January 10, 2014

3:30 PM

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4:30 PM

Room 1

Friday

Amanitas: From Deadly to Delicious

Debbie Viess

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Friday, January 10, 2014

3:30 PM

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4:30 PM

Room 3

Friday

Cooking Demonstration
Forest "Farmacy" to Kitchen: The Art of Haute Healing

Chef Zachary Mazi

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Friday, January 10, 2014

4:30 PM

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5:30 PM

Room 3

Friday

Cooking With and Use of Mushrooms for Health and Healing

Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac

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Friday, January 10, 2014

4:45 PM

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6:45 PM

Room 1

Friday

Mycology for the Citizen Scientist

Christian Schwarz

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

10:30 AM

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11:30 AM

Room 1

Saturday

Exposé':
The Secret Sex Lives of Fungi (Saturday)

Tom Volk

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

11:00 AM

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12:30 PM

Room 3

Saturday

Wheel of Fungi (Saturday)

David Arora

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David Arora founded the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair in 1975. His interests range from mushroom harvest and usage around the world to…

Saturday, January 11, 2014

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Room 3

Saturday

Kitchen Farmacy: Common Edible Mushrooms as Medicines

Chef Zachary Mazi

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

1:30 PM

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Saturday

Cooking Demonstration with Wine Pairings

Jeff Emery

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Chef Bob Wynn

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

3:00 PM

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4:00 PM

Room 3

Saturday

Mushroom Toxicology (Saturday)

Henry Young

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

3:30 PM

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4:30 PM

Room 1

Saturday

Zen and the Art of Mushroom Hunting

Debbie Viess

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

10:30 AM

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11:30 AM

Room 1

Sunday

Exposé':
The Secret Sex Lives of Fungi (Sunday)

Tom Volk

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

11:00 AM

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12:30 PM

Room 3

Sunday

Introduction to Wild and Edible Mushrooms

David Rust

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

12:00 PM

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1:00 PM

Room 1

Sunday

Wheel of Fungi (Sunday)

David Arora

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David Arora founded the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair in 1975. His interests range from mushroom harvest and usage around the world to…

Sunday, January 12, 2014

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2:30 PM

Room 3

Sunday

Cancer, Viral Syndromes and Other Immune Disorders: Prevention and Treatment with Medicinal Mushrooms.

Dr. Christopher Hobbs, Ph.D., L.Ac

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

1:30 PM

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4:00 PM

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Sunday

Cooking demonstration by Chef Jozseph Schultz

Chef Jozseph Schultz

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

3:00 PM

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4:00 PM

Room 3

Sunday

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