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2013 Fair Speakers

We had a great lineup of speakers for the 2013 Fair. For the list of talks, check out the 2013 Speaker Schedule.

Talks:

  • Friday: Mycorrhizotopia: fungi are the puppet masters of the universe
  • Sunday: From Aflatoxins to Zombies: weird weird weird fungi

Britt Bunyard

Publisher of Fungi Magazine

Talks:

  • Saturday: Cooking Demonstration

Chef Bob Wynn

FFSC Minister of Culinary and Sustenance

Talks:

  • Saturday: Cooking Demonstration

Chef Cal Stamenov

Executive Chef

Talks:

  • Sunday: Cooking Demonstration with Wine Pairing

Chef Maurice Dissels

Executive Chef, Birks Restaurant

Talks:

  • Friday: Kicking and Screaming: Dragging Mycology into the 21st Century with the Help of Citizen Scientists (aka YOU)
  • Saturday: Tales from the Cryptogams - Twelve Alternative Lifestyles from the Kingdom Fungi. Beware! Sex, Death and Insanity lie ahead

Christian Schwarz

Research Associate | UCSC

Talks:

  • Saturday: Wheel of Fungi (Saturday)
  • Sunday: Wheel of Fungi (Sunday)

David Arora

Author, "Mushrooms Demystified"

Talks:

  • Saturday: Introduction to Wild and Edible Mushrooms

David Rust

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Talks:

  • Saturday: Zen and the Art of Mushroom Hunting
  • Sunday: Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of California

Debbie Viess

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Talks:

  • Sunday: History of Mushroom Dyes

Dorothy Beebee

Scientific illustrator and mushroom dyer

Talks:

  • Saturday: Medicinal Mushrooms

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

Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Talks:

  • Saturday: Mushroom Toxicology (Friday)
  • Sunday: Mushroom Toxicology (Sunday)

Henry Young

FFSC Science Advisor, Foray & ID Specialist, Willamette Valley Mushroom Society

Talks:

  • Saturday: Cooking Demonstration

Jeff Emery

Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard

Talks:

  • Sunday: Introduction to Mushroom Identification

Mark Gillespie

FFSC Vice Chair, Science Advisor, and Past CEO

Talks:

  • Saturday: Introduction to Mushroom Identification

Phil Carpenter

FFSC Science Advisor, NAMA Representative, and past CEO

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