2024 Fair Speakers

Visitors at the 2024 Santa Cruz Fungus Fair were treated to great talks by these speakers.

Talks:

Friday: Mushroom Cooking Tips and Techniques

Chef Bob Wynn

FFSC Minister of Culinary and Sustenance

Talks:

Sunday: Mushrooms, Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Chef Chad Hyatt

Chef and Author

Talks:

Friday: Mushrooms of Sea Islands, Sky Islands, & Dry Islands
Saturday: Mushroom Bioregions of The United States

Christian Schwarz

Research Associate | UCSC

Talks:

Saturday: The top ten edible and poisonous wild mushrooms.

Douglas Smith

Photographer, Educator, and FFSC Science Advisor

Talks:

Saturday: Medicinal Mushrooms - Traditional Usage and Modern Science (Saturday)
Sunday: Medicinal Mushrooms - Traditional Usage and Modern Science (Sunday)

Dr. Bill Schoenbart

Practitioner of Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture

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Saturday: The Magic Mushroom Class

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

Faculty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Sunday: Mushroom Cultivation: Passive and Active Systems

Kyle Garrone

Production Manager, Far West Fungi

Talks:

Saturday: A Multi-Generational Hobby
Saturday: Family friendly Kid's Interactive Mushroom Cooking Demo
Sunday: A Multi-Generational Hobby

Melany Kahn

Author, Painter, Film Producer

Talks:

Sunday: Exploring the Unknown: Cryptic Mushroom Diversity In Your Backyard
Monday: California: Land of the Year Round Mushroom Forage

Noah Siegel

Speaker, Author, Mycologist

Talks:

Friday: Introduction to mushroom identification (Session I)
Sunday: Introduction to Mushroom Identification (Session II)
Sunday: Intro to Mushroom Identification (Session III)

Phil Carpenter

FFSC Science Advisor, NAMA Representative, and past CEO

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Sunday: Montane Biomes on the Brink

Thea Chesney

Naturalist

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Sunday: Introduction to mushroom cultivation

Vellany Pierce

FFSC Prime Minister