Mushroom Festival

Volunteer sign ups for our 2024 Mushroom Festival (October 27th) are live! 

This annual event filled with food, music, and fun(gi) is our biggest fundraiser of the year and our volunteers are invaluable to making the event a success. Plus, as a volunteer, you will get free admission to the festival, which you can enjoy before or after your shift. 

Mount Pisgah Arboretum’s annual Mushroom Festival, held in partnership with Lane Community College and the Cascade Mycological Society, is our biggest fundraising event of the year. This festival supports our work stewarding native habitats and providing outdoor environmental education.

Our 2024 Mushroom Festival is October 27, 2024.

Tickets and details coming soon! 

Every year, you can expect to experience things like,

• A huge mushroom exhibit where you can learn about hundreds of local species!
• Edible and poisonous mushrooms display
• Live music
• Guided nature walks by local naturalists
• Mushroom vendors
• Local foods, arts, and crafts
• Kids’ crafts and activities
• Cider pressing, scarecrow contest, and hay rides!

The iNaturalist mycoblitz is a complementary event to our in-person Mushroom Festival. From October 19th through October 28th, all mushroom and lichen observations in Lane County that are uploaded to iNaturalist will be added to the project. A big thanks to Lane Community College and Cascade Mycological Society for facilitating the event! Check out the project webpage for more information!

The Cascade Mycological Society (CMS) hosts and attends events around the Pacific Northwest, most notably community classes and forays, member forays, seasonal member potlucks, and the Mushroom Festival in October. For information about the mushroom experts that will be at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival, click here.

The Cascade Mycological Society (CMS) hosts and attends events around the Pacific Northwest, most notably community classes and forays, member forays, seasonal member potlucks, and the Mushroom Festival in October. For information about the mushroom experts that will be at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum Mushroom Festival, click here.