Fungi Business
Popular among foodies, foragers, and hookah-smoking caterpillars, mushrooms are weird, wonderful oddities of the living world. To celebrate these spore-bearing fungi, and to welcome the sprouting of chanterelles and porcinis that occur with the December rains, the Mycological Society of San Francisco will host its latest
Fungus Fair this Sunday. The fair will feature a naturalistic woodland exhibition and tables of numerous types of locally gathered wild mushrooms. Attendees can also look for mushroom-related vendors, crafts, dyes, and information tables covering everything from cultivation to health benefits to psychedelic properties. In the cuisine arena, campfire cooks can learn how to distinguish safe from poisonous mushrooms, while gastronomes can enjoy cooking demos by local chefs. Matsutakes and roasted cauliflower in coriander cream are among the dishes on the menu.
— Anita Katz
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