Early rains once again bring the promise of a good mushroom hunting season!

Join us for the 26th Annual Yuba Watershed Fungus Foray and Wild Mushroom Exposition, December 2 – 3, 2023

Oak Tree Lodge
18847 Oak Tree Rd, Nevada City, CA

**note our new location this year**

Register at www.YubaWatershedInstitute.org/register

Science advisor: Brian Perry, PhD

PLEASE NOTE: Online pre-registration is required to attend Saturday’s event and Sunday may sell out as well. You will need to purchase separate tickets for each day of the event.

Saturday December 2nd, 9 am to 4 pm

After meeting at the Oak Tree Lodge, our traditional Saturday morning wild mushroom hunt will continue to several sites in the local forest. Afterwards, attendees will return to the Oak Tree Lodge for an afternoon of identification and mushroom-related presentations. Be prepared to walk in the damp woods and off trail for an optimum mushroom hunting experience. Useful items to bring include: collection basket, waxed paper bags, knife, camera, notebook, field identification guide, and hand lens. This is a rain or shine event. We support carpooling to reduce our impact at this event.

Lectures on Saturday afternoon will be “Bioluminescent Fungi” by Dr. Brian Perry and “Psilocybe Mushrooms of North America + Mexico” by Alan Rockefeller.

Sunday December 11, 10 am to 4 pm

On Sunday we host the Wild Mushroom Exposition once again. The Exposition will be filled with our collections of seasonal Sierra mushrooms labelled and organized from the week’s collections. Lectures start Sunday with the presentation and cooking demonstration of “Eat Like a King”, by Chef Todd Spanier. Afternoon presentations will include “Microscopy Crash Course” by Alan Rockefeller, and local mycologist Daniel Nicholson will present “Collecting Sierran Mushrooms Year ‘Round”.

Please be aware there are No Dogs, No Alcohol and No Smoking allowed at the Oak Tree Lodge.

Saturday:  $30 general; $25 for YWI members. No children discount, sorry.

Sunday: $20 general; $10 for YWI members. Children under 12 free with adult.

Purchase tickets at www.yubawatershedinstitute.org/register.

Volunteer shifts are available, contact events@yubawatershedinstitute.org.

For more information or questions visit www.YubaWatershedInstitute.org or email info@yubawatershedinstitute.org.

Watch Yuba Watershed Institute’s Executive Director, Chris Friedel, give an update on current projects at a recent meeting of the Yuba Forest Network.

Chris discusses the progress being made on the YWI’s landscape resilience projects at the ‘Inimim Forest, Little Deer Creek, and Round Mountain, as well as a new partnership with Nevada County to plan and implement the 6,000-acre South Yuba Rim Fuel Reduction Project.

Early rains bring the promise of a good mushroom hunting season!

Join us for the 25th Annual Yuba Watershed Fungus Foray and Wild Mushroom Exposition, December 10-11, 2022

Located at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center, 17894 Tyler Foote Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959

** Please note our new location this year **

Tickets and registration at www.yubawatershedinstitute.org/register

Science advisor: Else Vellinga UC Berkley

Saturday December 10th, 9 am to 4:00 pm

Our traditional Saturday morning wild mushroom hunt will visit several sites in the local forest. Afterwards, an afternoon of identification and mushroom related presentations will take place at the North Columbia Schoolhouse. Be prepared to walk in the damp woods and off trail for an optimum mushroom hunting experience. Also useful to bring: collection basket, waxed paper bags, knife, camera, notebook, field identification guide, and hand lens. This is a rain or shine event.

Lectures on Saturday will be “How to Photograph Mushrooms” by Alan Rockefeller and “Mushroom Spores” by Professor Else Vellinga.

PLEASE NOTE: Online pre-registration is required to attend Saturday’s event and Sunday may sell out as well.

Sunday December 11, 10 am to 4 pm

On Sunday we host the Wild Mushroom Exposition once again. The Exposition will be filled with our collections of seasonal Sierra mushrooms labelled and organized from the weekend. This year a few beginners’ forays will be offered in the morning. Sunday lectures, included with the general admission ticket, begin at 11:00 am with a presentation and cooking demonstration entitled “Fungialo: The History, Heritage, Lore, and Food of the Italian-American Mushroom Hunter.”  Afternoon presentations will include “Mushrooms of the Arizona Sky Islands” by Damon Tighe, and at 3:00 pm Dr. Christopher Hobbs will speak on “Mushrooms as Medicine,” as few can speak better on the subject.

Please be aware there are No Dogs and No Smoking allowed at the North Columbia Schoolhouse.

Tickets and registration are available at: www.YubaWatershedInstitute.org/register

Saturday:  $30 general; $25 for YWI members. No children discount sorry.

Sunday: $20 general; $10 for YWI members. Children under 12 free with adult

Sunday beginner forays: $30. Children under 12 free with adult

Purchase tickets at www.YubaWatershedInstitute.org/register For more information or questions visit www.YubaWatershedInstitute.org or email  Daniel@yubawatershedinstitute.org

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Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83340491831?pwd=Q2R0VHhMVk15dU1zWDVOVlpBbFNoZz09
Call in: +1 669 900 6833, Meeting ID: 833 4049 1831, Passcode: 757324

The Yuba Watershed Institute (YWI) is collaborating with Sierra Forest Legacy, South Yuba River Citizens League, Fire Safe Council of Nevada County, Sierra Streams Institute, and Open Canopy LLC to bring you an evening of learning and discussion about the history of fire in the California landscape.

Following these two lectures, a panel discussion will focus on how examining historical cultural burning and what we know about factors influencing fire severity can drive management of our increasingly fire-prone forests.

This public event is in support of the Spring 2021 Cal-TREX Yuba prescribed fire training workshop, during which representative from local non-profit organizations will receive training in prescribed fire skills. Prescribed Fire Training Exchanges (TREX) are a nation-wide program coordinated by The Nature Conservancy.

For more information about this event, contact the YWI at info@yubawatershedinstitute.org.

Want to see what treasures await us in the forests of the Yuba River watershed?

Join the Yuba Watershed Fungus Foray and Wild Mushroom Exposition on December 12-13, 2020 at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center (17894 Tyler Foote Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959). Please note: this is a different location than the previous several years.

The event will be significantly scaled down and completely outdoors in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

At the Fungus Foray, on December 12, we have space for 6 participants in each of the 7 foray groups. Each group will leave the Schoolhouse at a different time on Saturday morning or early afternoon and drive to a separate foray location. Participants will drive separately in single-family groups and will maintain 6 ft. of distance at all times. Purchase Tickets for the Yuba Watershed Fungus Foray (12/12/20)

On Sunday, December 13, the Wild Mushroom Exposition will take place outside the Schoolhouse, and participants can sign up to view them and talk to our mushroom experts during 1-hour shifts throughout the day. Each shift is limited to 12 participants. Masks or face covering will be required, and proper social distancing will be encouraged. Purchase Tickets for the Wild Mushroom Exposition (12/13/20)

PLEASE NOTE: The Sunday Wild Mushroom Exposition will be cancelled in the event of rain. All ticket-holders will be reimbursed in full if the event is cancelled.