Fungus Fest

FUNGUS FEST

Fungus Fest, is NJMA's biggest in-person learning event. It is open to the general public. It is held in the Fall.

In 2025, the event will be held on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum. More information will become available closer to the event date.

Hundreds of people attend Fungus Fest. The event is held entirely indoors with the exception of an outdoor mushroom walk. People come to get their fungi identified, to buy from the event vendors, to eat the results of the mushroom cooking demonstration, or to learn about medicinal mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, paper making and mushroom dyes. At the indoor children's corner there are activities such as making a bracelet or putting together a wood mushroom jigsaw puzzle.

Last Updated: 2025.06.05

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Fungus Fest requires about 40-60 NJMA members to volunteer for this public event. Members may volunteer to help, especially, if their have fungi knowledge to share, by filling out the Contact Us form.