SPECIAL EVENT: Texas Mushroom Conference Pre-party & Fundraiser

All Night: Live Art Showcase

Watch artists who are passionate about all things fungi, use natural, upcycled, reused, and recycled materials to produce their art that will be displayed at the conference and raffled to raise money for mycology education.

All Night: Mushroom Market

Shop for unique mushroom-based products, from supplements and grow kits to eco-friendly materials and handmade goods, offered by local and national vendors.

5 PM: Mushroom Collection for DNA Research

Join us for a guided mushroom walk to support fungal DNA research, where participants will learn to document specimens using iNaturalist and contribute to North America's mycological knowledge. The specimens collected will be sequenced and featured at a DNA workshop at the conference.

6 PM: Lo-tek Mushroom Cultivation Workshop

Bring your own container and learn how to grow culinary mushrooms from substrate that we rescue from waste stream.

8 PM: UV Night Walk

Explore the nocturnal ecosystem of the disc golf course (ABW is on 64 acres along Walnut Creek) with UV flashlights and cameras to look for mushrooms, night pollinators, birds, glowing plants, lichens and more. Get creative with glowing outfits and face paint. Bring a regular flashlight/headlamp and a 365 nm UV light or and pick-up at the event.

Giveaways:

• Texas Mushroom Conference Tickets
• Mushroom blocks to take home
• Bring your friends! New members will get a beer courtesy of ABW.

5 PM: Mushroom Collection for DNA Research

Join us for a guided mushroom walk to support fungal DNA research, where participants will learn to document specimens using iNaturalist and contribute to North America's mycological knowledge. The specimens collected will be sequenced and featured at a DNA workshop at the conference.

6 PM: Lo-tek Mushroom Cultivation Workshop

Bring your own container and learn how to grow culinary mushrooms from substrate that we rescue from waste stream.

8 PM: UV Night Walk

Explore the nocturnal ecosystem of the disc golf course (ABW is on 64 acres along Walnut Creek) with UV flashlights and cameras to look for mushrooms, night pollinators, birds, glowing plants, lichens and more. Get creative with glowing outfits and face paint. Bring a regular flashlight/headlamp and a 365 nm UV light or and pick-up at the event.

Giveaways:

• Texas Mushroom Conference Tickets
• Mushroom blocks to take home
• Bring your friends! New members will get a beer courtesy of ABW.

Host or Publisher Central Texas Mycological Society