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SCIENCE

  • Foray among Fungi in Mimosa Rocks National Park with Alison Pouliot
    Foray among Fungi in Mimosa Rocks National Park with Alison Pouliot
    20 June 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    Tanja Lagoon Camp, 142 Haighs Rd, Tanja NSW 2550, Australia
    Join Alison to wander through the forest in search of fungi, learn to identify them, and explore questions around their natural and cultural histories. How do we differentiate the desirable from the deadly? How can fungi help us ‘read’ the history of the forest?
  • Keynote – Café Champignon: Book Launch & Soiree
    Keynote – Café Champignon: Book Launch & Soiree
    Fri, 20 June
    Bermagui Community Centre Hall
    20 June 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Bermagui Community Centre Hall, 3-5 Bunga St, Bermagui NSW 2546, Australia
    In this interactive seminar & discussion, Alison will introduce the science and aesthetics of fungi. She’ll share her experiences in the field with various groups to ponder these curious organisms through multiple lenses.
  • Encounters with Fungi – Workshop & Foray
    Encounters with Fungi – Workshop & Foray
    Sat, 21 June
    21 June 2025, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Dalmeny Community Hall, 33-35 Mort Ave, Dalmeny NSW 2546, Australia
    In this highly interactive four-hour workshop, Alison will introduce both theoretical and practical components of the diversity, ecology and curiosities of the Kingdom Fungi, specific to fungi found in region but also within a wider Australian and international context. Includes a field foray.
  • Encounters with Fungi – Workshop & Foray with Alison Pouliot
    Encounters with Fungi – Workshop & Foray with Alison Pouliot
    Sun, 22 June
    22 June 2025, 11:00 am – 28 Oct 2025, 3:00 pm
    Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden, Deep Creek Dam Rd, Batemans Bay NSW 2536, Australia
    In this highly interactive four-hour workshop, Alison will introduce you to both theoretical and practical components of the diversity, ecology and curiosities of the Kingdom Fungi, specific to fungi found in region but also within a wider Australian and international context. Then, a forest foray.
  • Foray: Beatrix goes Bonkers – Women, Mycology, History & the Future  with Alison Pouliot
    Foray: Beatrix goes Bonkers – Women, Mycology, History & the Future  with Alison Pouliot
    23 June 2025, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    Tanja Lagoon Camp, 142 Haighs Rd, Tanja NSW 2550, Australia
    This exciting female foray introduces participants to the Kingdom Fungi, in the context of the history of women’s knowledge of mushrooms.
  • Foray among Fungi in Bega Valley National Park with Alison Pouliot
    Foray among Fungi in Bega Valley National Park with Alison Pouliot
    24 June 2025, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
    Bega Valley
    Who are these curious fungi organisms and what exactly are they doing out there in the landscape? Come find out more as you walk and talk with Alison.
  • Designing with Mycelium
    Designing with Mycelium
    12 July 2025, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
    Bega, Bega NSW 2550, Australia
    Step into the future of sustainable design at Designing with Mycelium! Discover how mycelium—nature’s underground network—is revolutionizing furniture, fashion, packaging, and more. Learn to grow your own mycelium creation and get inspired by cutting-edge innovations.

Keynote speakers

Fungi - the Web of Life 
Coming to a cinema near you as part of the Fungi Feastival

All life on Earth is connected by a great mystery we are only just beginning to unravel. Hidden between the world of plants and animals, another world exists…Fungi: Web of Life. We’ll begin in the mysterious world of the forest floor, where fungi are the central players in nature’s story of birth, death, and rebirth to discover that life as we know it simply would not exist without them.

 

Join acclaimed British biologist, Dr. Merlin Sheldrake, on a quest to find an incredibly precious blue mushroom, against the backdrop of Tasmania’s ancient Tarkine rainforest. Merlin will show us some the grandest and strangest organisms ever discovered, showcased through jaw-dropping time-lapse cinematography, in a landscape largely unchanged from the time of the dinosaurs. Fungi have important lessons to teach humanity about survival through cooperation. Indeed, these incredible lifeforms may hold the key to solving some of humanity’s most urgent problems. With millions more species to discover, our journey into the secret world of fungi has only just begun.

The movie will be showing in Bateman's Bay (12 Jul), Moruya (5 Jul), Narooma (21 Jun), Barragga Bay (20 Jul) and Merimbula (28 Jun). The session at Barragga Bay is a matinee.

  • Extracting the Medicinals - Kalaru
    Extracting the Medicinals - Kalaru
    Sun, 22 June
    22 June 2025, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
    Kangarutha Farm, 343 Tathra Rd, Kalaru NSW 2550, Australia
    Let’s look at the medicinal qualities of mushrooms. Find out simple extraction processes.
  • Extracting the Medicinals - Moruya
    Extracting the Medicinals - Moruya
    06 July 2025, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
    Moruya, Moruya NSW 2537, Australia
    Let’s look at the medicinal qualities of mushrooms. Find out simple extraction processes.

Medicinal mushrooms

Grow Your Own Mushrooms & Truffles

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Introduction to Home Mushroom Growing Saturday 28 June 10.00am to 11.30am
At Wandella Hall, 1002 Wandella Road, Wandella Cost: $85 Click here for booking and more information

Lion's Mane Unlocked Workshop Saturday 28 June 2.00pm to 3.30pm
At  Wandella Hall, 1002 Wandella Road, Wandella Cost: $85 Click here for booking and more information

Fungi Fundamentals Masterclass Sunday 29 June 9.30am to 3.30pm
At Kyla Park Hall, Hector McWilliam Drive, Tuross Head
Cost: $275 Click here for booking and more information

Shitake growing at home.
Saturday 12 July 3.00 pm to 4.30pm 
At Nourished Soverign, Moruya. Cost: $35 Click here for booking and more information

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Truffle Hunts

Dates

Saturday, 21 June -  1 pm

Saturday, 28 June - 1 pm

Wednesday, 2 July - 9.30 am

Saturday, 5 July - 9 am (you can book a truffle lunch at Mimosa following this)

Wednesday, 9 July - 9:30 am

Saturday, 12 July - 1 pm

Saturday, 19th July - 1 pm

  • Designing with Mycelium
    Designing with Mycelium
    12 July 2025, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
    Bega, Bega NSW 2550, Australia
    Step into the future of sustainable design at Designing with Mycelium! Discover how mycelium—nature’s underground network—is revolutionizing furniture, fashion, packaging, and more. Learn to grow your own mycelium creation and get inspired by cutting-edge innovations.

Fungi in design

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Fungi Foray with Marita Smith

Join local fungi enthusiast Marita Smith for a walk to learn about the fantastic world of fungi and the basics of mushroom identification. Learn about the diversity and ecology of fungi growing on the NSW south coast, from hardy polypores to groovy ghost fungi. 

This fungi foray is at Surf Beach on 12 July 10 - 11 am. Cost: $25 per adult, $10 per child (5-16 years). Children under 16 years must be accompanied by a supervising adult. 

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Special thanks to our sponsors for supporting this year's Fungi Feastival

Mumbulla Community Foundation, Eurobodalla Shire Council, Whale Coast Realty Narooma, Marshall & Tacheci Bermagui, Elders Realty Tathra, Far South Coast Landcare, Regional Circularity Cooperative, the Bega Group, LawrieCo, Aussie Mushroom Supplies, Catfish Creative, Collective Cultures, Gulaga Gold Truffles and Sugar Bush Creative. 

We would also like to thank Alison Pouliot, Stephen Axford, Sonia Grothe, Jeanette Robben, Allison Aitken, Andrew Larkin, Annette Kennewell, Ashley Smart, Ben Smyth, Cat Leach, Elisabeth Newfield, Fiona Kotvojs, Helen Lumb, Joanna Love, Josh Whitworth, Julie Marten, Neill Ross, Sadie O'Bryan, Chris Westoll, Mr Bold and Sapphire Graphics for the use of their beautiful photographs on our site and social media.

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