The Fair will feature identified species of wild mushrooms displayed in natural habitat settings. Visitors will be delighted by the variety of colors and forms of the wild mushrooms of Southern California. Mushroom experts will be on hand to answer all your questions about wild mushrooms, and the public is invited to bring in wild mushrooms for identification. A variety of mushroom books and posters will be offered for sale.

The featured speaker is Dr. Chester Leathers, Professor Emeritus of Botany at the Arizona State University in Tempe. Dr. Leathers is President of the Arizona Mushroom Club based in Phoenix.

Royce Harvey, an experienced wild mushroom grower and a member of the Los Angeles Mycological Society, will present a hands-on seminar on Mushroom Cultivation. Visitors will assemble their own complimentary mushroom-growing kits.

Jeffrey Kramer, Chef/Culinary Advisor of the Los Angeles Mycological Society, will give a presentation with recipes on many delicious ways to serve both wild and cultivated mushrooms. Jeff has worked at the Border Grill Restaurant in Santa Monica and with Wolfgang Puck and is currently working as a private chef.

On Saturday, February 10, there will be three mushroom walks, or forays, to collect wild mushrooms for display at the Fair. One foray will be in the Santa Monica Mountains, another will be in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, and the third will be in the Cleveland National Forest east of Orange County. The public is invited to participate in these forays free of charge.