thumb|260px|The Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival in Morgan Hill, California

A mushroom festival is a food festival that features mushrooms.

These involve guided foraging walks, training workshops, cooking demos, food stalls, eating competitions, mushroom-themed merchandise, film screening and more such events.

There are numerous mushroom festivals held annually across the globe:

  • Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
  • Telluride Mushroom Festival in Telluride, Colorado
  • Mushroom Festival at Mount Pisgah Arboretum in Eugene, Oregon
  • Morel Mushroom Festival held in Harrison, Michigan, Mesick, Michigan, and Boyne City, Michigan
  • Fantastic Forage Mushroom Festival held in Laconia, New Hampshire
  • Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival held in Morgan Hill, California
  • Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival in Santa Cruz, California
  • Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival in Lacey, Washington
  • Memphis Mushroom Festival in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Mexico´s Magnificent Mushroom Festival, San Mateo Rio Hondo, Oaxaca
  • Miscaros Mushroom Festival in Alcaide, Portugal
  • Matsutake Mushroom Festival in Genekha, Bhutan
  • Morabool Mushroom Festival in Victoria, Australia

See also

  • Mushroom hunting
  • Oyster festival
  • Taste Festival
  • Gilroy Garlic Festival

References

  • Mushroom Festival
  • Festival del Hongo, Oaxaca