Dates & Times: Saturday 1/7 at 12 - 2 p.m. or Sunday 1/8 at 2 p.m - 4 p.m.
Location: Zilker Botanical Garden, Meet at the Oak Grove
Guides: Cy and Angel from CTMS, Artist Joe Buckley from Fungi Arcania
Tickets: Free with general admission to Zilker Botanical Garden. ($6)
The stars are out in Texas - not the stars deep in the heart of Texas which shower the sky that first come to mind, but these stars found on the forest floor that are our new official state mushroom.
The Texas Star Mushroom, Chorioactis geaster is unique to our state and is only found in one other geographic location - Japan. Scientists are perplexed as to why it is so geographically distributed. You may recognize the mushroom because it is part of our logo.
Join the Central Texas Mycological Society for a walk to hopefully see the state mushroom and learn the ecology of this fascinating fruiting body. If we get rain before the event, we may also not only observe this rare mushroom but hopefully identify many others.
Joe Buckley, the creator of the amazing Mushroom Hunters Tarot Deck which includes our state mushroom, will be joining us from the Pacific NW as he makes this the first stop of his journey to see all 78 species that he’s featured in his deck. You can pre-order the decks here and pick them up at the event.