Celebrate Cordova’s harvest culture at the annual Fungus Festival
By The Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Every year the lucky salmon that make it past Cordova’s keen fishermen head upstream, spawn, and leave abundant nutrients...
Register for Fungus Festival
The fireweed is bloomed out, berries crowd bushes, and the mushrooms are popping up to say hello. It’s September in Cordova and it’s time...
Join in the Great Cordova Mushroom Hunt!
By the Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Mushrooms are in bloom across Southcentral Alaska, and we need your help documenting them! Participate in the Great Cordova...
Celebrating the wild forage and harvest
By The Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Have you heard about this year’s 2022 Fungus Festival Highliner Event? Introducing the Wild Harvest Tasting Party! Join us...
6 tips to photograph mushrooms like a scientist
These guidelines will help you properly document the mushrooms you find on your forays.
Scientists seek to identify Alaska’s mystery mushrooms
“We have so much work to do,” ecologist Kate Mohatt said. “It’s a continent-wide project aiming to identify every species of mushroom-producing fungi in North America, because, believe it or not, we’re not even close to having done that yet.”
Mushroom forays saved by last-minute rains
"To me, mushrooms are interesting because there’s always more," said Gabriel Wingard, the 12-year-old co-president of the Turnagain Arm Mycological Society. "No one knows how many there are, because there will always be places where we haven’t looked."
Kucera plans Thai-Alaskan menu for Wild Harvest Feast
“For me, more than what’s on the table, it matters to me who’s in the chairs,” chef Lindsay Kucera said. “Even if I’m making macaroni and cheese, if I’m doing it with someone interesting and vital, that’s the best experience I could have.”
Fungus Festival 2019: from foraging to feasting
Fungus Festival kicks off in Cordova this week. Below is a
complete listing of festival events. Unless otherwise noted, all events meet at
the Cordova Center....
