Mushroom Madness 2026 

🍄 Mushroom Madness took over Sycamore Grove Park in January! 🍄

With 100+ participants, it was a fun-filled day of learning, exploring, and celebrating the fascinating world of fungi — thank you to the Bay Area Mycological Society (BAMS) for making it such a fantastic event! 

If you have any pictures from this event to share, please email us: natureprograms@larpd.org 

A table displays various mushrooms while people, including a child and adults, gather around in a natural setting.
Participants admire the mushroom variatals that were collected
A variety of mushrooms, some with dirt, displayed on a table. Different shapes and sizes are visible, possibly for identification or collection.
Mushroom Madness
A child and an adult explore nature with a microscope outdoors, with a basket nearby, surrounded by trees.
Participants were able to examine the mushrooms through a microscope
A group of kids exploring a wooded area, some wearing hats, engaging with nature, surrounded by trees and fallen leaves.
Kids foraging at the park
A group of people are gathered under a structure, likely learning about mushrooms with various specimens on display.
A representative from BAMS shares her knowledge with the foragers
A table displays various mushrooms while people, including a child and adults, gather around in a natural setting.
A variety of mushrooms, some with dirt, displayed on a table. Different shapes and sizes are visible, possibly for identification or collection.
A child and an adult explore nature with a microscope outdoors, with a basket nearby, surrounded by trees.
A group of kids exploring a wooded area, some wearing hats, engaging with nature, surrounded by trees and fallen leaves.
A group of people are gathered under a structure, likely learning about mushrooms with various specimens on display.