RMC
4 Days of Mushroom-filled art, science, and fun!
Radical Mycology Convergence
Sept. 24–27, 2026 | Mulino, Oregon
A mushroom-centered event unlike any other!
The Radical Mycology Convergence is a biennial celebration of mushrooms and the people that love them.
With more than 45 workshops that span the sciences and humanities, multiple forms of unique fungi-themed entertainment, and a family-friendly atmosphere, the RMC is unlike any other mushroom event!
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Main Highlights
- 45+ workshops from 25+ experts, authors, and artists
- International art show in a renovated barn
- 10-minute mushroom VR experience
- Evening music performances
- Vendor marketplace
- 5-course wild foods dinner
- Fungi-themed games and competitions
- Citizen science hub with DNA, microscope, mushroom growing, and soil inspection demos and training.
- Outdoor, decorated stages and fungi-themed decorations throughout the property
- On a 40-acre farm, with fields for camping and parking, a 20-acre walkable forest, and commercial gourmet mushroom operation on site.
- Family-friendly atmosphere, with free childcare during workshop sessions.
Press Releases
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Workshop Topics
Quick guide to the RMC Educational Offerings
Most are hands-on and takeaway-skills-focused.
Beginner-friendly listings noted with ∆.
Food & Medicine
- Lecture and cooking demo with a wild foods expert and chef. ∆
- Oyster mushroom miso making with a professional miso marker. ∆
- Oyster mushroom medicine making with a naturopath.
- History and traditional growing methods of Huitlacoche (an edible corn pathogen). ∆
Art & Culture
- A timelapse and stop motion intensive with an award-winning filmmaker. ∆
- Dyeing silk with lichens. ∆
- Dyeing fabrics with mushrooms, then making paints from the extracted color. ∆
- Drawing wild mushrooms with a professional illustrator. ∆
- Making paints from wood stained by wild fungi.
- Bridging the worlds of traditional and academic education via fungi.
- Community building with Mark Lakeman of the City Repair Project (Village Building Convergence). ∆
- Social media influencer skills with Dr. Gordon Walker.
Science-Focused
- A beginner’s tour through the world of fungi. ∆
- Using microscopes to identify mushrooms with a renowned expert.
- Photo-heavy lecture on bioluminescent and fluorescent mushrooms. ∆
- Current research on the species and active compounds in Psilocybe species of the world. ∆
Identification
- Essential mushroom ID skills with a veteran mycologist and author.
- Lichen identification and ecology walk. ∆
- 5-part workshop series on documenting and genetically sequencing wild fungi.
Mushroom Growing
- Transforming a common greenhouse into a medicinal Reishi mushroom garden.
- Growing oyster mushrooms for low cost with high yields. ∆
- Growing edible and medicinal species on logs and wood chips.
- Tour of Brown Bottle Farm’s professional mushroom growing operation. ∆
Environmental
- Honey bee protection with molds. ∆
- Analyzing soil fungi from samples taken on the site.
- Growing wild molds to help agricultural soils.
Special Events
Quick guide to RMC arts and entertainment
Ongoing Activities
- International art show inside of the farm’s renovated barn.
- 10-minute virtual reality experience where you’re a mushroom cleaning up pollution.
- Citizen science hub demonstrating mushroom genetic testing, soil fungi identification, lab-based mushroom cultivation techniques.
- Kid-friendly scavenger hunt with prizes
Shopping
- Vendor marketplace featuring artists, food producers, and non-profits.
- A “barter faire” where attendees trade, barter, and sell their fungi-related arts and crafts.
Games & Entertainment
- Book signing session featuring five authors.
- Mushroom costume contest.
- MycOlympics contest where teams compete in multiple fungi-themed activities
- Talent show and mushroom story hour
- Night foray looking for fluorescent mushrooms and lichens.
- Musical performances and DJs each night (details TBA).
Food & Drink
- 5-course wild foods tasting dinner with a wild foods expert and professional chef.
- Free GongFuCha and Kava tea service multiple times throughout the weekend.
- Two mushroom-themed bars on site featuring mushroom-infused cocktails and mocktails.
- Central eatery serving comfort food using mushrooms grown at the farm.
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Fooble Interview
A short interview with Fooble, a comedic and philosophical dragon that will perform at the RMC.
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Soil Fungi Workshop Teaser
A short description of soil processing workshops that will occur during the RMC.
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Miso Making Workshop Teaser
A description of a miso making workshop that will occur during the RMC.
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Brown Bottle Farm Mushroom Tour Teaser
A short description of a mushroom farm tour that will occur during the Radical Mycology Convergence at Brown Bottle Farm, where the RMC takes place.
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