The Wild World of Northwest Fungi
Thu, Sep 10
|Nordia House
Join author and educator Peter McCoy for an engaging lecture on the fascinating world of Pacific Northwest fungi, followed by a guided walk around the Nordic Northwest campus to discover mushrooms and the hidden relationships they form throughout the landscape.
Time & Location
Sep 10, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Nordia House, 8800 SW Oleson Rd, Portland, OR 97223, USA
About
Join author and educator Peter McCoy for a walk-and-talk exploring the diversity of relationships that mushrooms and other fungi form with plants and animats throughout the Northwest. Peter will first provide a lecture highlighting some of the most compelling connections that thrive in our forests and ecosystems before taking attendees outside to walk the Nordic Northwest land in search of mushrooms and their hidden collaborations.
About the Lecturer:
Having first discovered a passion for fungi in his early teens, Peter McCoy has spent more than two decades developing means to promote and enable an increasingly resilient future for the modern mycoculture.
His work with fungi has included years developing accessible fungal cultivation and mycoremediation practices as well extensive writing on the history of human-fungal relations and the presentation of novel hypothesis on the nature of fungal growth, communication, and evolution.
Peter is the author of Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing and Working With Fungi and The Mycocultural Revolution: Transforming Our World with Mushrooms, Lichens, and Other Fungi. He is also the founder and lead instructor at Mycologos, a mycology school and applied mycology research center based in Portland, Oregon and the di. His work has been featured in the films Fantastic Fungi and The Mushroom Speaks, and in the books Entangled Life, In Search of Mycotopia, and The Future is Fungi.
Cost
General Admission: $24
Member: $20
Student: $21
Arts for All: $5 (Must present valid Oregon Trail ETB card upon entrance)
