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Fungus Festival 2026

A minimalist line art illustration of the Statue of Liberty integrated into mushroom-shaped skyscrapers, surrounded by scattered orange mushrooms and small floral motifs on a white background. Advertising the 2026 New York Mycological Association Fungus Festival, October 11 11am-4pm Battery NYC where Catskill Fungi will be vending mushroom extracts, events, walks, workshop about fungi in the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY at their spore space.
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Fungus Festival 2026

New York Mycological Association - Battery Park NYC
10/11/2026
11:00am- 4:00pm
The Battery NYC
Battery Park New York, NY 10004

We are excited to announce our 4th Fungus Festival!
Sunday, October 11, 2026, 11am-4pm
at The Battery (just south of State Street and Battery Place, NYC)

This year we have a beautiful flush of fungal partners, presenters, vendors, and arts! We are excited to celebrate the city’s mycelial network and showcase the breadth of mycological creativity here in New York City.

We’ve got lots going on – fresh mushrooms, arts and crafts, vendor tables, activities, talks, displays, walks, artists selling their work, vendors, food and more! Find out about all the action in our official program.

This festival is free and open to all!

Please register for this free event to receive updates on Festival programming and to be informed about registration for walks and workshops! 

Take a look at the full program!


Mushroom Walk

Mushroom Walk with the New York Mycological Society. Meet at 9:15AM at the Governor's Island. The ferry leaves at 9AM

Bring or Make a Mushroom Costume for the Fungi Fashion Parade

Join us for the full fungal artistry - become a mushroom

Exquisite Corpse Fungi Game

Play a surrealist drawing game with Life Art Fungi

Funga Paper

Create a Mushroom paper collage

Smell Workshop

Tune in your senses with Irina Adam

Fungal Movement

Stages of Mushroom Growth Through Movement.

Baking with Mushrooms

Explore new baking ideas with Loni Diep
A minimalist line art illustration of the Statue of Liberty integrated into mushroom-shaped skyscrapers, surrounded by scattered orange mushrooms and small floral motifs on a white background. Advertising the 2026 New York Mycological Association Fungus Festival, October 11 11am-4pm Battery NYC where Catskill Fungi will be vending mushroom extracts, events, walks, workshop about fungi in the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY at their spore space.
New York Mycological Association President, Ethan Crenson, with a beard and long dark hair stands in a forest holding a large mushroom in front of his face. He is wearing a dark navy blue zip-up hoodie and has a black strap across his chest. Advertising the 2026 New York Mycological Association Fungus Festival, October 11 11am-4pm Battery NYC where Catskill Fungi will be vending mushroom extracts, events, walks, workshop about fungi in the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY at their spore space.
A large outdoor crowd of people practicing yoga on blue mats on a grassy park lawn, with trees and a suspension bridge in the background under a clear blue sky. Advertising the 2026 New York Mycological Association Fungus Festival, October 11 11am-4pm Battery NYC where Catskill Fungi will be vending mushroom extracts, events, walks, workshop about fungi in the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY at their spore space.
A close-up lifestyle shot of a woman, Roberta Trentin, wearing an orange cap with the partial white text 'FUNGA' visible, holding a mushroom confection outdoors with a mountain and trees in the background. Advertising the 2026 New York Mycological Association Fungus Festival, October 11 11am-4pm Battery NYC where Catskill Fungi will be vending mushroom extracts, events, walks, workshop about fungi in the Catskill Mountains of upstate NY at their spore space.