Mount Pisgah Mushroom Festival 2017

Every fall the Mount Pisgah Arboretum puts on a festival dedicated those sometimes delicious/sometimes deadly little fungi that pop up all over Oregon when it rains.

There are mushroom exhibits, booths, live music, kids' activities, hayrides, a scarecrow contest, food and drink, and miles of nature trails to hoof in search of an identifiable sample.

It was gray and cold this Sunday, but that's apropos for Oregon, and it was no deterrent for the throngs who came. I went again this year with my son, Josiah, who is a mushroom afficiado and helped infuse me with proper fungi enthusiasm.

2016 Photos