Peter McCoy

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Author of Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing and Working With Fungi (Chthaeus Press, 2016) and The Mycocutural Revolution: Transforming Our World With Mushrooms, Lichens, and Other Fungi (Microcosm Publishing, 2022).

Founder of MYCOLOGOS, and mycology school and organic fungi farm, Radical Mycology, a mycology advocacy organization, and the Fungi Film Fest.
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Tickets and details at radmyco.com!

Join us for the seventh biennial Rad Myco, featuring over 60 workshops, demos, and special events from over 30 international teachers and performers!

Highlights include:
Lectures for renowned experts and authors Christopher Hobbs PhD, Peter McCoy, Kevin Feeney Phd, Gerald Pollack PhD, and Seri Robinson Phd.
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Over 40 international fungi-focused artists in the Rad Myco art exhibition, In/Visible Signals: Cold Fire
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Winning prizes at the 2024 MycOlympics, Spores & Strains Culture Exchange, and MyCostume Competition
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Joining the mycoculture at the Rad Myco Talent Show, Mushroom Story Hour, and MycoMingle
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Contributing to citizen science in the Rad MycoBlitz
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Free camping and childcare on 40 beautiful acres just outside of Portland
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Traditional Chinese GongFuCha tea service in the ChanTeaRelle
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Fungi-themed artists and vendors in the Mycelial Marketplace
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Plus many other surprises you have to be there to discover!

THIS IS A MUSHROOMY EVENT LIKE NO OTHER! And we only hold it every other year – don't miss this one!

Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/335886642805077
3 months ago
It's a Feast of all things Fungi!!

And, as a quick reminder: applications for teachers close June 30! See the OP for details!!
Rad Myco (formerly the Radical Mycology Convergence) returns this fall for its 7th iteration!

Super Early Bird Tickets Now On Sale!


This is no regular mushroomy event!

Rad Myco 7
September 26–29 • Mulino, Oregon
A Biennial Celebration of Mushrooms, Mycelium, and Mycofolk

Join Us the 40 Acres of Brown Bottle Farm for:

🍄 Learning from dozens of unique workshops, demonstrations, and hands-on activities

🍄 Being inspired by fungi-centered performances and an international art show

🍄 Joining the mycoculture at the Rad Myco Talent Show and Mushroom Story Hour

🍄 Winning prizes at the 2024 MycOlympics, Spores & Strains Culture Exchange, and MyCostume Competition


Applications Now Open!

We are now accepting applications for teachers, performers, vendors, volunteers, and artists.

Rad What Now?

Rad Myco is a biennial, family-friendly, and inclusive celebration of the human-fungal relationship. Over four days, fungi-friends, artists, and earth stewards of all stripes come together to take part in mushroom hunts, art shows, outdoor fungal installations, and dozens of workshops on topics ranging from fungal ecology and mushroom cultivation, to medicine making and mitigating pollution via mycoremediation – all while meeting hundreds of like-minded people from around around the world.

We gather to learn from fungi, celebrate their many gifts, get silly, dance, rejoice with new and old friends, and co-create a modern mycoculture that is rooted, connected, and concerned with the well being of all the world's inhabitants.

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I am excited to let y'all know that my 11-year old event is returning this fall for its sixth and most ambitious iteration.

This is no regular mushroomy event!

The 40+ workshops we have scheduled cover not just mushroom cultivation and identification, but also mycoremediation, making art and telling stories with fungi, and a wide array of medicinal mushroom preparation techniques. We also work hard to make the event as family-friendly and community-building as possible, with a range of special events, contests, and performances that are some of the most memorable moments of the whole event.

We're revolving many of these aspects around this year's theme of Honoring Succession – as it relates to our personal lives, the state of the world, and the changes in our land bases.

We also have a number of notable speakers this year, including Christopher Hobbs and Robert Rogers (experts on medicinal mushrooms), Kevin Feeney and William Rubel (expertd on the Fly Agaric mushroom), and more!

Check out the full schedule for more information.

I hope you can make it to what is looking to be an epic return of the Radical Mycology Convergence!

– Peter
Hey folks,
We have started to released the details about and open registration for our Summer Session of online mycology courses over at MYCOLOGOS, my new mycology school.
You can see the full details on the Mushroom Identification course and Fungal Ecology course currently, with info about our intro to mushroom cultivation and mycology 101 coming out in the next few weeks.

I hope you can join!
Peter McCoy
5 years ago
Hey all,
Yes, there will be beginner, intermediate, and advanced cultivation skills taught, including super low tech/cost and outdoor methods.

The facebook is here and the website is here.

Thanks so much for the support everyone! We plan to bring mycology to the world and help enhance fungal knowledge throughout permacutlure.
7 years ago
Paul, I think it's because I deleted the first image then refreshed the edit page to upload the images above. It worked this time.

Not seeing any referrals from Permies on the dashboard, as far as I can tell.

Thanks much!
7 years ago
Thanks Paul! I just tried to upload some new ones and got an error.

Peter
7 years ago
Only a few days left!!



Hey folks,

The Mycologos: The World's First Online and In-Person Mycology School Kickstarter campaign is in its final days! Our original funding goal has been reached, so now we're looking to reach some stretch goals. Your help in reaching these goals is greatly appreciated.




After studying and teaching mycology for over a decade, I know first hand how hard it can be to master the topic. This school is designed to help anyone gain a solid foundation in the many facets of mycology – from biology and ecology, to cultivation, medicine making, and mycoremediation. There is even a course designed for permaculturalists.

The school will start by offering online courses and will also start a demonstration mushroom farm in Portland where the schematics for the tools we build will be made available for free. At the end of 2018 we will also begin offering multi-year apprenticeships in the field (alongside short courses of course).






Please check out the campaign here and share it with your community.

Thank you!
Peter McCoy


7 years ago