Tasmanian Mushroom Festival

19/06/2026

Fungi Feastival on the south Coast of NSW. Fantastic free photography and art trail this weekend!

FREE Fungi Art & Photography Trail This Weekend

Explore the creative side of fungi at exhibitions across the Far South Coast this weekend as part of Fungi Feastival.

Batemans Bay Library, Anna Voytsekhovich
Saturday 20 June, 10am–12.30pm, (Closed Sunday)

Bermagui Library, Tracie MacVean
Saturday & Sunday, 10am–2pm

Shop 7 ArtSpace, Bermagui, various fungi inspired artists
Saturday & Sunday, 10.30am–3pm

Quantum Brewery, Moruya, Sporeadic Gatherings
Curated by Kath Fries & Josie Cosgrove
Saturday & Sunday, 12noon–4.30pm

Tura Marrang Library, Tika Robinson
Saturday 20 June, 10am–1pm, (Closed Sunday)

Club Sapphire, Merimbula, Fungi Feastival Photography Competition Exhibition
Featuring the Top 20 Finalists
Saturday & Sunday, 10am–10pm

From photography and painting to mixed media and sculpture, discover the beauty, mystery and diversity of fungi through the eyes of talented artists from across the region.

Free entry to all exhibitions.

Find more Fungi Feastival events at www.fungifeastival.com.au

18/06/2026

Meet Dean Smith, President of the Tasmanian Mushroom Growers Association, Off Season and Beaker Street festival regular.

Read Dean's story about how he came to farm mushrooms in a disused tunnel

Tunnel Hill Mushrooms

13/06/2026

It's been a week since we officially opened the Tasmanian Fungi Art Exhibition at Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery and we're still smiling 😁
A very big thank you to everyone who attended, who submitted art, or who has supported this event in any way. That includes our sponsors who donated prizes: Full Gamut for a printing voucher for the Photography prize winner, Pennicott Wilderness Journeys and Cradle Mountain Canyons for donating experience packages, and cash prize donors Vica Bayley MP, Helen Burnet MP, Tabatha Badger MP, and the Tasmanian Mushroom Growers Association.

07/06/2026

we officially opened the Tasmanian Fungi Art Exhibition yesterday - and what a fantastic day it was! The quality of artwork has been just phenomenal - the judges really had their work cut out choosing the winners. And those winners are....
🏆Photography or New Media Award – Ben Alldridge, Galactic Ghost
🏆Innovation in Materials or Technique (Textile & Fabric) – Cindy Watkins, The Spiral Path
🏆Best Fungi-Inspired Artwork Paint or Drawing – Jacquelyn Masell, Nothing of See (Unless You Look)
🏆Sculpture or 3D Award – Stacy McCarthy, Autumn Eve Dream
🏆Young Artist Award – Poppy Mansbridge, Decompose
🏆Mushroom Growers’ Award – Sally Ferrar, Fungi Goddess of the Dawn

06/06/2026

What a wonderful afternoon at Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery. More than 100 artists, art lovers, and fungi fans joined us to celebrate the opening of the Tasmanian Fungi Art Exhibition. You can catch these incredible artworks at the gallery until the end of August.

30/05/2026

The last event of the festival is happening tomorrow, with the wonderful and warm Kim Ogden of Elysian Gallery & Gifts. If you live in Burnie, I'm sure you will already be familiar with her fungi themed gifts and photographs.

Tomorrow (Sunday, 31 May), Kim Ogden will take you Mycospotting in the Ferndene State Reserve in Penguin. After the rainfall this week, there will be plenty of fungi to be found! This is a a family-focused nature experience designed to help children and adults slow down. A relaxed way to start your Sunday, practicing MycoSpotting together. Observing, photographing, and discovering the hidden wonders beneath our feet.

When: Sunday, 31 May
Where: state reserve
Time: 10am - midday
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/mycospotting-walk-with-kim-ogden-north-west-tasmania/tickets

24/05/2026

Congratulations to the winners and finalists of this years inaugural Tasmanian Mushroom Festival photo competition!

Our winner......Lepista Nuda, Shauna Mayben
Shauna receives a tour of Tunnel Hill Mushrooms for two
"An image that focuses solely on the subject and throws everything else away. This sort of image is extremely difficult to perfect but in this case it has been achieved without flaw. The delicate underside of the fungi is highlighted in exquisite detail. Beautiful colour and tonal variation, perfect exposure and focus and perfect use of compositional rules combine to make this a standout image. A truly unique and masterful image of fungi". Brett Guy

Highly commended:
Frost Fortress of Solitude, Kate Rollins
Underneath the looking glass, Kate Rollins
Lemon Delight, Shontelle Lorenzo
Each recipient receives a grow kit from West Tamar Fungi

Emerging photographer award: Popping up pink, Karen Robinson
Karen receives a one-on-one photography workshop with Brett Guy Photography.

Thank you to Brett Guy for his time and thoughtful notes on each photographer's photo. Thank you to each person who had a go, got out into nature, took their favourite shot and sent it in, it was fabulous to see.

Thank you to Brett Guy Photography Tunnel Hill Mushrooms and West Tamar Fungi for sponsoring the competition.

22/05/2026

The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt!

Tamar Walton, Fungimap coordinator is a Tasmanian, with a background in marine science and conservation. Tamara will be talking about the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt on Sunday, 24 May at the Tasmanian Mushroom Festival at Brewlab .

Fungimap is Australia’s national fungi mapping and conservation organisation.
It is citizen science initiative dedicated to recording and understanding Australia’s incredible fungal diversity. With over 50,000 species of fungi estimated to exist across the country, many still unknown or poorly documented, Fungimap plays a vital role in building knowledge that supports conservation, research, and environmental awareness.

The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt asks you to upload photos to the iNaturalist platform https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fungimap-australia

Watch Stephen Axford from Planet Fungi explain the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fp91pCOgd0
This years Great Aussie Fungi Hunt will kick off in July.

https://events.humanitix.com/copy-of-tasmanian-mushroom-festival-day or tickets on the day

Photo credit: Stephen Axford, Planet Fungi

22/05/2026

This is what I call my 'Marilyn' photo. I remember where it was taken, and who I was with. By creating stories of what you capture you can transport yourself back to that time. This is what Yoav of Giant Tree Expeditions talks about on his walks, also with a great many ecological observations that put what you see into context.

Now, it's not as clear as I would like and that is where Kim Ogden from Elysian Portrait Photographycomes in. Kim has had her work exhibited in galleries in magazines around Tasmania and will take you through how to get the good shot........with DSLR and Smartphone. And I have a brand-new camera that is itching for a workout.

Tomorrow (Saturday, 23 May) we have a walk at Ferntree where you will learn these skills and walk away with a more connected experience for the next time you take a walk in nature. If you'd like to join there are a few spots left. Meeting at 10am at the park opposite Ferntree Tavern
https://events.humanitix.com/mushroom-appreciation-and-photography-expedition-kunanyi-mount-wellington

21/05/2026

Jamil Kay is an honours student studying at the University of Tasmania. His research focuses on the symbiotic relationship between trees and mycorrhizal fungi.

Specifically, his project has sought to uncover whether invasive pine trees (Pinus radiata) disrupt native fungal symbioses with Eucalypts, and whether this disruption is causing declines in the growth and health of Eucalypts.

Come and hear Jamil present on this fascinating topic on Sunday, 24 May at Brewlab at the Tasmanian Mushroom Festival - “Underground besties: the life-giving connection between mushrooms and trees"

Tickets at www.tasmanianmushroomfestival.com.au or tickets on the day