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SAN MARCOS: Texas Star Mushroom Walk

When: friday, january 26, 2024, 3 pm

Where: San Marcos (Location Sent to Registrants)

Cost: $5+

Join us to look our new state mushroom Texas Star Mushroom also known as the Devil’s Cigar. Chorioactis geaster. It is unique to our state and is only found in a few other geographic locations - Japan and Taiwan. Scientists are perplexed as to why it is so geographically distributed and separated genetically by 18 million years. The mushroom hisses when at opens and spreads its spore. Watch Video.

You may recognize the mushroom because it is part of our logo.

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Earlier Event: January 23
ONLINE: Fungal DNA Barcoding
Later Event: January 28
SATX: TOFGA Conference