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Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/11/2025
12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Anita Purves Nature Center
Categories
Interested in Mycology? Come to the first Annual Central Illinois Fungi Festival!! The festival will take place on October 11th from 12:30-6PM at the Anita Purves Nature Center in Urbana. There will be mushroom walks through Busey Woods, research talks, interactive demonstrations, hands-on learning stations, arts & crafts, a free to enter raffle, and more!!
The festivities will continue on October 12th with a Photo & Kid’s Art Contest that will be on display in the North Hallway of the Lincoln Square Mall from 1-4PM. All are welcome to submit photos and be entered to win a copy of Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life Illustrated Edition.
Submit your photos here: https://forms.gle/aTkC236EUEYQeFAGA
Enter Kid’s Art Contest: https://www.urbanaparks.org/…/2025%20Fungi%20Fest%20Art…
Sign up to volunteer: https://forms.gle/LDdRPgEcj4UQCdP19
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