For the first time in nearly two decades, the annual fungus fair in the Point Reyes National Seashore did not take place this winter, after the National Park Service said it would no longer co-sponsor the event.
The cancelation comes at a fraught moment. Scientists say Point Reyes is a hotbed for poisonous mushrooms, and California health officials are urging residents statewide to stop foraging for wild fungi after a toxic variety killed four…