Fresh Pond fungi walk
A walk at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge focused on what the fungi are doing in that urban woods, not on what is edible. Millman has been recording species there since 2005. Dates come from the calendar.
Book this walkIn person
Talks & Walks
To ask about a date, write to L.Millman@comcast.net. Name the event, a few dates that work, and where you are writing from.
Lectures
His lecture record includes the Explorers Club, University of Alaska, Alaska Pacific University, Cornell, Harvard, Center for Northern Studies, BBC and CBC Radio, Discovery Channel, NPR, Icelandic Radio, Boston University, New Brunswick Museum, Appalachian Mountain Club, and over 100 other venues.
He has lectured on expedition cruises in the Canadian Arctic, Svalbard, Greenland, and Siberia.
Calendar
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Millman Mushroom Walk @ Cape Cod Fungus Fair Brewster MA
Friday, October 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT
Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History, 869 Main St, Brewster, MA 02631, USA
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Millman Mushroom Walk @ Westborough MA
Sunday, October 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT
Westborough, MA, USA
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Millman Mushroom Walk @ Fresh Pond MA
Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT
Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Millman Mushroom Walk @ Mount Auburn Cemetery MA
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM EDT
Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
A Google calendar of these dates is available if you allow it under privacy choices.
The calendar stays off until you allow it in privacy choices.
What the visits are
Fungal foray
A mushroom identification walk whose subject is ecology rather than the table. Common names are used. A hand lens helps. The leader looks for what a species is doing in its habitat. Dates and meeting places are on the calendar.
Book this walkReading and signing
A reading from the books, including Outsider: My Boyhood with Thoreau and A Luddite Lexicon. Upcoming dates are on the calendar. To request a date, use the contact page.
Request this reading