Southwest Funga Fest 2026 • Featured Educator

William Goss

Commercial mushroom production • Culture research • Cultivation systems

Scaling Up: Commercial Lessons from Industrial Mushroom Production

Explore the systems, decisions, and production lessons behind reliable mushroom cultivation at commercial scale.

Commercial CultivationSpawn ProductionSubstrate OptimizationProduction Systems
William Goss, Southwest Funga Fest featured educator
Featured Program

Scaling Up: Commercial Lessons from Industrial Mushroom Production

William shares practical lessons from commercial mushroom production: how culture, spawn, substrate, workflow, and observation shape consistency and yield. This session connects industrial-scale experience to useful thinking for cultivators at every stage.

Lecture / Talk • Session length to be announced

Meet William

Commercial Cultivation, Research & Production

William Laird Goss brings experience in commercial mushroom production and culture research, including work with Amycel and Monterey Holdings. His perspective combines the science of fungal culture with the practical realities of production systems.

At Southwest Funga Fest, William will translate industrial lessons into clear, useful ideas for people interested in cultivation, spawn, substrate, and the systems that help mushrooms thrive.

ScaleCommercial production systems
CultureResearch and cultivation practice
SystemsSpawn, substrate and workflow
September 5–6 • Nambe Falls

See William Goss at Southwest Funga Fest 2026

Join us for two days of fungi, science, guided forays, hands-on workshops, citizen science, art, education, community and live programming in Northern New Mexico.