30 Dec Gabriela D’Elia
Gabriela D’Elia is grateful to have grown up in the arms of the Rocky Mountains. Since 2022 she has made home amidst the mycelium, moss, and stream beds in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Gabriela writes, teaches, and creates threads intended to connect us with the wisdom of fungi and ecological soulfulness.
Gabriela served as Executive Director for Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS), for 3 years, during which she built the first state-funded fungal diversity project (“CA FUNDIS”), finding hundreds of new mushroom species in one state alone, and directed the nonprofit’s mission to understand and protect fungi in North America. She created the Northern Utah Funga mycodiversity project, initiated the campaign to designate Porcini (Boletus edulis) as Utah’s state mushroom, is former vice president for Mushroom Society of Utah, is now a Board Member for FUNDIS, and has been featured in publications like Yes! Magazine, Mushroom People, Atmos, and podcasts like Mushroom Revival and Mushroom Hour. She spent 8 years in Washington state where she fell in love with fungi and received a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a focus in Fungal Ecology and a minor in Philosophy. She has received training in reiki and sound healing at Seattle Sound Temple.
Her fascination and respect for the sacred roundedness of birth and death, divine nature, myth, magic, dreamwork, ceremony, and ancestors guide her forward. You can follow her offerings on gabrieladelia.substack.com and on IG at @gabrielamushroom
Gabriela D’Elia will be sharing Mushroom Circle of the Witches – “Cerchio delle Streghe.
