Nomadic Fungi: Germination to Propagation Exhibition

The newest exhibition by NFI opens at the Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park on Saturday, Aug 11th 1:00- 4:00pm. The exhibit will run from Aug 4th - Oct 28th.

In the honored tradition of State Fair sideshow barkers ...

Step right up and see giant fungi eat cars right before your very eyes! These remarkable oddities of nature will thrill and chill you with their voracious appetite for automobiles. See the future of our civilization disappear as these mutated mushrooms eat car after car after car. Will anything stop these carnivore fungi before it's too late? Are we doomed to return to the days of horse drawn wagons? Is your car at this very moment being infiltrated by this sly predator?  Or is your car already being consumed from the inside?

The Nomadic Fungi Institute is thrilled to present:

Nomadic Fungi: Germination to Propagation

Nomadic Fungi are a mutated species that have functionally adapted to feed on automobiles. They have the capacity to infiltrate cars and extract nutrients directly from them by rapidly biodegrading materials made from oil, plastic and synthetic rubber. These voracious fungi constitute a serious threat to our nation’s transportation system and ultimately to the American way of life. This exhibition at the Texas Discovery Gardens brings together the most comprehensive collection of information currently available about the growth and propagation of nomadic fungi.

For the full Press Release and photographs please visit the NFI Press Page

Press Release - Image Library

Opening Saturday Aug 11th 1:00- 4:00pm.

Runs from Aug 11th - Oct. 28th, 2018.

Texas Discovery Gardens

Fair Park

3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Dallas TX. 75210

214-428-7476

TDG is open daily from 10:00am - 5:00pm

Roadside Snacks Opening Night

Roadside Snacks, the newest exhibition by the Nomadic Fungi Institute drew a horde of curious supporters as part of the Art Car Museum's 20th year celebration.












The founder of the Institute, Dr. B F Smith was in attendance to answer questions about the exhibit and the characteristics of Nomadic Fungi. Below are snippets from his impression of the opening event:

I was most encouraged by the number of interested responses ... there were loads of questions with some people coming back two even three times with more queries. It seemed most people were curious how exactly nomadic fungi might impact their lives.             

Yes, I think some people were initially taken aback upon encountering a science based exhibition at an art museum. But once they started looking and reading they quickly realized the significance of the exhibition.



It was gratifying to witness so many people taking time to closely examine the the NFI lab samples and read the documentation.

Overall, I felt the opening at the Art Car Museum was quite exciting. And as the exhibit shows through August, I hope it will continue to increase public awareness of nomadic fungi.

My sincere thanks to the Art Car Museum for providing NFI with this opportunity.






















Roadside Snacks will be on display at the Art Car Museum from June 11th- Nov 28th 2018.


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NFI Roadside Snacks at the Art Car Museum

As part of their twenty year anniversary celebration, the Art Car Museum has asked the Nomadic Fungi Institute to install a new exhibition in their gallery. Below is the press release:

The Nomadic Fungi Institute presents, Roadside Snacks, a survey of eyewitness accounts and laboratory tests pertaining to the proliferation of nomadic fungi. The Nomadic Fungi Institute is a pseudoscience based "Institution" established to investigate and document sightings of giant mushrooms growing on automobiles.

Also on display will be the latest NFI laboratory experiments to ascertain the probability and rate at which these parasitic fungi will spread and inevitably impact the American transportation system. Dr. Brad Ford Smith, founded the Nomadic Fungi Institute in 2013 and has been fastidiously pursuing all leads pertaining to these mutated fungi.

The opening is Saturday, June 3rd and has been extended through Nov 28th. Drop by and find out if you should be concerned about the knocking under your hood.

Roadside Snacks
Art Car Museum
140 Heights Blvd.
Houston TX 77007
June 3rd - Nov 28th 2018
open Wed - Sun 11:00am - 6:oopm

NFI Inventory Now Listed On Artsy

Taking a clue from the mycelium of nomadic fungi, NFI is sending out ever bigger tendrils in search of new public resources to tap into.

We are happy to announce that the Nomadic Fungi Institute is now listed on Artsy. Follow the link below and you will find an extensive inventory of NFI documents, lab samples, and photographs. Each of these items can be yours for a small suggested donation. All funds go to support the ongoing research of the tireless staff at NFI.
NFI On Artsy

Spore Sprouting Presentation

Phenomenally Photographed Fungi

During the Nomadic Fungi Spore Sprouting Test the staff at NFI were click, click, clicking away, filling up one memory card after another with photographs in hopes of capturing every nuance within each spore sprouting jar. Click, click click. Click, click click. A digital mountain of photographs.

Those photographs were about scientific standards for documentation. They were not about capturing an image that clearly defines the scope and beauty of these lab samples. For that NFI needed a photographer with saperiour skills, and who would not be overly concerned about exposing their camera equipment to a fungus that loves to eat things like circuit boards, rubber gaskets, and alkaline batteries....

Who did we find? Who else but the very brave and extremly talented photographer Barry Snidow. He is a master at light refraction and a poet with an SLR.

He gave each NFI Lab Sample the full New York Fashion Week treatment.





















They look marvelous darling!

Nomadic Fungi Institute Spore Sprouting Test Exhibition

This exhibition represents the culmination of two years of scientific research on the gathering and propagation of nomadic fungus spores in a controlled laboratory setting. The exhibition was held at RO2 Art in Dallas, Texas.

The Nomadic Fungi Institute would like to sincerely thank Ro2 Art for hosting this exhibition. Also thank you to Artbot 138 for capturing this event on film.