The quaint cloud forest town of San Mateo Rio Hondo, 2,300 m.a.s.l., is the ideal stage for a cultural festival dedicated to all things mushrooms. Since 2019 the Festival del Hongo “Magnificent Mushroom Festival” has been attracting top notch professionals in mycology, ethnomycology and fungiculture to share their expertise with mushroom enthusiasts from all over the country during 3 days of conferences, workshops, artistic and cultural activities such as a gastronomic and costume contests, theater, dance, biosonification and cinema.