2025 SOMA Wild Mushroom Camp

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Faculty Biographies

William Padilla-Brown

Will Padilla-Brown is a bona fide mycological influencer, his profile steadily growing beyond the realm of fungi. He has tens of thousands of followers on social media and has been profiled in a growing list of articles and documentaries. He’s an author as well, with two well-received books on the cultivation of Cordyceps militaris, including the first on the subject written in English, and a seemingly endless list of ancillary projects that orbit the central goal of demonstrating and encouraging circular, local, sustainable models for small-scale agriculture. On top of that, he is also a father and maintains a parallel career as a hip-hop artist under the moniker It’s Cosmic.

Will finds himself in demand as a speaker and the increasingly familiar face of young, diverse eco-entrepreneurship. His message to others: If I can do this, anyone can, and more people should.