Fungi will be fêted as Kennett Square hosts its 40th Mushroom Festival this weekend.

State Street in the "Mushroom Capital of the World" will be the center of all-things mushroom on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, with restaurants and activities all jumping on the theme.

Tickets are $5 per person, and provide you access to 220 vendors, along with two days of musical performances.

Wilmington's Jennifer Behm, a contestant on Season 2 of Master Chef is hosting a cooking demonstration Saturday from 4-6 p.m. on the Culinary Stage at South Union Street.

Sunday brings the Mushroom Cooking Contest finale at 10:00, followed by the "En Fuego!" Fried Mushroom Eating Contest.

That contest isn't about how many you can eat, but how you can handle the heat, as there will be six levels of fungi ran

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