Tim Leavitt

About Tim

Tim Leavitt is a lifelong mycologist based in North Bend, Washington, where he hosts the Cedar Falls Mycology Podcast from the Cedar Falls Treehouse — an educational mycology-immersion facility nestled in old-growth cedar and Douglas fir.

Tim began foraging mushrooms with his father in Oregon at the age of three, and by twelve he was selling wild mushrooms commercially to local grocers. His professional path has carried him through Fungi Perfecti, the University Herbarium at Central Washington University, and a tenure as a USDA Regional Mycologist for the Pacific Northwest, where he identified specimens for the United States Forest Service.

The Podcast & The Treehouse

The Cedar Falls Mycology Podcast — co-hosted with Dan Sullivan and produced by Jenn — features in-depth conversations with leading voices in mycology, including Britt Bunyard of Fungi Magazine, Dr. Gordon Walker, Graham Steinruck, Colin Domnauer, and Danny Miller of the Puget Sound Mycological Society. Episodes explore ethnomycology, theoretical mycology, medicinal mycology, and mycoremediation — asking not what the fungi can do for us, but what we can do for the fungi.

The Cedar Falls Treehouse, co-hosted with his partner Erica, welcomes guests for overnight stays and immersive mushroom dinners — bookable through Airbnb.

Author

Tim is the author of Cooking Wild Mushrooms (for People Who Don't Like Mushrooms) — a 120-page cookbook featuring more than two dozen recipes and foraging techniques drawn from his decades in the field.

On ShroomSpy

Tim contributes expert commentary on species pages, growing guides, and feature articles at ShroomSpy — bringing a grounded, science-literate voice to the ShroomSpy community.