Gabriela D'Elia

Gabriela D’Elia grew up in the arms of the Rocky Mountains, fell in love with fungi in the Pacific Northwest, and since 2022 has made home in the hills of the sky – the “Catskills”. Gabriela writes, teaches, and creates threads intended to connect us with ecological soulfulness, with a particular devotion to the wisdom of fungi. She has considered the earth family since a young age and has been a "mushroom person" since 2012.

 

Gabriela served as Executive Director for Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS), North America’s nonprofit for fungal conservation, for over 3 years, for which she is now a board member. Through her fungal advocacy work she has built the first state-wide government funded fungal diversity project (“CA FUNDIS”) and initiated the successful campaign to designate Porcini (Boletus edulis) as Utah’s state mushroom. She is former vice president for Mushroom Society of Utah, created the Northern Utah Funga biodiversity project, and has been featured in publications like Yes! Magazine, Mushroom People, Atmos, and podcasts like Mushroom Revival and Mushroom Hour. She guides activities like Deep Imagination Mushroom Walks and Circles, “regular” mushroom walks, mycodiversity surveys, and weekend mushroom retreats with Catskill Fungi.

 

Gabriela wrote MycoAstrology for each new and full moon for a few years. She now shares her writing through her substack, Pulse admirabilis. She has received training at Seattle Sound Temple and Shamanic Reiki Worldwide. She received a B.A. in environmental studies with a focus in fungal ecology and minored in philosophy. 

She is oriented by the wild beings she shares home with, as well as myth, ceremony, dreams, ancestors, and the sacred roundedness that connects birth and death. Contact Gabriela if you’d like to myceliate.