Free film about mushrooms and Mushfest at Telluride's five-star Library, 7/28

26 Jul Free film about mushrooms and Mushfest at Telluride's five-star Library, 7/28

[click “Play”, Art Goodtimes talks about Mushroom Fest]

The Telluride Mushroom Festival, Thursday, August 18  – Sunday, August 21 bills itself as the nation’s “oldest mycological conference exploring all things fungal.” Which is saying a tasty mouthful since fungi have been around for a very long time. A lot longer than people, perhaps 500 million years. (The earliest known picture of a mushroom was found on a wall painting in the ruins of Pompeii.)

Fungi come in a wondrous variety of shapes, sizes and colors, from tiny cup fungi to puffballs the size of basketballs. Today, the sorts of wild shrooms sold at retail or served in your local restaurants are generally above suspicion. The main health hazard are fungi we collect ourselves.

One way to avoid risk (though minimal in this part of the world) is to learn what you can by attending a FREE film at Telluride’s five-star Wilkinson Public Library hosted by Mushfestmeister/county commissioner Art Goodtimes and Ron Mann. “Know Your Mushrooms” takes places Thursday, July 28, 6 – 8 p.m.

To learn more about what else is happening at Telluride’s bustling Library, go to http://www.telluridelibrary.org/

To learn more about the film and the upcoming Mushfest, click the “play” button and listen to Art’s rap.