Mushroom Festival

The 36th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – officially Friday, August 19 – Sunday, August 21, 2016 – but with a beer launch party on Wednesday and an early bird foray Thursday. Festival celebrates the many uses of all things fungi. Again this year, lectures and films event are scheduled at the historic Sheridan Opera House,...

The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates multiple uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures,...

The 35th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival – Thursday, August 13 – Sunday, August 16, 2015 – with pre-conference workshops, Wednesday, August 12. Festival celebrates diverse uses of all things fungi. This year, the event is being held at the historic Sheridan Opera House, so seats are limited. If you plan to attend lectures, go on...

On November 10, we received an email from Telluride Institute board prez Dan Collins, announcing Maggie Klinedinst would be executive director of the 2015 Telluride Mushroom Festival. Maggie, a festival regular, has for years worked at The Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmaceutical Research Unit, which takes conventional...

The whole town is invited when hundreds of enthusiasts here for the Telluride Mushroom Festival get to honor their leader, Art Goodtimes, with a 30-minute live program on stage at the Palm Theater. Art, known as “Shroompa” to Mushroom Festival regulars, is turning 69. Pamela Zoline, founder of...

The 33rd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival, Saturday, August 16 –Tuesday, August 19, focuses on four main tracks within mycology: Culinary, Medicinal, Entheogenic, and Mycoremediation. “When you see hundreds of festival participants dressed as mushrooms in our epic annual costume parade, you’ll have no idea that serious science...

Telluride Mushroom Festival conducts serious science during the world’s biggest mushroom party customized for every budget & schedule. Lots of options for day passes, single forays, and pre-festival workshops, etc. Buy tickets here. Below is a day-by -day reckoning of festival highlights. Friday, August 15: [caption id="attachment_44174" align="aligncenter" width="388"] Tradd...

The Telluride Mushroom offers multiple food adventures for all tastes and wallets and about five forays per day leaving at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Check the website for details. The Telluride Mushroom Festival, Friday, August 15  – Tuesday, August 19, bills itself as the...