The Telluride Mushroom Festival (August 18th-21st) explores all aspects of the
fungal world, from gourmet wild edibles to medicinal mushrooms, from toxins to
entheogens. The four-day event consists of slide presentations, lectures,
forays, performances (dance, poetry, music), discussion groups, panels, a
hands-on growing workshop, parade, movies, free identification fair, cook &
taste, and numerous local restaurants offering gourmet wild mushroom
specials. The San Juan Mountains surrounding Telluride are famous for
their bounty of fungal species, with edible chanterelles and boletes often
fruiting in profusion during the good years, thanks to summer monsoon rains.
ENTER HERE TO WIN! Telluride.com is giving away a (2) all access passes to the
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For more info, schedule & events during the Telluride Mushroom Festival, visit: www.shroomfest.com
Complete 2011 Telluride Mushroom Festival Schedule: http://www.shroomfest.com/Press/Shroomfest_Schedule.pdf
Haven’t been to Telluride? The town was founded in
1858 after gold and silver were discovered, Butch Cassidy robbed his first bank
here, Nikola Tesla selected the site to build the world’s first power plant,
hippies re-settled these lands in the 60’s, skiing arrived in the 70’s, real
estate agents invaded in the 80’s, Tom Cruise, Oprah and Oliver Stone call it
home, Tim McGraw wrote a song about it and on Thursday August 18th
thousands of Fungophiles (see attached photo) will descend on the town.
