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SCHEDULE LAUNCH IS JUNE 21st, 2026

Welcome to the largest wild mushroom happening in North America, the 46th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival! This program of the Telluride Institute, a 501c3 non-profit, offers a plethora of events ranging from foray and mushroom ID sessions, to hands-on demonstrations and lectures—all led by regionally, nationally, and internationally-known experts, (and we cannot forget the wide variety of social and cultural events offered, along with the famous Mushroom Parade!) there is plenty for everyone, every day.

On this website, you can filter your search by events, venues, presenters, etc. Each year the Mushroom Festival features many wonderful presentations on “all things fungi.” Presentations on similar topics are grouped together at the same venue so that attendees interested will be able to spend more time learning and interacting, and less time walking between venues. See who else is interested in each event and interact with our extended Mushroom Family.

See you soon!
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Official Closing Ceremonies & Awards
Sunday August 16, 2026 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Palm Theatre @ 721 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435
The closing ceremony is a time to reflect on the festival and say goodbye to one another. Come as we close the festival off in ceremony and tradition.

Thank you to everyone that has made this year happen, for those who have given to the festival and have transformed an idea into a movement, we hope to keep bringing this Festival to you in all the new and changing iterations that we learn about the expansive world of Fungi.
Speakers
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Laurie Lunquist

TMF Committee Chair, Board Treasurer, Telluride Institute

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Mariah Grimes

TMF Marketing and Sales Manager, Telluride Institute
Mariah is a freelance creative, website designer, and social media manager who has been working with the Telluride Mushroom Festival since 2022. Before divinely stumbling into her work with TMF, Mariah worked in hospitality/events working for various boutique hotels and wedding venues... Read More →
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Rebecca Roberts

TMF Business Development & Operations Manager, Telluride Institute
Rebecca's first Telluride Mushroom Festival was 2018, the next four years she volunteered until eventually being hired at TMF's Partnership Manager. After 3 years in the role, she was promoted to Business Development & Operations Manager and co-leading the festival. She's spent the... Read More →
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Chris Grimes

TMF Operations & Volunteer Coordinator, Telluride Institute
When Chris Grimes isn’t foragin’ for vintage western wear somewhere in Appalachia, he’s likely off in the woods hunting mushrooms. A TMF volunteer since 2023, Chris returns for his sophomore year as Operations & Volunteer Coordinator, better known around camp as the Lead “Soft... Read More →
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Britt Bunyard

Program Director, Telluride Mushroom Festival
Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal Fungi, in print since 2008. Britt is a former university professor and has published over 100 academic and popular science papers. He has served as an editor for mycological and entomological... Read More →
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Art Goodtimes

Telluride Mushroom Festival Co-Founder. Festival Cultural Coordinator, Steward and Poet-in-Residence, Telluride Institute
Art Goodtimes is an Italian-American poet, activist, basketweaver, non-profit administrator and politician in Colorado, as well as a driving force of the Telluride Mushroom Festival since its beginnings in 1981.

He grew up in California where he was a member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco. He attended St. Joseph's Seminary for six years but graduated from San Francisco State University in 1970, doing post-graduate work at UC Berkeley Extension where he obtained a lifetime California... Read More →
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Ashley Coady Smith

TMF Festival Executive Officer, Telluride Institute
Ashley Coady Smith joined the Telluride Mushroom Festival in 2019 and currently serves as Festival Executive Officer. Working alongside the Program Director and Creative Director, she helps steward the festival's vision by guiding bigger picture operations, budgeting, fundraising... Read More →
Sunday August 16, 2026 1:15pm - 2:30pm MDT
Palm Theatre
  Passholder Event (included in Festival Pass), General Mycology

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