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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.

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Mini Mush Film Fest!
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am MDT
Palm Theatre @ 721 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435
NCY Milky Band, Magic Mushroom 3:35min
A fun Intro...

Hamilton Pevec, Fest In Show (Remastered) 25 min
Competitive mushroom costume making reaches uncharted territory when a new rival enters the scene. Vicious competition meets hand crafted art in this twisted documentary film. Featuring the "unbeatable" costume team: Jessica Langley, Ben Kinsely and Riitta Ikonen. Shot on location at TMF 2023.

Joel Penner, Wrought 18 min
The award winning short film Wrought (2022) will be intro'd by the film's co-director, photographer and editor Joel Penner. Wrought begins with the most basic of problems: despite all our best efforts, food goes bad. Instead of turning away in disgust, this film invites us to zoom in and take a closer look. Wrought tells a larger story about the limiting binary categories we humans create for ourselves. It explores (and challenges) terms like spoil, ferment, compost and rot as it coaxes us to decompose our binary categories: good and bad, self and other, human and nonhuman, nature and culture. As the film title implies, we are all forged out of the relationships that transgress such binaries; we are all, indeed, wrought.

Maya Han, "Hidden Figures of Mycology" A Preview From the New York Myco Film Fest 25 min
Maya Han will showcase some TBA favorites and speak about her Films in the New York Myco Film Fest. 
Maya Han is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker whose works give visibility to hidden histories, with recent projects focused on the natural sciences, environmental justice, and ecofeminism. 

Giuliana Furci, The Mushroom Keepers 16 min 
Fungi Foundation’s first documentary on ethnomycology in India serves as both a reflection on cultural erosion and a call to action for fungal and biodiversity conservation. By exploring the essential connections between fungi and the Khasi and Garo communities of Meghalaya, this film challenges viewers to reconsider their relationship with the natural world and invites us all to become stewards of the ancestral knowledge accumulated over generations.

Speakers
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Giuliana Furci

Fungi Foundation de Chile
Giuliana Furci is a Chilean-British-Italian field mycologist, speaker, author, and founder of the world's first non-profit organization dedicated to fungi, Fundación Fungi or Fungi Foundation. She is a Harvard University Associate, National Geographic Explorer, author of a series... Read More →
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Joel Penner

Filmmaker
Joel Penner is a National Geographic-featured documentary filmmaker based in Winnipeg, Canada. His work delves into the beauty of mortality and decay seen through the unique perspective provided by timelapse photography. His most recent short film Wrought has screened at over 65 film... Read More →
avatar for Maya Han

Maya Han

Artist + Filmmaker + Cultural Programmer
Maya Han is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker whose works give visibility to hidden histories, with recent projects focused on the natural sciences, environmental justice, and ecofeminism. She is an awardee of the 2026 New York State Council on the Arts... Read More →
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Hamilton Pevec

Director of FEST in Show, Hamilton’s Mushrooms
Hamilton Pevec is an ethnomycologist, entrepreneur, and filmmaker who has dedicated his career to advancing medicinal mushroom efficacy and mycological science.  He is president of the Western Colorado Mycological Association and founder of Hamilton’s Mushrooms, a premium mushroom... Read More →
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am MDT
Palm Theatre
  Passholder Event (included in Festival Pass), Movie

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