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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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Mushroom ID Tent
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Elks Park & Oak Street Park @ S Oak St, Telluride, CO 81435, USA
Mushroom ID Tent: Located in the middle of Elks Park.

We will have experts helping define and talk to you about all the mushrooms found around the San Juans during the days. These stations will be led by our lead mycologists, Foray Leaders and some of the festival founders. ID Staffed most days around 12pm and goes until 3pm. It is variable with forays and weather.

Times:
Mushroom ID Tent
Thursday - Saturday, 9am - 5pm
ID Staff Hours - 12pm - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 12pm
ID Staff Hours - TBD

See you there!
Speakers
avatar for Linnea & Lee Gillman

Linnea & Lee Gillman

Mushroom ID Tent Managers
Linnea and Lee Gillman have been with the Telluride Mushroom Festival from the beginning and running the Mushroom ID Tent over the years.

Linnea has an MS in mycology from Virginia Tech, is retired from the USDA Forest Service where she worked on mycorrhizal fungi, and is a co-aut... Read More →
avatar for Nickolas Rajtar

Nickolas Rajtar

Foray Leader
Nick Rajtar is a forest pathologist and a mycologist who received his PhD at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities under his advisor Dr. Robert Blanchette in 2024. Rajtar currently is a post-doctoral researcher at UMN where his work focuses on the biosurveillance of invasive forest... Read More →
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Andrew Wilson

Denver Botanic Gardens
Andrew Wilson is the Associate Curator of Mycology in the Sam Mitchel Herbarium of Fungi at Denver Botanic Gardens. His research studies the patterns and processes that shape mushroom diversity, where he has traveled the world to document and describe new species. As a curator he... Read More →
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Elks Park & Oak Street Park
  FREE - Open to public, Vendor Village

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