Name: Bioregional Specific Mycorrhizae: Capturing and Magnifying Inoculants for Seeding and Planting
Start: 2026-08-14T10:30:00-0600
End: 2026-08-14T12:00:00-0600

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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Bioregional Specific Mycorrhizae: Capturing and Magnifying Inoculants for Seeding and Planting

Friday August 14, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MDT

Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop @ 155 W Pacific Ave, Telluride, CO 81435

Most Mycorrhizal inoculants are produced in the lab, then produced in mass for the agricultural market with no respect to the bioregional specificity, or even compatibility of the plant hosts, climate, soil composition, and biodiversity. See how you can easily propagate your own mycorrhizal inoculants using bags of sand and low tech processes to expand these fungi to create novel soil seeding mixes that are fingerprinted to your specific region and climate!

Speakers

Tradd Cotter

Mycologist, Blue Portal

Tradd Cotter is a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and retired landscape designer, who has been cultivating mushrooms both commercially and experimentally for more than thirty years.

Tradd is the author of the best-selling book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation (2014) and has won numerous awards for his work including the prestigious Clemson University Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2013), the EPA GRO-U Fellowship Award (2011), including the Gary Lincoff... Read More →

Friday August 14, 2026 10:30am - 12:00pm MDT
Ah Haa School - SkyDeck Rooftop

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