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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!
Venue: Elks Park clear filter
Wednesday, August 12
 

1:00pm MDT

Registration & Information Desk + Festival Merch!
Wednesday August 12, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Welcome to the 46th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival. Join us in Elks Park, located in the middle of Telluride off Main Street for registration pick up. On this day (Wednesday) we will have a shortened time slot for attendees who arrived early to Telluride to pick up their festival wristband. We will also be distributing pre-order shirts (if you have purchased a TMF shirt with you pass purchase).

NOTE:
- There is no workshop sign up this year so getting in line early is not necessary. 
- You can pick up your wristband Thursday morning starting at 8:30am if you cannot make this pick-up time on Wednesday. 

Registration - Festival Pass Wristband Pick-up
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick-up
- If multiple pass pick-ups: please make sure the order has extra pass attached to the order or each attendee has pass order print-out
- Come knowing what T-shirt color and size you have if pre-purchased
- If you purchased a T-shirt before color options were available, you will get a choice
- Download this SCHED app to access the whole festival program

Festival Merch
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick-up to the merch and registration tent.
- Pre-ordered tees can be picked up with registration, all other merch shopping will be done in the merch tent this year.
- Items this year include: 2025 fest tees, special edition tees, hats, stickers, posters, books, and other fun donated items from brands and businesses we love!

Again, welcome to Telluride! We have the biggest, most in depth and unique festival waiting for you! Start scoping out all the possible sessions you are interested in attending on Sched and build your schedule wish list!

NOTE: Signing up on Sched does not guarantee your spot, but it let's us know what festivals are going to have a risk of selling out and also allows you to make a schedule wish list you are able to print out and carry with you to make your festival experience easy!
Speakers
avatar for Mariah Grimes

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 →
Wednesday August 12, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Elks Park
 
Thursday, August 13
 

8:30am MDT

Registration & Information Desk + Festival Merch!
Thursday August 13, 2026 8:30am - 5:00pm MDT
Welcome to the 46th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival. Join us in Elks Park, located in the middle of Telluride off Main Street for registration pick up. On this day (Thursday) we will have an early 8:30am time slot for all attendees to pick up their festival wristband. We will also be distributing pre-order shirts to those who have purchased ahead with their festival pass.

Registration - Festival Pass Wristband Pick-up
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick-up
- If multiple pass pick-ups: please make sure order has extra passes attached or each attendee has pass order print out
- Come knowing what T-shirt color and size you have if pre-purchased
- If you purchased a T-shirt before color options were available, you will get a choice
- Download this SCHED app to access the whole festival program

Festival Merch
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick up to the merch and registration tent.
- Pre-ordered tees can be picked up with registration, all other merch shopping will be done in the merch tent this year.
- Items this year include 2025 fest tees, special edition tees, hats, stickers, posters, books, and other fun donated items from brands and businesses we love!

Again, welcome to Telluride! We have the biggest, most in depth and unique festival waiting for you. Start scoping out all the possible sessions you wish to attend on Sched and build your wishlist schedule! Note: Signing up on SCHED will not reserve your spot, but this gives festival organizers an idea of what will be popular and could sell out, as well as providing you with a festival wishlist you can print and carry with you throughout the festival. 
Speakers
avatar for Mariah Grimes

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 →
avatar for Chris Grimes

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 →
Thursday August 13, 2026 8:30am - 5:00pm MDT
Elks Park
 
Friday, August 14
 

9:00am MDT

Registration & Information Desk + Festival Merch!
Friday August 14, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Welcome to the 46th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival. Join us in Elks Park, located in the middle of Telluride off Main Street for registration pick up. On this day (Friday) we will have a normal time slot for attendees who arrived late to Telluride to pick up their festival wristband. We also be distributing pre-order festival shirts.

Registration - Festival Pass Wristband Pick-up
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick-up
- If multiple pass pick-ups: please make sure order has extra passes attached or each attendee has pass order print out
- Come knowing what T-shirt color and size you have if pre-purchased
- If you purchased a T-shirt before color options were available, you will get a choice
- Download this SCHED app to access the whole festival program

Festival Merch
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick-up to the merch and registration tent.
- Pre-ordered tees can be picked up with registration, all other merch shopping will be done in the merch tent this year.
- Items this year include 2025 fest tees, special edition tees, hats, stickers, posters, books, and other fun donated items from brands and businesses we love!

Again, welcome to Telluride! We have the biggest, most in depth and unique festival yet waiting for you. Start scoping out all the possible sessions you wish to attend on Sched and build your wishlist schedule! NOTE: Signing up for a program on schedule does not reserve your spot. It is simply a way for festival organizers to view what will be popular and at risk of selling out, as well as making a festival wishlist schedule for you to print out and carry with you at the festival!
Speakers
avatar for Mariah Grimes

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 →
avatar for Ashley Coady Smith

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 →
Friday August 14, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Elks Park
 
Saturday, August 15
 

9:00am MDT

Registration & Information Desk + Festival Merch!
Saturday August 15, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Welcome to the 45th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival. Join us in Elks Park, located in the middle of Telluride off Main Street for registration pick-up. On this day (Saturday) we will have a normal time slot for attendees who arrived late to Telluride to pick up their festival wristband. We also be distributing pre-ordered shirts if you have purchased a TMF shirt.

Registration - Festival Pass Wristband Pick-up
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick-up
- If multiple pass pick-ups please make sure order has extra passes attached or each attendee has a pass order print out
- Come knowing what T-shirt color and size you have if pre-purchased
- If you purchased a T-shirt before color options were available, you will get a choice
- Download this SCHED app to access the whole festival program

Festival Merch
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick up to the merch and registration tent.
- Pre-ordered tees can be picked up with registration, all other merch shopping will be done in the merch tent this year.
- Items this year include 2025 fest tees, special edition tees, hats, stickers, posters, books, and other fun donated items from brands and businesses we love!

Again, welcome to Telluride! We have the biggest, most in depth and unique festival yet waiting for you. Start scoping out all the possible sessions you wish to attend on Sched and build your wishlist schedule! NOTE: signing up on SCHED does not reserve your space. It is simply a way for festival organizers to track popular programs that could sell out, and also serves as a way for you to print your wishlist schedule and carry it with you at the festival. 
Speakers
avatar for Mariah Grimes

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 →
avatar for Ashley Coady Smith

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 →
Saturday August 15, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm MDT
Elks Park

2:00pm MDT

Sign-Making Workshop
Saturday August 15, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Make a sweet sign for the parade that promotes your favorite mushroom message.  We will provide markers, paints, cardboard, and other materials onsite at the Workshop tent.
Saturday August 15, 2026 2:00pm - 4:00pm MDT
Elks Park
 
Sunday, August 16
 

9:00am MDT

ID Tent - Fungi of Colorado 101
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
Ok you've had several days of mushrooming with the Festival experts. You went to the introductory lectures on mushrooming. You went on all the forays. You spent a lot of time at the ID tent learning from experts. You even ate some of the strange wild mushrooms...and survived! Is your head spinning? It may be the altitude. Or it may be that you're suffering from Mycophilia!

This presentation will be a discussion of the morphology and how to know & identify mushrooms, with live specimens for you to handle, smell, and review with experts.
Speakers
avatar for Britt Bunyard

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 →
avatar for Ken Kassenbrock

Ken Kassenbrock

Colorado State University
Ken Kassenbrock, MD,PhD has been an avid hunter of wild mushrooms since the late 1970s. Trained as a physician-scientist, he has worked in Cell and Molecular Biology, including post-doctoral work with the brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Although his interests in fungi... Read More →
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
Elks Park

9:00am MDT

Registration & Information Desk + Festival Merch!
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Welcome to the 45th annual Telluride Mushroom Festival. Join us in Elks Park, located in the middle of Telluride off Main Street for registration pick up. On this day (Sunday) we will have an abbreviated time slot for final pass purchases and last minute merch shopping sprees!

Registration - Festival Pass Wristband Pick-up
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick up
- If multiple pass pick-ups please make sure order has extra passes attached or each attendee has a pass order print out
- Come knowing what T-shirt color and size you have if pre-purchased
- If you purchased a T-shirt before color options were available, you will get a choice
- Download this SCHED app to access the whole festival program

Festival Merch
- Please bring QR code from email for expedited wristband / t-shirt pick up to the merch and registration tent.
- Pre-ordered tees can be picked up with registration, all other merch shopping will be done in the merch tent this year.
- Items this year include 2025 fest tees, special edition tees, hats, stickers, posters, books, and other fun donated items from brands and businesses we love!

We hope you enjoyed this year's Festival...let us know what you thought as we are already planning for next year!
Speakers
avatar for Mariah Grimes

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 →
Sunday August 16, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Elks Park

10:00am MDT

ID Tent- Fungi of Colorado 102
Sunday August 16, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
Ok you've had several days of mushrooming with the Festival experts. You went to the introductory lectures on mushrooming. You went on all the forays. You spent a lot of time at the ID tent learning from experts. You even ate some of the strange wild mushrooms...and survived! Is your head spinning? It may be the altitude. Or it may be that you're suffering from Mycophilia!

This presentation will be a discussion of the taxonomy and phylogeny of mushrooms with live specimens for you to handle, smell, and review with experts.
Speakers
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 →
avatar for Andrew Wilson

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 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
Elks Park
 
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