Name: PreFest Foray: Early Bird Foray w/ Britt Bunyard
Start: 2025-06-08T10:00:00-0600
End: 2025-06-08T14:00:00-0600

Welcome to the largest wild mushroom happening in North America, the 44th Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival! A plethora of events ranging from foray and mushroom ID sessions, to hands-on demonstrations, to lectures—all led by regionally-, nationally-, and internationally-known experts, (and we cannot forget the Parade!) there is plenty for everyone each and 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!

Sunday June 8, 2025 10:00am - 2:00pm MDT

Carhenge Parking Lot @ 700 W Pacific Ave, Telluride, CO 81435, USA

Prefest workshops are an extra paid ticket purchased - not for general admission passes!

Join our Executive Director and special guest mycologist’s to go on the first adventure into the San Juan National Forest of the week! This is the only foray Britt will give. Learn from his experience foraging and ways to find, identify and think about mushrooms. A truly in depth experience with one of the best field mycologists. (Will likely not be back in time for afternoon workshops)

Note Meeting place is at 10:00am at Carhenge Parking Lot, Wednesday August 14th.

Speakers

Britt Bunyard

Dean of Faculty, Telluride Mushroom Festival

Britt Bunyard, PhD, is the founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of the mycology journal FUNGI. Britt has worked academically (and played very amateurishly) as a mycologist his entire career, writing scientifically for many research journals, popular science magazines, and books... Read More →

Gabriela D'Elia

FunDis

Gabriela is the Director for Fungal Diversity Survey (FUNDIS), the only nonprofit focusing on North American fungal biodiversity and conservation. Originally from the Rocky Mountains, the Catskill Mountains are now home. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies with focus in Fungal... Read More →

John Michelotti

Catskill Fungi

John Michelotti is the founder of Catskill Fungi which empowers people with fungi through outdoor educational classes, cultivation courses, mushroom art, and mushroom health extracts. John is a former President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association (MHMA) where he co-founded... Read More →

Sunday June 8, 2025 10:00am - 2:00pm MDT
Carhenge Parking Lot

Special Event - Extra Ticket Required, Foray

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45th Telluride Mushroom Festival

Britt Bunyard

Gabriela D'Elia

John Michelotti

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