Name: Movie + Discussion -Big Trees and Old-growth Forests (Limited Capacity)
Start: 2025-06-10T14:00:00-0600
End: 2025-06-10T15:30:00-0600

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!

Tuesday June 10, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm MDT

Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio @ 155 W Pacific Ave, Telluride, CO 81435

All presentation in Transformation Studio are first come first serve. A line will be formed outside of Ah Haa for this presentation. There will be limited seats so please plan for a different event if this is full.

Movie Showing + Discussion
Big trees are among the largest organisms that have ever existed on our planet. And the big trees on North America's west coast are some of the largest. The short (19-minutes) film "Giant Tree Hunters" is about British Columbia's big trees, and the people who hunt for them. This film will be followed by a presentation about the ecological, cultural and social importance of British Columbia's big trees and old-growth forests, and about threats to these forests and trees. One of the values associated with these forests is that they provide habitat for a variety of organisms, known and unknown, including some fungal species that we know only from old-growth forests.

Speakers

Andy MacKinnon

Andy is a forest ecologist who lives in Metchosin, British Columbia (BC). His recent research interests include ecology of BC’s ectomycorrhizal fungal species. He was lead BC scientist for Environment Canada’s 2017 ranking of our province’s threatened and endangered fungal... Read More →

Tuesday June 10, 2025 2:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
Ah Haa School - Transformation Studio

Passholder Event (included in Festival Pass), General Mycology

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45th Telluride Mushroom Festival

Andy MacKinnon

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