Name: Fairy Family Fungi Ranger Foray
Start: 2025-06-09T10:00:00-0600
End: 2025-06-09T12:00:00-0600

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!

Monday June 9, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT

Town Park @ 500 E Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435, USA

Sign up online or the day before your foray!
Online Signup: click here
Foray Signup schedule:
Wednesday, August 14th, 12-5pm

Foray Description.
Build a fairy house or gnome home in the woods together for others to come across, then collect fairy building supplies, mushrooms, moss, acorns, feathers, and bring it back to the library to construct a fairy house together for all to view. Collect turkey tails, stones, feathers, moss, birch bark, etc.
Attendees and little ones are encouraged to follow their curiosities in the forests close to town! With a trifecta of talented foray leaders - Melany, Bri, and Jen - this outing will have something for everyone.

Where to Meet.
This foray meets at Telluride Library at 9:45am. We invite you to arrive a few minutes early to get acquainted with your fellow foragers!

Be Prepared!
A friendly reminder to come prepared for inclement weather with good footwear, properly hydrated, with snack and stories to share. A basket, reusable grocery bag, old shirt, paper bag, or tupperware help collect mushrooms. For a full list of recommended foray gear, please see our TMF Foray Checklist (click here).

Speakers

Jennifer Bell

Pikes Peak Mycological Society

If forest bathing were an Olympic event, Jennifer Bell would take the gold medal.Jennifer's a geek for fungi and outdoor safety. She is a caminante who walked across the Iberian Peninsula, an amateur mountain runner, ski instructor/patroller and junior race coach, recent Pikes Peak... Read More →

Melany Kahn

Melany Kahn started hunting for mushrooms in Vermont in 1968 when herfamily bought a farm in West Brattleboro. For the last 20 years she has taughtchildren how to forage for wild mushrooms. She attended Wesleyan University,(BA, English/Creative Writing). She holds a Masters in Social... Read More →

Bri Taylor

Bri Taylor is a local of Montrose, CO and has spent the last 5 years really getting to know the funga of the San Juan Mountains. She holds a mushroom ID certification for the state of Colorado and founded a free educational group for kids called Fungi Rangers! Alongside her love for... Read More →

Monday June 9, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Town Park

Foray - Signup Required (included in Festival Pass), Kids

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45th Telluride Mushroom Festival

Jennifer Bell

Melany Kahn

Bri Taylor

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