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2008 Program & Featured Faculty

TELLURIDE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL AUGUST 21-24 2008
Topics and Lectures
Keynote Address: Mycocentricity: Gary Lincoff   How Fungi Can Explain All Important Supernatural Phenomena:
Mushrooms Mountains and Monasteries: Daniel Winkler  Tibet's Unique Mushrooms: 
Boletes and Other Non Gilled Mushrooms of Telluride: Gary Lincoff 
Get the Slash Out: Reducing Fire Danger and Retaining Forest Moisture with Mushrooms:    Larry Evans 
Medicinal Plants of Telluride: Christopher Hobbs
Mycorestoration: Jim Gouin Mycological Solutions for Complex Environmental Problems:   
Adventures with Terence: Kathleen Harrison  
Matsutake: and other Gilled Mushrooms of Telluride: Gary Lincoff
Basic Mushroom Cultivation for Home and Hobby Cultivator: Jim Gouin
Growing Mushrooms on Tamarisk : Luther Martinez

Cordyceps sinensis (Tibeten: Yartsa Gunbu):  Natural and Cultural History of the Worlds Most Precious Fungus: Daniel Winkler   
Madidi and Beyond: Mushroom Expeditions in the Bolivian Amazon: Larry Evans
The Continuum of Care as Taught by the Medicines:  Some Infusions to Traditions: Jyoti  
Fungi: Medicine From the Earth: Christopher Hobbs
Tales from Mazatec Nature and Culture: Kathleen Harrison


Workshops
Growing Mushrooms on Straw  - John Corbin 
Growing Mushrooms on Straw ll : John Corbin 
Growing Mushrooms on Straw lll: John Corbin
Mushroom Cooking Demonstration (Pre Register): Rita Rosenberg
Kids Workshop: Naomi Salzman, Jeannie Stewart  
Kids Workshop II: Naomi Salzman, Jeannie Stewart 
Display, Identification and Cleaning of Mushrooms:
   Gary Lincoff, Bill Adams, Larry Evans,  Linnea Gillman, John SirJesse

Mushroom Cooking Demonstration: Rita Rosenberg
Display, Identification and Cleaning of Mushrooms II:
   Gary Lincoff, Bill Adams, Larry Evans,  Linnea Gillman,  John SirJesse 
 

Films
The Mushroom Identification Trilogy: Taylor Lockwood (DVD)  
Terence McKenna Lecture From Past Mushroom Festival (DVD)
The Mushroom Identification Trilogy: Taylor Lockwood (DVD)

Forays
Forays are conducted throughout the 3 day event: All are preregister.  There are also 3 forays specifically for children. 

Events
Chef Cook Off 
Poetry/Music: Art Goodtimes   
Panel: Can Mushrooms Help Save the Earth?: Jim Gouin, Larry Evans, Christopher Hobbs
The Voice of the Grandmothers: A Time of Unity: Jyoti   Curacion Healing: Healing with the Little Ninos: Grandmother Julieta Casimiro  
Mycelium Running: Demo Farm Visit  Kris Holstrom, Jim Gouin at Tomten Farm
Panel: Native Healers: Healing Methods and Principles: Jyoti, Grandmother Julieta Casimiro, Kathleen Harrison
Costumes for Parade Creation Party & Mushroom Parade Down Main Street
Cook and Taste: Rita Rosenberg, Vern Petri and Staff
Poetry/Music: Art Goodtimes  
Ron Mann: Discusses Upcoming Film: "Know Your Mushrooms", Shot in Telluride - Featuring: Gary Lincoff, Larry Evans, Art Goodtimes and John SirJesse
Mushroom Brunch/Adjourn 




FEATURED FACULTY
Daniel Winkler
A True Fungophile, who managed to turn his environmental research in Tibet into a fungal adventure

Christopher Hobbs L. Ac., A.H.G. -
Herbalist, Mycologist, Author:
Medicinal Mushrooms, Handbook for Herbal Healing

Gary Lincoff -Author: Audubon Field Guide to
North American Mushrooms

Kathleen Harrison - Ethobotanical Researcher,
Psychonaut and Visionary Artist

Jyoti, Convener of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers and Spiritual Director of the Center for Sacred Studies

Grandmother Julieta Casimiro - Mazatec Elder, carrying the tradition of healing and ceremonies with the use of sacred plants. Member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

Jim Gouin - Mycoforestry Expert-Fungi Perfecti

Larry Evans - President of the Western  Montana
Mycological Association

Luther Martinez  - Picuris Pueblo Forestry Director, Field Reduction Biomass Project

Rita Rosenberg - Gourmet Mushroom Chef, Author:
Mushrooms, Over 100 Tantalizing International Recipes

John Corbin - Mushroom Cultivation Expert

Plus our usual faculty of dedicated, knowledgeable and
Helpful folks:

John SirJesse Director
Teresa Frank Assistant Director
Kris Holstrom Advisor
Ben Williams Marketing Manager
Ashley Boling  Executive Director Telluride Institute, MC
Art Goodtimes Poet in Residence, MC
Emanuel Salzman M.D. Co-editor, Mushroom Poisoning
Linnea Gillman Specialist in Mushroom Identification
Bill Adams Specialist in Mushroom Identification

Foray Leaders:

John SirJesse, Gary Lincoff, Bill Adams, Larry Evans,  Daniel Winkler, Tony Corbin, Rick, Marty and Skyler Hollinbeck








 

 

 



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