Paris Birthday - Telluride Mushroom Festival
Donation protected
Hello friends and family! For my 22nd birthday, I am asking for contributions to go towards the expenses required to attend the Telluride Mushroom Festival which is taking place from August 17-21 later this summer. This event celebrates all things mycological with over thirty speakers leading presentations, workshops, forays and demonstrations covering a wide array of topics from the newest advancements in mushroom science to culinary applications.
As you may know, Reed and I grew a variety of mushrooms throughout 2020 and 2021 in what started as a quarantine project but quickly evolved into a lifetime curiosity and passion for fungi. I have followed a few key leaders in the mycological community over the past couple of years and many of them will be in attendance at this event as local and international mushroom experts will convene for the festival to impart their expert knowledge of mushrooms upon attendees and discuss how these organisms can further benefit the world in the future.
Here are a few of the presenters that I hope to see at the mushroom festival this summer:
- Bryn Dentinger researches fungal biodiversity and plant-and-animal fungus symbioses and their significance to ecosystem functionality and human welfare. He is a keynote presenter this year.
- Louie Schwartzburg produced one of my favorite documentaries, "Fantastic Fungi," (which first premiered at The Telluride Mushroom Festival) and he will be back this summer to premiere a new film!
- Christopher Hobbes is a medicinal mushroom expert who will be presenting a new big book on medicinal mushrooms.
- Kris Holstrom runs an off-grid permaculture-based farm and educates people on sustainability issues and how to generate new regional solutions to combat current ecological challenges.
Thank you all for your support - it would be incredibly exciting to be able to attend this event and hear from these intelligent and creative people who all love mushrooms!
Organizer
Paris Shemwell
Organizer
San Antonio, TX