We’ve secured our dates for Shroomfest 2012 — Aug. 16-19

Join the Fungophile Club

For years, the Colorado non-profit Fungophile, Inc. – led by the Salzman family of Denver – ran Wild Mushrooms Telluride, which eventually morphed into the Telluride Mushroom Festival. In the summers the Fungophiles would travel around the globe – usually in the company of philosopher/mycologist Gary Lincoff, searching for strange and exotic fungi, for which they had a great love [Greek> φιλος]

In 2006, the Telluride Institute stepped up to continue the event, and in 2009 Art Goodtimes returned to festival management, together with the indefatigable Kandee DeGraw and the amazing Matt Stits. This year we’re joined by Scott Koch and a wonderful family of staffers.

For the last three years we have been striving to get Shroomfest into the black, with a sufficient audience to support its unique blend of mycology, biology, philosophy, science, art, culture, spirituality and psychedelics. All while having a grand old summertime romp in the spectacular meadows and forests of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, and enjoying all the luxuries of Telluride’s fabled resort atmosphere.

We’re close to our goal, thanks to increasing audiences and grant support. But we need your help to make the final step into solvency.

So, we’re starting the Fungophile Club. These will be shroomers who believe in the work we do in celebrating everything fungal and entheogenic — through serious academic classes (which we will be developing for credit through the University Centers of the San Miguel as part of a certificate program in Sustainability), lectures, slideshows, powerpoints, panels, forays, workshops, demonstrations, cook&tastes, film, music, poetry and our legendary parade.

The Fungophile Club will help us raise the early capital to ensure that we can bring fantastic speakers like Lincoff, Paul Stamets, Kat Harrison, Tom Volk, Katrina Blair, David Rose and dozens of others to our annual August get-together (Shroomfest 2012)

We’re soliciting various levels of club membership to fit shroomers’ different financial situations. For those folks too strapped to donate to our cause, we are also offering a full range of discount tickets (See the Tickets tab)

But for the Fungophile Club members, we’re asking you to help us continue a grand tradition over 30 years old that offers some of the best foray fields in North America with the wildest of lecturers across the full range of the mycological and entheogenic universe. All donations, or portions thereof, for which no gift or service is received are tax-deductible. Checks should be made out to the Telluride Institute (a registered 501c3) with a note that this is a donation for Shroomfest 2012. Send to the Telluride Institute, P.O. Box 1770, Telluride CO 81435.

Agaricus = $10
(especially for students and seniors)
(includes listing in our program)
(all $10 is tax-deductible)

Hawkswings = $25
(especially for individuals)
(includes listing in our program)
(all $25 is tax-deductible)

Chanterelles = $50
(especially for families)
(includes listing in our program)
(all $50 is tax-deductible)

Boletes = $100
(donation includes one free festival poster)
(listing in our program)
($80 is tax-deductible)

Xerampolinas = $200
(donation includes one free festival full pass)
(one free festival poster)
(reserved seating at the Palm and the Nugget)
(listing in our program)
($50 is tax-deductible)

Giant Puffballs = $500
(donation includes two free festival full passes)
(two free festival t-shirts)
(one free festival poster)
(reserved seating at the Palm and the Nugget)
(listing in our program)
($120 is tax-deductible)

Matsutakes = $1000
(includes four free festival full passes)
(four free festival t-shirts)
(two free festival posters)
(reserved seating at the Palm and the Nugget)
(listing in our program)
($240 is tax-deductible)

For companies and other organizations, we will be offering various levels of sponsorship. Please send inquiries to

bolete@shroomfest.com with a copy to shroompa@shroomfest.com