2015 Telluride Mushroom Festival

Mushrooms have been used in Chinese Traditional Medicine for over 2000 years. Western science is finally starting to study medicinal mushrooms and their potential for promoting health and healing. Come and learn about these amazing mushrooms, which may become the medicines of the future. We will explore the history of these mushrooms and examine the evidence for their use as immune system enhancers, cancer treatment, memory improvement and more.

This talk will give an overview of the role of fungi in human disease. From mycotoxins to invasive fungal infections, Jonathan will focus on the dangers that fungi pose and the role of the immune system in keeping us healthy. There will be a lot of photographs to demonstrate the variety of disease caused by fungi.