41st Annual Telluride Mushroom Festival

In this presentation, Lawrence Millman will discuss northern fungi and, by extension, high altitude fungi. First, he’ll talk about the attitudes of northern Native people toward fungi, then he’ll focus on the cold weather adaptations of certain northern species. For example, he’ll describe how Leccinum species survive in Arctic tundra environments, while those same species might not do well in temperate regions when the temperature dips. He’ll also discuss the possible effects of climate change on tundra and taiga fungi.