Released on = August 10, 2007, 12:48 pm

Press Release Author = Lucy Kavaler, Author

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Fungi lovers hunt,identify and cook wild mushrooms at the
27th Telluride (CO)Mushroom Festival,Aug.23-26.Lucy Kavaler\'s classic
\"Mushrooms,Molds,and Miracles,\"just republished, is the featured book.

Press Release Body = \"Chanterelles,King Boletes,Matsutake,Oysters,Shrimp Russulas
are among the many wild mushrooms found in the beautiful countryside in and around
Telluride,Colorado.Recent rains have helped to set up the conditions for a good
crop,\"declares John Sir Jesse, one of the directors of the 27th Telluride Mushroom
Festival,Aug.23-26,2007.
The fungi lovers who gather in Colorado go on mushroom hunting forays and return
to hear from experts on identifying and cooking wild mushrooms,and to attend
presentations on Buddha and Muashrooms, Mushrooms in the Bolivian Amazon,Medicinal
Mushrooms,the Current State of Human Hallucinogens and the latest Johns Hopkins
Institute research on the mind drug, Psilocybin.
The featured book at the Festival will be \"Mushrooms,Molds,and Miracles,The
Strange Realm of Fungi,\" by Lucy Kavaler, just republished in the Authors Guild
back in print series of notable books.A best-seller in the original hard cover,it
has become a classic.Described as \"fascinating\" by Time Magazine in a lead
review,\"superb\" in New Haven Register,\"extraordinary\" in Bookviews,com, it tells
of fungi and the origin of life on earth,the significance of decay, mushroom
hunting, hallucinogenic mushrooms,the bread mold that changed medical history,
and truffles,wine and beer.Lucy Kavaler,author of 17 books,is known for writing
about science as if it were the plot for a novel.
The Mushroom Festival is organized by the Telluride Institute,a non-profit
organization that works to create a sustainable world by creating and advancing
real solutions to support the health of the environment,cultures and economies.

Web Site = http://www.lucykavaler.com

Contact Details = Lucy Kavaler,38 East 85
St.,NY,NY10028,212-737-5692,212-737-6498,lekavaler@cs.com.
Order \"Mushrooms,Molds,and Miracles,\"ISBN 0-595-4369-X
320 pages,$22.95 at www.bn.com

For Festivalinformation and to register:Ashley Boling,Executive Director,Telluride
Inst.210 Fat Alley,POBox 1770,Telluride,CO 81435,970-728-8312,ashleyboling@gmail.com
or herbwalkertours@earthlink.net