Know Your Mushrooms
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| Know Your Mushrooms | |
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| Directed by | Ron Mann |
| Written by | Ron Mann |
| Screenplay by | Ron Mann |
| Produced by | Ron Mann |
| Starring | Larry Evans Gary Lincoff |
| Cinematography | Andy Keen Brian T. Moore |
| Edited by | Simon Ennis Nick Taylor |
| Music by | The Flaming Lips |
Production company | Sphinx Productions |
| Distributed by | Films We Like |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Know Your Mushrooms is a 2008 documentary film by Canadian director Ron Mann.[1][2]
The 74 minute Sphinx Productions film examines the counterculture Telluride Mushroom Festival,[3] held annually in Telluride, Colorado and some of the mycologists and funghiphiles that gather there such as Larry Evans[4][5] and Gary Lincoff,[6] author of seven mushroom identification guidebooks,[7] including the Audubon Field Guide to Mushrooms.[8]
The soundtrack includes music by the Flaming Lips and The Sadies.[2]
Know Your Mushrooms is more about hard science and gourmet cuisine than space-outs and the munchies.[9]
Director Ron Mann and his partners at the first Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado, collect and consume mushrooms of every variety, particularly the aesthetically unappealing.[10] Mushroom fans and fungi experts explore and investigate during the four-day festival. Gary Lincoff and mycologist Larry Evans lead a wild mushroom hunt.[11]
- Day One: Displays of local mushrooms and cooking demonstrations.
- Day Two: Discussion and lecture.
- Day Three: Health effects of fungi and cultural roles. Discussion include mushroom's potential, for example, possible anti-cancer properties or mythological significance in shamanistic cultures.[12]
- Day Four: A parade. Quizzes and short animations present controversial fungi, such as magic mushroom and fly agaric, the documentary provides an in-depth introduction to fungi.