Know Your Mushrooms

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From the award-winning director of Comic Book Confidential, Grass, Go Further and a host of paradigm-shifting films reappraising the backwaters of popular culture, Ron Mann investigates the miraculous, near-secret world of fungi with his newest piece of cinema, KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS.

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows über myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.

Combining material filmed at the Telluride Mushroom Fest with animation and archival footage along with a neo-psychedelic soundtrack by The Flaming Lips and The Sadies, KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS opens the doors to perception and takes the audience on a longer, stranger trip.

DVD Features

WELCOME TO THE FUNGAL JUNGLE: A video short by mushroom hunter Larry Evans; Gary Lincoff lecture from the Telluride Mushroom Festival; Deleted Scenes; Theatrical Trailer; Mushroom Clubs in North America: An interactive listing of mycological groups; Fun With Fungi trivia game

"KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS is essential viewing for all human beings. Without these fascinating creatures our world would be uninhabitable. Finally a remarkable film explains some of their many mysteries and celebrates their presence among us all!"
- Jim Jarmusch

“delightful…richly fascinating” – Seattle Times

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