The Mushroom Hour Podcast

GUEST:    https://lesleywheeler.org/mycocosmic/    https://www.wlu.edu/profile/wheeler-lesley    MENTIONS:    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Venus-of-Willendorf    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com    https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Everyone is Becoming an Eco-Poet    Fungal Narratives    Poetry as a Process of Listening and Observing    Washington and Lee University    Into the Underworld    Good Things Come Through Fire    Mycocosmic    The Under-Poem    A World of Hope    Healing and Transforming Trauma in a Productive Way    Escaping the Digital through Fungi    Impact of AI on College Education    Authenticity Will Always be Valuable    Inspiration through Fungal Intelligence   

GUEST:    https://thinkfungi.org/    https://www.instagram.com/thinkfungi/    MENTIONS:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatineau_Park    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomyces_lactifluorum    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnum_repandum    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com    https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    The Road to Becoming a Chef    Mushroom Hunting in Prague    Geography and Ecology of Ottawa    Rugged Landscapes of the “Crown Lands”    Bloodthirsty Insect Swarms    Impacts of Land Use and Zoning Designations    Go-To Chanterelle Soup    Record-breaking Puffball Mushrooms    Cleaning, Storing, Cooking    Think Fungi Mission    Cultivation and Identification Courses    The Great North American Fungi Quest   

GUEST:    https://x.com/julesacton?lang=en https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/oaklore MENTIONS:    https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sessile-oak/    https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/boscobel-house-and-the-royal-oak/history/charles-ii-and-the-royal-oak/    https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/gbr/england/wiltshire/2379_savernakeforest/3713/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistulina_hepatica    https://woodlandtrust.org.uk/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Importance of Oaks Around the World    Biogeography of Oaks    Oak Diseases & Conservation Efforts    Mycorrhizal Relationships & Biological Markets    England’s Ancient Oaks    How an Oak Saved a King    Faerie Doors    The Big Belly Oak & the Devil    Goddess Worship with Chicken of the Woods    The Woodland Trust    Oaklore   

GUEST:    https://bristolfungarium.com/    https://www.instagram.com/bristolfungarium/   MENTIONS:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderic_acid    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_erinaceus    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergothioneine    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Traveling, Creating Schools, Becoming an Organic Farmer    Henry the First    UK Strains of Ganoderma, Hericium, Trametes and Pluerotus    Running a Mushroom Farm    Funding a Local PhD Program    Tincture Extraction Processes    Neuroinflammation, Parkinsons and Alzheimers    Insulin Regulation from Maitake and Lions Mane    Ergothioneine - Soil Health and Human Brain Health    Eat More Mushrooms    Coping and Searching for Answers in Longevity    Realities of US & UK Modern Medicinal Mushroom Industry and Supply Chain   Unique Reishi Mushroom Industry in China    Researching Targeted Treatments Using Fungal Compounds   

GUEST:    https://bookshop.org/p/books/go-forth-and-forage-a-guide-to-foraging-over-50-of-the-most-common-edible-medicinal-north-american-mushrooms-whitney-johnson/21618294?ean=9780760392751&next=t    https://appalachianforager.com/home    https://www.instagram.com/appalachian_forager/    https://www.tiktok.com/@appalachian_forager    MENTIONS:    https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluegrassmycological/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnum_repandum    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Beginner Foraging Foibles    "Go Forth and Forage"    Appalachian Mountain Range    Foraging in a Kentucky Forest    Learn Your Trees    Making Science Observations While Foraging    Hilljack Girl on TikTok    Creating a Mushroom Guidebook    Internal vs External Inspiration    Textures and Flavor Profiles of Wild Mushrooms    Preserving Mushrooms Through the Seasons   

GUEST:    https://www.wildwisebotanicals.com/    https://www.instagram.com/wildwisebotanicals/    MENTIONS:    https://momyco.org/    https://www.amazon.com/Missouris-Wild-Mushrooms-Maxine-Stone/dp/1887247742    https://namyco.org/   https://mycota.com/    https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/marktwain    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Growing up in Rural Ozarks    Crohns Disease    Wild Medicine     Homesteading and Homeschooling    The Ozarks as an Understudied Bioregion    Missouri Mycological Society    Maxine Stone    Certified Mushroom Identifiers    Developing Mushroom Certification Courses    Genetic Sequencing      Wildwise Botanicals   “Foraging Mushrooms of the Ozarks”    

GUEST:    https://chezjulies.com/   https://www.instagram.com/chezjuliesconsultingwinemaker/   MENTIONS:    http://www.mycoventures.com/   https://www.somamushrooms.org/   https://namyco.org/   https://www.cafebeaujolais.com/   MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Cafe Beaujolais   Cook Your Mushrooms   Mycoventures   SOMA & NAMA   Mushrooms + Skillet   Expanding Vocabulary of Descriptors for Smell and Taste   The Magic of Cooking Together   Future of Culinary Mushrooms   Underappreciated Russulas and Suillus   Community Cookbooks   NAMA Mushroom Cooking Competition   Licensing and Importance of Consumer Education   Don’t Let Your Mushrooms Spoil – Preservation Techniques  

GUEST:    https://www.instagram.com/foxamongbears/    https://www.patreon.com/foxamongbears    MENTIONS:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_oryzae    https://www.bioc.co.jp/en/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbamele    https://www.consciousacrefarm.com/morelfest    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Koji Saving Lives    Aspergillus oryzae    Process of Fermentation    Finding Creativity in Limitations    Capturing Enzymes in Fermentation    Safety & Nutrient Density in Mushroom Extracts    Better Farming with Fermentation    Safety & Nutrient Density in Mushroom Extracts   Developing Better Medicinal Mushroom Extractions with Fermentation    Bioavailability and Bio-efficiency    Myco-molasses    Shaking up the Medicinal Mushroom Extract Industry   

GUEST:    https://mycota.com/    MENTIONS:    https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=274169    https://www.inaturalist.org/    http://ww.calalive.org/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Passion for Mushroom Cultivation    Wild Mushroom Identification    DNA barcoding vs. Whole Genome Sequencing    Sanger Sequencing & Nanopore Sequencing    DNA Sequencing Process from Specimen to Final Data AI & Algorithms Interpreting Genetic Data    Creating Foundational Data Sets    Unidentified Fungi All Around Us    Expanding from Indiana Across North America    Genetic Data Making Better Field Mycologists    What is a “Species”?    The Species Problem in Medicinal Mushroom Research    Becoming a Contributor to Mycota Labs Projects    Bioinformatics & Scaling Biodiversity Studies   

GUEST:    https://www.instagram.com/the_female_forager/    https://www.facebook.com/thefemaleforager/    MENTIONS:    https://www.facebook.com/groups/MushroomSpottersUK/?locale=en_GB    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitopsis_betulina    https://hifasdaterra.com/en/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria    https://www.amanitadreamer.net/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:     Drawn to Fungal Medicine    Birch Polypore    Proper Mushroom Preparation    Conscious Communion with the Forest    Lowering Cortisol Levels    Alleviating Stress, Alleviating Suffering    Blending Allopathic and Holistic Healthcare    Science Communication and Medicinal Mushroom Research    Analytical Chemistry of Mushroom Supplements    Medicinal Compounds in Wild vs Cultivated Mushrooms    Amanita muscaria    Research on Addiction Treatment with Amanita muscaria    Evolution of Modern Medicine   

GUEST:    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Newman10    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10326184/    MENTIONS:    https://college.lclark.edu/departments/biology/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lincoff    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/415949.Mushrooms_Demystified    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Singer    https://www.corenewal.org/    https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/amazonian-chernobyl-ecuadors-oil-environment-disaster/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascopolyporus    https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/96535    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:     Childhood Mycology Mythology    Russian Mushroom Tradition    Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula    Bolivia’s Outrageous, Undocumented Biodiversity    Chernobyl of the Amazon    Corporate Evil    Biodiversity Research, Conservation and Geopolitical Activism    Los Cedros Bioreserve, Choco Bioregion    Mining Concessions in Protected Forests    Ecuador Supreme Court Ruling with Fungal Conservation Research    Corporate Propoganda, Thugs and Sabotage    Richer than Gold    Fungi that do Both: Entomopathogenic and Phytopathogenic   

GUEST:    https://www.instagram.com/inventor_michael/    https://www.cleantecsystems.com/    MENTIONS:    https://www.instagram.com/mr_fungitarian/    https://www.instagram.com/windycitymushroom/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:     Electro-Chemical Fuel Cell    Containerized Agriculture    Colorado Marijuana Industry    Specialized Mobile Machinery    Pivoting From Marijuana to Gourmet Mushrooms    Biological Printing Presses    Mushroom Jerky    Heavy Log Method    Converting Semi Trailers to Mushroom Farms    Real Lightsabers    World in Need of Leadership in Systemic Change    Fuel Efficiency Tech for Cars, Trucks, Semis, Cargo Ships    Mushrooms are the Future of Food   

GUEST:    https://www.drannasitkoff.com/    https://www.instagram.com/drannasitkoff/    https://lucidummedicinals.com/ MENTIONS:    https://bastyr.edu/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodofomes_cajanderi    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoporus_volvatus    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Path to Herbalism & Natural Medicine    Medicinal Mushrooms and Cancer    The Rosy Polypore    Mushrooms as Medicine    Mushrooms in the Diet    Polysaccharides, Digestion and Immune Stimulation    Terpenes and Cancer Response, Immune Modulation    Ergosterol – Mushrooms’ Version of Cholesterol    Ergothioneine, Antioxidants and Glutathione Medicinal Mushrooms Supporting Male & Female Fertility    Mushrooms & Hormone Support    Support Before, During & After Pregnancy   

GUEST:    https://www.instagram.com/lovebeingryland/    https://www.bigfoolishproject.com/    MENTIONS:    https://kissthegroundmovie.com/    https://commongroundfilm.org/    https://100millionacres.org/   Graeme Sait: https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/author/graeme-sait/    https://understandingag.com/    https://www.youtube.com/@carboncowboys    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Childhood Connection to Nature and Spirituality Mind-Expanding Potential of Mushrooms    Café Gratitude & Sacred Commerce    Soil as the Foundation of Ecosystems    Cycling Carbon from Air into the Soil    Soil Stewardship    Redemption through Regeneration    Possibility Pirate    Plant Medicine & Touching Divinity    Importance of Having a Team    Regenerative Agriculture Movement    The Farm Bill    Soil Trilogy (Kiss the Ground, Common Ground, +1)    Shifting the Paradigm Toward Soil   

GUEST:    https://www.stephaniekilgast.com/    https://www.instagram.com/petitplat MENTIONS:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicornia   MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Human Impacts on Nature    Developing a Love of Nature Through Art     Coral and Mushrooms    Biological Abstraction    Scientific Reference Materials    Social Media Dissociation    Short Form Video is Bad for Humans    The Artist’s Dilemna    Finding Your Voice as an Artist    Inspiration from Within    Sanctity of the Sketchbook    Biotechnology and Regenerative Futures   

GUEST:    https://www.themushroomhunterskitchen.com/    https://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-Hunters-Kitchen-Chad-Hyatt/dp/1732757100    MENTIONS:    https://www.amazon.com/Mushrooms-Demystified-David-Arora/dp/0898151694    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_brevipes    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Changing Careers, Culinary Arts & Fungi    Secret Spots    Eating the Weird Stuff    David Arora Events    The Mushroom Hunters Kitchen    Mushroom Careers    Bringing Mushroom Recipes out of the 1950s    Catalonia’s Culinary Mushroom Traditions    Black Trumpet Jam, Matsutake and Fig Jam    Catalon Culture    Regional Spanish Food Traditions    Chefs Influenced by Foraging    Connecting to Where Food Comes From    Mushroom Genetics   

GUEST:    https://www.instagram.com/chefmollie/    https://www.instagram.com/thekindsage/    https://www.instagram.com/sovereigntyranch/    MENTIONS:    https://regenified.com/    https://www.dreamingofavetterworld.com/    https://whiteoakpastures.com/pages/our-team    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Finding Hope in Soil    Culinary Evolution    Becoming a Regenerative Farmer    Misaligned Incentives – Subsidies & Regulations    Barriers to Becoming a Farmer    Farmers as Protagonists    What are “Regenerative Farming” Practices?    Humans as a Keystone Species    Industrial Microbiome    Mycorrhizal Relationships with Corn?    On-Farm and Off-Farm Soil Fertility     Viability of Vegan Farm Systems    Connection Between Our Gut Microbiology and Mental Health    Explosive Blowback from Changing a Vegan Restaurant   

 GUEST:    https://www.instagram.com/themushroombible/    https://thepsilocybinmushroombible.substack.com/    https://www.amazon.com/d/Books/Psilocybin-Mushroom-Bible-Definitive-Mushrooms/1937866289/    MENTIONS:    https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/d.nutt    https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.carhart-harris    https://themicrodose.substack.com/    https://www.entheogenesis.org/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:    Psilocybin Regulations in the UK    Medical Models of Psilocybin Therapy    Microdosing Mainstream    Power of Placebo    Evolving Cultivation Landscape    Updating the Psilocybin Mushroom Bible    Wood-Loving Psilocybe Mushrooms    Sustainability in Mushroom Growing    Synanthrope    Expanding Concepts of Harm Reduction    Principles of Critical Thinking    Readability of Scientific Literature       Open Source Science    A Quickly Changing Kaleidoscope   

 GUEST:    https://thefungivore.com/index.html    https://www.instagram.com/the_fungivore/     https://www.instagram.com/thisiskimqi/    MENTIONS:    https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/may/01/fewer-wildfires-great-biodiversity-what-is-the-secret-to-the-success-of-mexicos-forests    Amanita princeps: https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9078    "undescribed purplish bitter Tylopilus": https://foraging4ct.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/wild-bitter-mushrooms-by-david-arora-on-thai/    Chicatana Ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_mexicana    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com     https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:     Falling in Love with Each Other & with Oaxaca    Cuajimoloyas Mushroom Festival    Lockdown in Thailand    Mushrooms in Thailand    Edible Mushrooms Across Cultures       Cultivated Mushrooms in Thailand    Normalizing Mycophilia    Diversity of Cultures Between Cities in Oaxaca    The Forests Owned by the People       Self-Organizing, Autonomous Communities     Ecotourism     Natural Dyes    Mutual Exchange & Reciprocity    Fungivore Tours   

GUEST:    https://myconaut.space/    MENTIONS:    https://advancingecoag.com/    https://www.theremediators.com/    https://zachbushmd.com/    MUSHROOM HOUR:    https://welcometomushroomhour.com    https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour    https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour    Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/    TOPICS COVERED:     Embracing Bioeconomy    Awakening to Soil Futures    Chemistry of PFAS    PFAS in Agriculture & Food Systems    Fungus Breaking the Carbon-Fluorine Bond    AI Symbiosis Amish Technological Wisdom    Bioleeching, Biosequestration, Bioremediation     3D Printable Fluorinated Biopolymers    Spore-Powered Ionic Plasma Thursters       Growing from a Child to an Adult Mentality    Building Data for Open Source Models    All About Partnership    Abundance Mindset