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Brendan Linnane started Foggy Dew Fungi with a similar sentiment to most emerging mycologically minded business owners. It comes in stages, first as a spark, the visual and written volumes of seemingly ancient information available on an entire kingdom you never learned about in school appearing like an apparition one day and turning into an obsession overnight. You chase down new texts and old, searching out the dusty, tiny “mycology/mushroom” sections in every used book store within driving distance. You get sucked into the abyss of the Shroomery late into each night. You begin foraging, taxonomically identifying and then swiftly eating rare and sought after fungal phenotypes from the forest floors and trees. By the time you’ve solidified in your mind the 3-4 sure ways to identify and devour Chanterelles, winter falls and as the wilds retreat you explore grocery stores for imports, dried options and freshly cultivated varieties. You identify the farms that are growing mushrooms you have only read about and soon you have a flow hood, agar and a Presto or All-American in your closet...If this describes you, you are sunk, you are Brendan, you are all of us, the ones who caught the dangerous combination bug that blends an endless thirst for mycological knowledge with a genetic predisposition for working for yourself, working for the Foggy Dew Fungi!

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When Joe Weber started his Chicago based farm, Four Star Mushrooms, he held a deep fascination and interest in naturally occurring ecological systems, with their dialed in intricacies holding fast in this disposable world. The development of man-made-machines with algorithmic methodologies syncopated to deep human observations into naturally occurring organizations have bred some of the most stable, vertically integrated food systems possible in this fast growing world. Joe has been building these sentiments and frameworks into his business from the beginning, using computerization and controls to allow for further exploration, development and information gathering from the ecological systems at hand to assist in the growth of sustained food systems for the world at large. The humble and casual nature of Joe and his dedication to the nerd factor in mycology is apparent and embraced in this industry. 

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Season 2 Episode 2: 

A lot of artists, musicians and farmers have a common thread in their development of place and space and the construction, deconstruction, expansion and contraction of many 4 walled rooms to fill very particular roles in the generation of their creations. Norman Fetter of Woodland Jewel seems to fit in this category of a person who delineates space for multi-potentiality from Music to Mycology and in that personality you find an old soul dedicated to the focus of their crafts and the creations at hand. With growth in this industry comes the need to reimagine and self-develop the spaces which you have at your disposal for cultivation and it seems to be a fascination and focus at Norm’s PA facility and home. 

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Season Two Episode One: Tyler Crawford, the Wizard of Spawn production at Cap N Stem has been with us for quite a few years now. Hailing from Connecticut or Canada or Both, you’ll most likely find him expressing his wildness hiking the highest peaks of New England and Beyond like a young Frater Perdurabo inbetwixt mycological research and development at the Shroom Of Doom Headquarters here in Maine. If you’ve talked with Tyler you know how well informed and methodological this mycomaster is, so as part of this 2nd season of The MycoWizards Podcast we would like to announce the audio/visual production of MycoWizard Deep-Dives soon to be available at www.capnstem.com where Tyler Crawford and Erik Lomen will be covering single topics in conversational episodes from sterilization techniques to growing medias, production processes, fruiting techniques, facility layouts and much much more. So keep an eye and an ear out as this season of MycoWizards commences!

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TR Davis of @earthangelmushrooms hustles and his enthusiasm for this specialty gourmet mushroom industry is as strong as ever. Over the last decade I've had the pleasure of watching TR grow Earth Angel Mushrooms starting with his early days on the scene of CMGN, an exclusive network of Commercial Mushroom Farmers dedicated to this craft. It's hard to describe how much TR has helped to propel this industry forward because it's still growing at a rapid rate, but his constant documentation, willingness to share information, share strains and keep close connections to the myco-farms spread across the world is an inspiration not unnoticed in the least! Check out his YouTube channel to absorb all of the knowledge he has accumulated and is willing to share! 

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Michael and Liz Nail of Mile High Fungi are one of those amazingly connected couples that has been able to power through the development and growth of a mushroom business with a finely focused scope that holds true to the ebb and flow between hard work and enjoying life by keeping their mycological enterprise seasonal. Now with a kiddo in the picture their field of vision has widened up a bit and they seem as focused as ever and excited to continue on with farming fungi while raising their daughter Charlie Jade to be as tough and old school as a human from the mountains of Colorado needs to be to survive and thrive in this wild world! So go check 'em out if your in the Denver area and follow this radical family on their mycological journey!

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Alex Winstead of Cascadia Mushroom is a steadfast gourmet mushroom cultivator from way back! A true myco-nerd and hero in the world of traditional mushroom setups, employing the use of ribbon mixers, pneumatic baggers, autoclaves and semi-complicated environmental controls from the era before House Of Hydro and InkBird.  I have personally been 'stalking' the progress of Cascadia since ~2011, as Alex had several quality youtube mini-docs out about his farm around then that truly inspired a lot of up and coming self proclaimed mycologists. So check them out, follow them online and if your in Washington State, go say hey!

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Brooks Worden is an old soul survivor of the New England winter turned West Coast dweller. His fascination for mycology has brought him to the reaches of this weird planet since the early 2000's. Brooks and I just missed one another back around 2010 in the Southwest of the States as I was departing Arizona and he was cruising into Aloha Medicinal's internship program. At that time social media hadn't kicked into top gear but the clandestine spore slingers of the 2000's were just starting to become aware of one another in the emerging connective digital-sphere. These days Brooks works for the fine folks at Far West Fungi and still seems 100% stoked on that West Coast MycoMania! If you're in SoCal go pay the homie a visit at FWF!

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Lisa Pixley is an immeasurably amazing human. She is a professional printmaker, forager and wellspring of knowledge you wish you had on hand! She is one of the founders of Maine Cap N' Stem, if not the catalyst for its inception and our forward momentum into this industry. The lines might be a lil beer-blurry in regards to our first conversation about growing mushrooms after my departure from Arizona and arrival back into Maine, but I give her all the credit without a doubt. Her excitement for the basic human reactions and connections to mushrooms, foraging and creativity have motivated me and our company to continue on through all the ups and downs. Check her work out and head on over to her print shop if you're ever in Portland, Maine!    

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Garrett Wilkerson is the mycological meme-master and man behind the fast growing social media presence of Unicorn Bags. His genuine and intense stoke on all things mushroom related is nothing short of inspirational.  He is on an innovation quest in the name of sustainability for mycology and while he may not be fully aware of it, his meme's are a breath of fresh air in the extremely fast growing mushroom cultivation world. Garrett has unearthed the excitement and the nerdiness of the early shroomery days and blasted it back into relevant focus for the modern-myco-nerds colonizing the new social media platforms.        

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