The Mushroom Hour Podcast

GUEST:

• https://greenwriterspress.com/book/animal-mycophiles/
• https://egordon56.substack.com
• https://namyco.org/interests/education/beginner/

MENTIONS:

• https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084549
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.22.513302.full.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%27s_potoroo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt

MUSHROOM HOUR:

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/

TOPICS COVERED:

• Zoology, Mollusks, Bird Watching & Mycology
• Mushroom Photography & “The Seventh Kingdom”
• Animal & Fungi Symbiosis
• Animals Munching Mushrooms & Spreading Spores
• Elephants Self-Medicating with Ganoderma applanatum
• Animals Getting High & Drunk on Fungi
• The Sloth as a Planet of Algae & Fungi
• Hebeloma radicosum & Mole Latrines
• Monarchs, Milkweed & Mycorrhizae
• Molecular vs. Holistic Biology
• Fungal Farming & Co-Evolution
• Gilbert’s Potoroo & Rethinking Conservation
• Umwelt & Anthropomorphizing
• Mushrooms in Fiction & a “Fungi Day” for Schools

GUEST:   

• https://leecarrollherbalist.com/  
• https://www.instagram.com/leecarrollherbalist/   

MENTIONS:   

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergothioneine   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinacine   
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006295223005257   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-glucan   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com   
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast   
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:   

• Herbal Medicine Industry   
• Importance of Ergothioneine   
• Fungal Receptors in the Human Body   
• Fungal Archaeology & Ethnomycology
• Gourmet Ape Theory   
• Fiber & Beta-Glucans   
• Anti-Oxidants and Protein Turnover   
• Fungal Lifecycle and Innovation   
• Fungal Fermented Substrates   
• Distinguishing Different Mycelium-Based Medicinals   
• Assessing “Full Spectrum” Claims   
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging   
• Bitter Molecule Receptors in the Heart   

GUEST:   

• https://www.instagram.com/iamtero/?hl=en   
• https://hirodiapers.com/   

MENTIONS:   

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pestalotiopsis_microspora   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com   
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast   
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:   

• Raised around Regenerative Ideology   
• Diapers as Ubiquitous Household Waste   
• Fungi Decomposing Plastic   
• Training Mushrooms to Eat Different Foods   
• Ligninolytic Enzymes   
• Challenges of Weather and Competition   
• Researching, Developing and Testing Mushroom Species  
• Regulations in Waste Management or Lack Thereof   
• How does the Hiro Diaper Work?   
• Working with Existing Industries   
• Gene Editing and Ethical Dilemmas   

GUEST:   

• https://cbs.umn.edu/directory/peter-kennedy   
• https://cbs.umn.edu/kennedy-lab   

MENTIONS:   

• https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/people/tom-bruns   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizopogon   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_sibiricus   
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26365785/   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com   
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast   
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:   

• PNW Mushroom Foraging & Panama Research   
• Community Assembly of Mycorrhizal Fungi   
• Fungi as Rulebreakers   
• Latitudinal Gradient of Diversity & Tree Density   
• Deterministic vs Stochastic Assembly      
• Seed Banks & Spore Banks    
• Saprotrophs vs Decomposers    
• Gadgil Effect - Impact of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Soil Carbon Cycling    
• Ushering in Next Generation of Ecologists & Scientists   
• Fungal Necromass    
• Ancient Carbon Made of Microbes – Especially Fungi!   
• Melanin and Decomposition of Dead Mycelium   

GUEST:   

• https://www.naturalnavigator.com/books-and-library/   
• https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/thenaturalnavigator   

MENTIONS:   

• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com   
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast   
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour   

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/   

TOPICS COVERED:   

• The Art of Navigation and Shaping a Journey   
• Relying on the Natural World for Navigation   
• Planning Grand Expeditions   
• Journeys and the Path of Personal Development   
• Navigation in Historical Accounts and Stories   
• Sky Footprints   
• How to Read Trees   
• Creating Maps from Nature’s Systems, Organisms and Inanimate Objects   
• Navigation as a Fundamental Human Skill   
• Routine and Mindfulness   
• Visualizing a Natural Navigator’s Mental Map   
• How to Read Water   
• Nothing is Random and Everything is Connected   

GUEST:   

• https://www.redhousearchitecture.org/   
• https://www.instagram.com/redhousestudioarchitecture   

MENTIONS:   

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A6Ud3q0AAAAJ&hl=en   
• https://www.namibian.com.na/meet-the-trees-of-namibia-the-black-thorn-tree-acacia-mellifera-subsp-detinens-part-1/   

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:   

• Mycohab – Turning Namibia’s Blackthorn Bush into Food and Housing   
• Fungal Architecture and Mycotecture   
• Adjusting Substrate, Species, Environment   
• Melanin-Rich Fungi   
• World’s First Structural Mycelium House   
• Strength of Mycoblocks vs Concrete   
• Biocycler – Mycelium Design for the Redeveloping World   
• Fungi Recycling Demolished Homes and Growing New Structures   
• Fungal Remediation After Disasters   
• Getting Mycelium Materials Accepting into Building Codes   
• Processes to Create Red House’s Mycelium Materials   
• Inflatable Mycelium Structures Colonizing Space   
• Mycelium Aerogels with Cyanobacteria as Substrate   

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