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