The Mushroom Hour Podcast

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

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.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.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.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