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

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