The Mushroom Hour Podcast

Ep. 202: Fungal Pharmacology – Ergothioneine, Beta-Glucans & Real Science Behind the Supplements (feat. Lee Carroll)

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 & EthnomycologyGourmet 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   

Ep. 201: Hiro Technologies - Plastic-Eating Fungi & Nature's Favorite Diaper (feat. Tero Isokauppila)

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   

Ep. 200: Mycorrhizal Community Assembly, Soil Carbon and Fungal Necromass (feat. Dr. Peter Kennedy)

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   

Ep. 199: Natural Navigator - How to Read Trees, Water and Sky Footprints (feat. Tristan Gooley)

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   

Ep. 198: Red House Architecture – Pioneering Mycelium Materials in Namibia, Cleveland & Outer Space (feat. Christopher Maurer)

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