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In this episode, we’re going to discuss the fascinating topic of psychedelic therapy. We will start with some of the questions we can answer...like the legal status of psychedelic therapy... and then we are going ask a few questions that can not be answered. As was mentioned in the intro to episode 1, one of the recurring themes on this show is theoretical mycology by that we mean mycology questions that can not really be answered beyond the point of speculation or opinion.
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- 1 weeks ago1h 7m
Episode #22 "The World's Most Famous Mushroom" Featuring Eugenia Bone
Alright good people Welcome to episode number 22, “The World's Most Famous Mushroom” ... Today’s guest and today’s mushroom really don’t need an introduction, but I’m gonna give them one anyway... Our guest is Eugenia Bone, Eugenia is an investigative journalist who focuses on mycology, she is a film star and more significantly, she joined us as a guest on the Cedar Falls Mycology Podcast Episode number 4 where we talked about her book “Have A Nice Trip”. She also wrote the excellent book called Mycophilia and was the lead author on the “Fantastic Fungi” cookbook which was created to accompany the movie, in which she appears, Fantastic Fungi by Louie Schwartzberg. If you enjoyed the Movie you will love the book. It won the cookbook of the year award from Vanity Fair Magazine. So that’s a bit about Eugenia if you missed episode #4 you might want to go back and check it out.. So , that is an introduction to our guest now, let’s introduce our mushroom. The mushroom we are talking about... “the world's most famous mushroom” is the esteemed Amanita muscaria. Amanita muscaria an ecto mycorrhizal basidiomycete that is quite common in a variety of forests. This mushroom has maintained a mycozooistic relationship with humans for thousands of years and is known by hundreds of common names spanning most of human history... The most common of the common names (at least in English) is the fly amanita. The genus name “Amanita” describes the shape of the mushroom and comes from the ancient Greek word Amanitai, (Ah mah neat tie )which likely refers to Mount Amanus. The species name “Muscaria” Comes from the Latin word musca, meaning “fly”. We will get into that more later. So what makes this the world’s most famous mushroom? Well, the mushroom is on stamps, it’s on postcards, it’s on ads, it’s on the emojis on your phone, it’s available as a plushy, on a pillow, on a shirt.... It is in video games, animals seek out its psychoactive properties, it is speculated that this mushroom laid the foundations of some of the world’s oldest religions... Religions that predate Christianity by 10,000 years... It is also possible that this mushroom is responsible for the story of Santa Claus... The mycorrhizal mycelial networks of Amanitas feed trees all over the planet. Forests are by definition a conglomerate of organisms from all Kingdoms of life. The mycelial networks of amanitas act as the circulatory system, immune system and even nervous system of the forest community itself, Amanita muscaria maintain mycozooistic relationships with many species of animals including humans who have been consuming this mushroom , for better or worse, since our kind made the migration north from the fertile crescent into eastern Europe. This was many centuries before we made our way onto the North American continent. Humans have been interacting with this mushroom since a time when our species was just becoming what we now think of as “human” and by that I mean, apes with conscious thought, religion, mathematics, farming and animal husbandry. As would be expected with any famous mushroom, rumors and scandals have followed the amanita muscaria throughout history to the point where it is often hard to tell fact from fiction or ethnomycology from theoretical mycology. However, it is the opinion of Cedar Falls Mycology that when we encounter these species of mushrooms that are widespread and act as the lifeline of our forest, it is in mankind's best interest to take special note as to how they conduct themselves. As an investigative mycology journalist Eugenia has recently set her sights on the massive and overwhelming subject of Amanita muscaria. She is an expert on this subject and she is here so let’s ask her some questions. We will start with some urban myths and ethnomycology then get into some more recent revelations.... so let’s get to some questions with Eugenia
- Jul 13, 20261h 2m
Episode #21 "What's Going On At The Telluride Mushroom Festival" Featuring Britt Bunyard
Greetings everyone. This is Tim Leavitt from Cedar Falls Mycology, Welcome to Episode #21 of the podcast where we ask ourselves not what the fungi can do for us... But what we can do for the fungi. Join us as we explore the world of Fungi... a world not more complex than you think but more complex than you can think. On today’s episode we are going to talk with Britt Bunyard about the Telluride Mushroom Festival. Britt Bunyard is a world esteemed mycologist. He is the editor of Fungi Magazine, the author of several excellent books and the organizer of the telluride mushroom festival. Hopefully you all remember him from episode 17. If you are just joining us you have a little homework to do. You might want to check out that episode. It’s one of my favorites. We are podcasting from The Cedar Falls Tree house in beautiful North Bend Washington. The Cedar Falls Treehouse is a mycology education facility available through Airbnb. Come join us for a magical evening immersed in the fascinating world of Fungi.
- Jul 9, 20261h 20m
Episode #20 "There's A Mushroom For That" Book Review Featuring Dr. Rob Silver
All right, good people. Welcome to episode #20 where we are going to talk with Dr. Rob Silver about his new book “There is a Mushroom for that” Learn How Mushrooms, Cannabis and Integrative Medicine Help Your Pets Live Long and Healthy lives. This book is a guide to managing your pets' health. We love to talk about mycozooism on this show, that is the interconnectedness of fungi and animals. We have mentioned on this show several times that animals and Fungi share a common ancestor and that Animals and Fungi are much more closely related to Animals than plants. Knowing this it seems pretty reasonable to assume that many of the medicinal properties of functional medicinal mushrooms would apply to animals, in a similar way that they apply to humans. When it comes to medicinal mushrooms the old saying “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of Cure” is definitely true, historically mushrooms have been included in diets as a defense as much as a cure but they are also used to boost one's immune system therefore encouraging your body to fight off disease. Like most mushroom books this book starts with a mandatory introduction to Mushrooms and Mushroom physiology. I have obviously read a lot of these books and Dr. Rob's take on the subject is exceptional. Then the book moves into a discussion of Medicinal mushrooms and Dr Silver's experience and expertise really shines through and grabs your attention as he makes this complex subject easy to understand. Dr. Rob explains what the active compounds like Beta glucans, Ergosterol and Cholesterol Statins are actually doing. He then describes the benefits of 11 commonly used medicinal mushrooms and tells you how to give them to your pets. In the second half of the book Dr. Silver draws on his 40 years of experience in veterinary medicine to look at actual case studies of mushrooms and cannabinoids being used treat his furry patients for ailments including Skin Allergies, behavior problems, cancer, arthritis, digestive disorders and Epilepsy. Dr. Silver translates complicated studies into language that anyone can understand This book is fascinating to say the least and is a must add to your mycological library but don’t just take that from me... Dr Silver is here so let’s ask him some questions... www.wellpetdispensary.com www.RealMushrooms.com
- Apr 23, 202649 min
Episode #19 "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless" Book Review Featuring Maria Pinto
Alright good people, welcome to episode #19 where we are going to discuss the book “Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless” with the author Maria Pinto. This book is not a textbook about fungi.. It’s more of a mycozooistic memoir about things Maria has learned from her interactions and her personal relationship with fungi throughout the years. Maria starts her book with a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson so we’re gonna start this episode by reading that. “Nature, through all her kingdoms, ensures herself. Nobody cares for planting the poor fungus: so she shakes down from the gills of one of agaric countless spores. Any one of which, being preserved, transmits new billions of spores tomorrow or the next day... a fearless, sleepless, deathless progeny, which is not exposed to the accidents of the weary kingdom of time.” To say Maria Pinto is unique as a mycologist is an understatement. First of all she was born in Jamaica and grew up in Florida. The jacket of the book describes her as a black naturalist. Her growing up as a Caribbean Native has given here a different perspective on the world than your average mycologist. Her world view is unique or at least poorly documented, this has lead to the creation of a book that unlike many other mushroom books would be best described as... Beautiful. Early mycology authors often used huge words that would bury the reader in vocabulary words, making a complicated subject even more confusing and intangible. A lot of other books are just a regurgitation of science published in other sources. This book draws its unique inspiration from art, poetry and the largely undocumented history of Africans living in the Caribbean. Which brings us into the realm of theoretical mycology which I know we all love. This unique take on the world makes this book fascinating and hard to put down. Whether she is referring to Christopher Columbus as being, “the name we never speak”... or addressing the Kingdom of Fungi as the Queendom of fungi, or her passion for eating dirt as a kid or her preferred “party go to move” of laying on the floor rubbing a dogs belly. Throughout this book you really get to know this likable woman and join her on here mycology adventures. Maria is joining us today so let’s ask her some questions.
- Apr 1, 20261h 0m
Episode #18 Checking In With The PSMS Featuring Danny Miller and Wren Hudgins
On Today’s episode we are going to talk about the Puget Sound Mycological Society commonly called the PSMS. We actually have two guests here today and they are co-chairs of the PSMS Education department. The first is Danny Miller. Danny helps to design and teach the curriculum for the club’s mycology classes. He is also the club Librarian, and ID Committee co-ordinator and he is an emergency poisoning point person for King County Poison Control. Our second guest is mycologist Wren Hudgins. Wren has been a member of PSMS for 49 years. He teaches identification classes, trains foraging guides and takes new club members out on field trips. We are podcasting from The Cedar Falls Tree house in beautiful North Bend Washington. The Cedar Falls Treehouse is a mycology education facility available through Airbnb. Come join us for a magical evening immersed in the fascinating world of Fungi.
- Mar 6, 20261h 13m
Episode #17 "Hawaiian Fungi Diversity" Checking In With Graham Steinruck
Greetings everyone. This is Tim Leavitt from Cedar Falls Mycology, We also have my co-host Dan Sullivan here today. Welcome to Episode #17 of the podcast where we ask ourselves not what the fungi can do for us... But what we can do for the fungi. Join us as we explore the world of Fungi... a world not more complex than you think but more complex than you can think. Today’s guest is the well rounded mycologist Graham Steinruck. Graham is a renown mushroom chef and taxonomist. He is the founder of the Biodiversity Collective a project focusing on the conservation of Fungi in Hawaii. He also regularly gives lectures on Fungi and Taxonomy across the country. It took awhile to track him down but he is here now. We are podcasting from The Cedar Falls Tree house in beautiful North Bend Washington. The Cedar Falls Treehouse is a mycology education facility available through Airbnb. Come join us for a magical evening immersed in the fascinating world of Fungi.
- Feb 10, 202648 min
Episode #16 Boletatacae That Induce Hallucinations of Little People Featuring Colin Domnauer
Greetings everyone. This is Tim Leavitt from Cedar Falls Mycology, Welcome to Episode #16 of the podcast where we ask ourselves not what the fungi can do for us... But what we can do for the fungi. Join us as we explore the world of Fungi... a world not more complicated than you think but more complicated than you can think. Todays episodes guest is Colin Domnauer. Colin is a professor and phd student at The University of Utah and works with with the fungi esteemed Dentinger Lab and the Natural History Museum of Utah . Colin is a Bay Area California native whose research focuses on unravelling the ethnomycological mystery of psychoactive bolete mushrooms. . On today's episode we are going to discuss the fascinating topic of South East Asian Boletes that are known to consistently produce hallucinations of little people. We are podcasting from The Cedar Falls Tree house in beautiful North Bend Washington. The Cedar Falls Treehouse is a mycology education facility available through Airbnb. Come join us for a magical evening immersed in the fascinating world of Fungi. Please keep in mind while listening to this that some of what you are about to hear is speculation or the opinion of the commentator and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of... Jenn the producer.
- Feb 4, 202640 min
Episode #15 Checking In With Cedar Falls Mycology Featuring Guest Host Dan Sullivan
Greetings everyone. This is Tim Leavitt from Cedar Falls Mycology, Welcome to Episode #15 of the podcast where we ask ourselves not what the fungi can do for us... But what we can do for the fungi. Join us as we explore the world of Fungi... A world not more complicated than you think but more complicated than you can think. Today's episode is going to be a little different. It has been brought to my attention that everyone who listens to this has no idea who I am or what we are up to here at the Cedar Falls Treehouse. Jenn the producer is to mean to do the interview herself so she hired my mycophilic co-host Dan Sullivan who was supposed to be my co-host the whole time... but she didn’t hire the first time so she hired him back for todays episode. Jen is not here today so the show may sound a little less professional. We are podcasting from The Cedar Falls Tree house in beautiful North Bend Washington. The Cedar falls treehouse is a mycology education facility available through Airbnb. Come join us for a magical evening immersed in the fascinating world of Fungi.
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In this episode, we’re going to discuss the fascinating topic of psychedelic therapy. We will start with some of the questions we can answer...like the legal status of psychedelic therapy... and then we are going ask a few questions that can not be answered. As was mentioned in the intro to episode 1, one of the recurring themes on this show is theoretical mycology by that we mean mycology questions that can not really be answered beyond the point of speculation or opinion.
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