Fun Fun Fungi

02/14/22 • 23 min

Hi! I am so happy that you are here with me to do a shallow but wide dive into the world of the fungus among us. We are talking about all sorts of fungi facts today- bread, beer, wine, mold, yeast, and of course truffles! Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it, or not, leave a rating or review!
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Art by Kirsten Mayer @graphic_nouns
Music Synth Ride by Atlss on Premium Beat
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Structure-of-the-thallus

https://microbiologysociety.org/why-microbiology-matters/what-is-microbiology/fungi.html

https://kidadl.com/articles/marvellous-mushroom-facts

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/wild-ideas-in-science-mushrooms-could-save-the-world/

https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/cellular-respiration-making-bread-12156.html

https://www.allagash.com/blog/beer-fundamentals-beer-has-yeast-in-it/#:~:text=Using%20grain%20and%20water%2C%20the,give%20beer%20its%20particular%20flavor.

https://slate.com/technology/2014/02/most-dangerous-mushroom-death-cap-is-spreading-but-poisoning-can-be-treated.html

https://www.bloomanddye.com/journal/2019/2/1/dyeing-with-mushrooms

https://www.treehugger.com/bioluminescent-fungi-mushrooms-that-glow-in-the-dark-4868794

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/08/what-is-a-fairy-ring/

https://microbiologysociety.org/why-microbiology-matters/what-is-microbiology/fungi.html

https://kidadl.com/articles/marvellous-mushroom-facts

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/wild-ideas-in-science-mushrooms-could-save-the-world/

https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/cellular-respiration-making-bread-12156.html

https://www.allagash.com/blog/beer-fundamentals-beer-has-yeast-in-it/#:~:text=Using%20grain%20and%20water%2C%20the,give%20beer%20its%20particular%20flavor.

https://slate.com/technology/2014/02/most-dangerous-mushroom-death-cap-is-spreading-but-poisoning-can-be-treated.html

https://www.bloomanddye.com/journal/2019/2/1/dyeing-with-mushrooms

https://www.treehugger.com/bioluminescent-fungi-mushrooms-that-glow-in-the-dark-4868794

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/08/what-is-a-fairy-ring/

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7. Marine Megafauna

This week we are "diving" in to the ocean to learn about the majestic giants down under, and why they are so incredibly important.
Art by Kirsten Mayer @graphic_nouns
Music: Synth Ride by Atlss on Premium Beat
giant isopod: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/giant-isopods-curious-crustaceans-on-the-ocean-floor.html
adopt a whale shark: https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/whale-shark
Harvard Crimson article: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/11/7/kronostory/
All sources:
https://www.popsci.com/marine-megafauna-mass-extinction/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassocnus https://www.livescience.com/59624-ancient-mass-extinction-of-ocean-animals.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/megalodon--the-truth-about-the-largest-shark-that-ever-lived.html https://hakaimagazine.com/news/sloths-in-the-water/ https://dinosaurpictures.org/Plesiosaurus-pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesosaurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus https://www.nationalgeographic.org/photo/marinesize/ https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/giant-squid https://www.mbari.org/products/creature-feature/giant-tubeworms-landing-page/ https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(13)00074-2.pdf https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/facts/giant-clam?loggedin=true https://oceana.org/marine-life/southern-elephant-seal/ https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/leatherback-turtle https://thelivingplanet.com/animal/japanese-spider-crab/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/whale-shark https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/blue-whale https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aay7650 https://sharkstewards.org/importance-of-saving-marine-megafauna-to-health-of-ecosystems-and-biodiversity/

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Mutations: A Mini Episode

Hi! I am so happy that you are here with me to learn a little bit today and fit in some learning about mutations that can affect humans. Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed it, or not, leave a rating or review!
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Art by Kirsten Mayer @graphic_nouns
Music Synth Ride by Atlss on Premium Beat
Sources:
https://gizmodo.com/10-unusual-genetic-mutations-in-humans-470843733

https://www.businessinsider.com/genetic-mutations-that-make-you-more-awesome-2016-1#aldh22-the-super-flusher-variant-8

https://www.genesandhealth.org/genes-your-health/genes-made-easy#:~:text=chemical%20called%20DNA.-,A%20gene%20is%20a%20short%20section%20of%20DNA.,colour%2C%20hair%20colour%20and%20height.

https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Mutation#:~:text=A%20mutation%20is%20a%20change,mutagens%2C%20or%20infection%20by%20viruses.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17145687/

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/severe-combined-immunodeficiency-scid#:~:text=Severe%20combined%20immunodeficiency%20(SCID)%20is,highly%20susceptible%20to%20severe%20infections.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elephant-Man