Ep. 188: The Female Forager - Mushrooms Changing Medicine & Amanita Alleviating Addiction (feat. Alexandra Lea)
02/07/25 • 57 min
GUEST:
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:
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
Previous Episode
Ep. 187: Richer than Gold - The Fungal Biodiversity of Ecuador (feat. Daniel Newman)
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
Next Episode
Ep. 189: Mycota Labs - Documenting the Fungal Biodiversity of North America (feat. Dr. Stephen Russell)
GUEST:
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
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