The Insane Value Of Mushrooms: Why Our World Wouldn't Function Without Fungi (TMS EP 19)

08/08/23 • 24 min

According to a new report, fungi contribute over $54 Trillion USD to the global economy. Sound crazy?
It kind of is, but there is no doubt that without fungi, our modern lives just wouldn't be the same.
In this episode of The Mushroom Show, we crunch the numbers to figure our what's really going on and try to figure out how researchers arrived at such a gargantuan number.
We're also diving into the mystery of the ancient and humongous fungus known as Prototaxites. Was the earth once dominated by these fungal beings? Let's find out!
#themushroomshow #prototaxites
0:00 Intro
0:57 A Quick Foraging Trip With Eric Whitehead
3:20 Mushrooms Contribute Trillions To The Global Economy
15:42 Get Mushroom Powered With FreshCap
16:31 The Ancient "Humongous Fungus"

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A Totally Weird "Magic Mushroom" That No One Seems To Know Anything About... Is It Real?

We all know about Psilocybin Mushrooms, and perhaps even the "other" magic mushroom, Amanita muscaria- but what if there was a third one?
According to the stories, it "Makes You See The Little People" and sounds truly bizarre-
In this episode of The Mushroom Show we're digging into the story of the "blue staining boletes" that do not contain psilocybin, yet apparently have psychoactive properties that are entirely different than the typical experience. We're also going on a foraging adventure to try and support a theory about mushrooms fruiting in 7 year cycles.
0:00 Intro
0:54 The Mystery Of The Blue Staining Boletes
10:52 Foraging For Amanita And More
23:15 Outro

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The World's Biggest Mushroom Party? Telluride Mushroom Festival 2023 (The Mushroom Show Episode 20)

Every year, hoards of people climb up into the mountains, dress up in crazy costumes, and celebrate their undying love for the kingdom fungi. It's called The "Telluride Mushroom Festival" is a phenomenon that's a little hard to explain, unless you've experienced it yourself.

In this episode of The Mushroom Show, we're taking you to TMF 2023, to try and give you a taste of this awesome event. We're also covering the dramatic mystery in Australia that involves a potentially purposeful poisoning with the world's deadliest mushroom Amanita phalloides (aka the Death Cap).

0:00 Intro

1:04 Telluride Mushroom Festival 2023

15:42 FreshCap Mushrooms

16:25 Mushroom Murder Mystery?

27:11 Outro