The World's Biggest Mushroom Party? Telluride Mushroom Festival 2023 (The Mushroom Show Episode 20)
08/22/23 • 27 min
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
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
Previous Episode
The Insane Value Of Mushrooms: Why Our World Wouldn't Function Without Fungi (TMS EP 19)
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"
Next Episode
"The Deadliest AI Scam I've Ever Heard Of" When Robots Write Mushroom Foraging Books (TME Episode 21)
"Artificial Intelligence" mushroom foraging apps are one thing, but more recently it appears the robots are now writing mushroom foraging guidebooks. Aspiring mushroom foragers may now have to deal with guide books that have fake author profiles, fake images, and fake, potentially dangerous, identification information. In this episode of The Mushroom Show, we're exploring the brave new frontier of AI and it's impact on the world of mushrooms. We're also digging into a new study that is building the foundation for psilocybin therapy, and have an interview with Drew Ames, a film-maker creating a brand new documentary called Life of A Mushroom: Picked, Prepped and Eaten".
0:00 Intro
1:01 The Robots Are Coming For Mushrooms
10:29 A New And Important Mushroom Study
19:13 FreshCap Is Pure And Powerful Mushrooms
20:07 Life Of A Mushroom Picked Prepped and Eaten
24:48 Interview With Drew Ames
34:31 Outro
Links:
Jama Study:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2808950
Life of A Mushroom:
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