Mycologist and visionary Paul Stamets joins us for an hour long interview, presented here in two parts, about mushroom mycelium and how we can use mycelium to help heal the damage that humans are causing to the Earth.
In Part I, Paul takes us on a journey through time, explaining the evolution and role of the mycelial mass in Earth’s history; he then tells us of the symbiosis between humans and mushrooms.
Mushrooms and their mycelium are one of the critical and forgotten components in our ecosystems, and Paul is helping us reinvent our thinking about how we can direct and manage this critical component in so many ways. Enjoy, and stay tuned for Part II.
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[…] In a recent interview on the Agroinnovations Podcast, Paul Stamets, mycologist and ecological pioneer, had this to say: “There’s a form of biological racism, unfortunately, that I have been confronting all of my life. And, people are prejudiced against mushrooms. You say mushrooms and people think of either portobellos or magic mushrooms. But very few people have any clue that we evolved from fungi, and fungi are our ancestors.” […]
I was blind, kept in the dark and covered with horseshit, but now I see ( or hear)!!!
Thanks!!!!
I’ve lived in Shanghai for years, there are frogs that come out of the gutter when it rains, and that’s only 5kms from the city centre.