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Mushrooms and fungi will change your life—and save the planet. Paul Stamets, the world’s preeminent mushroom and fungi expert, is joined by leading ecologists, doctors, and explorers such as Michael Pollan, Dr. Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and many more. Together these luminaries show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health, and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature.

Fungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries - on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Santa Claus, and waxy caps - this collection will transport both general listeners and specialists into the remarkable universe of fungi. Combining ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge, author and mycologist Lawrence Millman discusses how mushrooms are much more closely related to humans than to plants, how they engage in sex, how insects farm them, and more.

For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and informative presentations about science, history, the arts, pop culture, you name it. There hasn’t been a rabbit hole that their army of presenters hasn’t been afraid to explore. Finally, after countless requests to bring Nerd Nite to more fans across the globe, co-founders and college pals Matt Wasowski and Chris Balakrishnan are bringing listeners the quirky and accessible science content that they crave in book form.

Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there’s still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret interconnected world. From fields, feasts, and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs, and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of an extraordinary organism, one that we have barely begun to understand.

What comes to mind with you think of fungi? Is it mushrooms, or perhaps mildew? Mold and yeast are fungi, too! Learn all about how fungi reproduce with spores, and how their bodies are made up of mycelium!

Almost every plant in a garden forms a relationship with fungi, and many plants would not exist without their fungal partners. By better understanding this relationship, home gardeners can take advantage of the benefits of fungi, which include an increased uptake in nutrients, resistance to drought, earlier fruiting, and more. This must-have guide will teach you how fungi interact with plants and how to best to employ them in your home garden.

Welcome to "No Fungi, No Future," the podcast that explores the fascinating world of fungi, mushrooms, and mycelium and their incredible impact on our lives. Join us to discover their essential role in shaping our environment, health, and future. Get ready for captivating stories, expert insights, and the untold wonders of these remarkable organisms, celebrating their profound impact on our past, present, and most importantly, our future. Let us enlighten and inspire you with the magnificent world of fungi.

The Power of Fungi: Nature's Unseen Allies Introduction Fungi, often overlooked and underappreciated, are emerging as one of nature's most powerful allies in addressing some of mankind's most pressing challenges. From environmental restoration to medicine, and sustainable agriculture to bioengineering, these incredible organisms are proving their worth in numerous fields. This blog delves into the multifaceted ways fungi are contributing to the betterment of humanity, inspired by the innovative use of mushrooms to rejuvenate toxic brownfields into blooming meadows, as highlighted in a recent ...

Zombies have no control of their own minds. Some of the world’s tiniest organisms are parasites turning their hosts into zombies, controlling their behavior. Listeners will learn all about these creatures and the real-life zombies they are making.

Explore humanity's fascination with death through sixty poisonous plants and how they have affected history, magic, warfare, art, and more. Dispatching people with poisonous plants isn't just an Agatha Christie plot—it began thousands of years ago and continues to this day. Deadly Fascination presents sixty profiles divided into five themes, from classic killers to frightful fungi.

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how. The basic science goes like this...

The Allure of Fungi presents fungi through multiple perspectives–those of mycologists and ecologists, foragers and forayers, naturalists and farmers, aesthetes and artists, philosophers and Traditional Owners. It explores how a history of entrenched fears and misconceptions about fungi has led to their near absence in Australian ecological consciousness and biodiversity conservation.

Any 1888. Pirineus occidentals. Un militant anarquista, anomenat Ric-Ric, arriba a una petita, remota i oblidada vall pirinenca tot fugint de la policia. Allà coneixerà el cap dels contrabandistes, en Cassian, i la mestra de l'escola, la Mailís, una dona que no combrega amb la mentalitat conservadora dels habitants de la vall. Però tot canvia quan en Ric-Ric, accidentalment, desperta unes criatures extraordinàries, sobrehumanes, que alguns associen amb els menairons de les llegendes locals.

Agetha has survived many more battles than she anticipated when she first landed on her new home planet. She's older and wiser, has gained family and lost loved ones. And yet her reward for four decades of service is to be pushed to the colony's outer edges with the other aging Generationals. But that was only the beginning of her adventure.

Deep in the Super Happy Magic Forest an evil force has been secretly growing. What was once a minuscule mushroom is now a humongous fungus with an appetite for chaos. All hopes rest on five brave heroes. Only they have the power to stop the evil Fungellus before he and his toxic spores take over.

In this uniquely all-encompassing book about fungi, mycologist Keith Seifert looks at a variety of different types of fungi, including those that are invisible to the naked eye, and those that live in relationship to humans, agriculture, animals, forests, cities, and more.

Welcome to Fungi Frontiers! Join our host Bobby Paluzzi and contributors from all over New England (and beyond) for a monthly dive into the stimulating world of "All Things Fungi, Plant Based Healing, and Evolving Consciousness".

"Fungi & Frequency" is a podcast hosted by Markus (aka Mxrkus), a musician, and Aidan, an aspiring mycologist. They explore the connections between mushrooms and music, sharing their latest discoveries and favorite tunes. Each episode includes discussions on personal growth and reflection. The name reflects the show's focus on both themes, with "frequency" playing on the broader range of topics. The color scheme incorporates earthy tones and bright colors, capturing the energy of the show and making for a truly enriching listening experience.

Dive into the captivating world of fungi with the "The Future is Fungi" podcast, where we explore groundbreaking discoveries and innovations in the mycological universe.Join us as we converse with leading scientists and trailblazers whose visionary work is steering our planet towards a sustainable future by leveraging the fungal kingdom. This podcast is for everyone interested to learn about the potential to leverage fungi for environmental solutions, but also specifically scientists who are interested to walk the route of commercializing their research and fungi focused startups looking to ...

This podcast is for anyone who is as fascinated by fungi as we are. Put your nerd glasses on and join us as we learn together by interviewing a diverse cast of scientists, doctors, researchers, herbalists, thought leaders and random mycophiles about their connection to the incredible kingdom of fungi that is having a mushroom moment in our world. We will explore everything from the untapped potential of mushrooms to current ways people in our community are working with fungi as part of their passion or career. We are excited for you to come along as we get to know some awesome human beings and...