Podcast

  Dive into the deep ocean to explore ecosystems of fungi with Massimo Pernice. Learn how fungi can adapt to extreme environments with ease, how they can breathe underwater, scavenge for food, reproduce, and mush more. Marine mycology is an under...

  Right out of a science fiction movie - what if there was a magic spray that could control living organisms to do your bidding? Well, that spray exists, and researchers like Rebecca Degnan are using it for good. Rebecca, from the University of Q...

Photo by Ben Bohémier (Fruit Body of Chaga) Today we dive into the mysterious world of chaga with Ben Bohémier. We don't know much about chaga's life cycle, it's illusive rare fruiting body, or much of anything to say the least. Ben is one of the...

  Photo of Collybiopsis quercophila by Mandie Quark Today we travel to Ecuador with Alan Rockefeller and Mandie Quark of Mycena to talk about the trip we all went on to look for rare and new species of tropical fungi in the jungle. Some were p...

  Today we travel to space with Marta Filipa Simões to talk about what fungi has been found in space, how they can survive, what tests we are doing on earth to discover their space exploration potential, and the possibility of fungal life on other...

Today we sit down with Christopher Maurer to talk about building mycelial homes in Namibia, Cleveland and even Mars. Transforming invasive plants into homes in Namibia, toxic construction waste into homes in Cleveland, and high tech materials int...