Flora Funga Podcast

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review This week we interview Stefan Burger,  an Environmental Consultant and Naturalist Guide Based in Chile.  Stefan ( @cactusexplorer ) does tours, presentations, consulting, conservation, photography, videography. In this chat we talk about: Cacti ecology  Why are cacti important Pollinators and cacti Mycorrhizae with desert biomes Water and fungi So...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review This week we chat with Mickey Trescott from Autoimmune Wellness. Mickey is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and coach. She has also written numerous cookbooks: The Autoimmune Paleo Cookbook , The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook and The Nutrient-Dense Kitchen .  Mickey also co-host The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast and co-teach The AIP Cert...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review In this weeks chat we talk with Tim Clemens ( @MNForager ) the President of the Minnesota Mycological Society. He's also been a forager for many years and has his own company called Ironwood foraging.  In this discussion we cover these topics:  What is MMS (Minnesota Mycological Society) How can someone get into a mushroom group How can you i...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review This week we are joined with Meg Madden an artist, photographer, naturalist, hiker and mushroom lover from Vermont, USA. I found her page on Instagram @megmaddendesign and fell in love with the photos of mushrooms, lichen, and other nature captures. In the chat we cover these topics: How are the mushrooms in Vermont? How to photograph mushrooms? S...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review This week we chat with Kevin Rohling  a Forester Research Technician. Kevin earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geography from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, specializing in Biogeography and GIS.  He conducts research focusing on invasive species issues, prescribed fire, use of technology in forestry, wildlife monitoring, chainsaw safety,...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review 21 : This week we chat with Loretta "MapsBolt" from Biotunes and Cannatunes. Biotunes is about generating plant music and making sacred plant experiences. Loretta takes the music and uses it for platforms for storytelling.  Music is influential and I hope everyone enjoys this topic as much as I did. Go check out Biotunes music HERE Go ch...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review 20 : Hello my scientists, today we chat with Steven Leavitt and Lili from the Lichenology Lab at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Steven is a professor and Lili is his student. Lili has taken on the role of posting on their Instagram page ( Lichens_irl ). In this episode we chat about: How Lichenology can be both Scientific and Artistic Ho...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review 19 : Hello my scientists, this week we chat with Adrienne Berry  from Waterlilly Botanicals.  She is from The Navajo (Diné) Tribe on the Diné Nation. She was born of the Bitter Water Clan and was born for the Beginning of the Red Streak People Clan. Adrienne works and lives currently in Eastern Oregon on the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review 18: This week we chat with Dr. Ayla Wolf, a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine with an emphasis in neurological disorders, concussions, and traumatic brain injuries. She has a career at Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation.  She is also an international speaker and educator on functional neuroanatomy, neurophysiol...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Hello scientists, Today we have a different type of interview where Howard Sprouse from episode 10 interviewed me so ya'll can learn more about me and how I got into flora and funga and why I started this podcast. Make sure to watch and follow along with the YouTube channel to see the photos and presentation. Some topics we cover are: how my...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review 16: Today we chat with Laura Adrian a healer, writer, and teacher. She has her bachelors in Chemistry and Environmental studies. She grew up going to an environmental school which played a big role in how she thought about nature and the human connection. We chat about how people depend on nature for everyday things and how reconnecting will impro...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review http://www.florafungapodcast.com Today we talk with Addie Theis a Wetland Delineator and Prairiologist from Mankato, Minnesota. I have been looking forward to catching up with her for quite some time since we went to school together-- both graduating with our Plant Science degrees. She continued with getting her Masters in Biology Education. In th...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Ep: 14 I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk with an herbalist Annie Doran owner of Lion's Tooth Apothecary.  Her mission is focusing on holistic health, ethical practice and remind each person that plants can heal us, if we let them. In this weeks episode we cover: How to prepare and forage for ur...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review http://www.florafungapodcast.com Today we talk with Dr. Elaine Ingham a Microbiologist who has discovered the soil food web and is the President and founder of Dr. Elaine's Soil Food Web School. Elaine and I talk about what the soil food web is and why it's important. Elaine has her B.A. in Biology and Chemistry,  and her MS in Microbiol...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk with Judith Felten a researcher at the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center in Sweden. Her research interests are pertaining to the development of ectomycorrhzial symbioses.  Her research aims on understa...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 11: Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk with Michael Phillips a holistic farmer and a multiple book author. One of my favorite books on fungal mycelium and mycorrhizae, Mycorrhizal Planet: How Fungi and Plants Work Together to Create Dynamic Soils . Michael Phillips is kno...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology.  Today we talk with Howard Sprouse founder of The Remediators. Howard has his toes in many ponds from doing research in Washington at Peninsula College to starting a boat company all the way to Alaska research with Salmon. His current interest is dealing with...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 9: Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk with Lesa De Bergh owner of Lumiere Healing Arts.  Lesa provides Reiki inspired yoga for individuals and group sessions to focus on promoting innate healing powers of the mind, body, and spirit. We also discuss the interactions betwee...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 8: Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk with Dr. Christopher Ruhland, a plant physiology and my past professor at Minnesota State University-Mankato. We cover what photosynthesis is and how it works. If its a little too much information, you can find visual helpers on my Yo...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 7: Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk with Willow the founder of Flora Funga Farms. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge about medicinal plants and fungi in order to open the minds to humans into the  herbalist world.  Flora Funga Farms are growers and foragers o...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 6: Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we have a nerdy philosophical chat with Sam the Fungi. He is dedicated to ending Mycophobia, changing Mycostigma and connecting people through the power of Mycelium. Sam is a member of the Central Texas Mycological Society and has been workin...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 5: Hello my scientists, I'm Kaitlyn Kuehn a plant biologist with a thirst for mycology. Today we talk about the top 7 reasons why plant-fungi interactions are important with guest Randall Simonson. Plant metabolism:   Photosynthesis , Protein Synthesis , Lipids , Induced Systemic resistance Biodiversity: Soil fungi act like a support...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 4: Hello my scientists, Today we talk about the 5 reasons why fungi are important.   Nutrient cycling  Culinary  Organifi GOLD , Four Sigmatic coffee , Fungi Perfecti/Host defense , Chaga at Forest to Fork  Fungal materials: Amadou hat  Mycorrhizae  Decomposers (plastic/radiation/heavy metals/lignin) How fungi are closer to animals than pl...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 3: Hello my scientists, Today we talk about the 5 reasons why plants are important.   Food   Carbon Cycle    Oxygen  Shelter  Beauty/medicine Also some fun flora facts, juicy news, quote a scientist, and this weeks book recommendation. Join me on this wild ride as we dive into episode 3.   Drank of the Week: Nespresso: Stormio Juicy News:...

Ask Flora Funga Podcast anything OR Leave a Review Episode 2: Hello my scientists, Today we talk about what a fungus is and how they evolved, a couple groups of fungi, some fun funga facts, juicy news, quote a scientist, and this weeks book recommendation. Join me on this wild ride as we dive into episode 2. Drank of the Week:  Yantra Green Tea Juicy News:  Stanford University. "Fungal divers...