Mushroom Revival Podcast

 This week on the Mushroom Revival Podcast,  Alex Dorr is joined by lead mycologist Tuula Niskanen and Alyona Biketova of Kew's Fungarium. Holding over 1.25 million dried specimens, Kew's Fungarium collection is the largest, one of the oldest and most scientifically important, in the world. There are samples of fungi from all seven continents, spanning the entire fungal tree of life and...

Kinoko-Tech is an Israel-based B2B company developing high-quality protein plant-based foods by “harnessing fermentation to elevate healthy food to superfood”. Today we sit down with co-founder and CEO, DR. JASMIN RAVID, Ph. D. in plant sciences, B.Sc. in Nutritional Sciences. How do you grow mycelium into meat? How does it taste? What sorts of foods can you create with mycelium? We dive into all...

Any mushroom farm in the world starts their process with mushroom spawn. Mycelia is one of the largest spawn producers in the world suppling some of the largest mushroom producers in the globe. We chat about challenges, innovations, finding and developing new strains, growing interesting hard to grow mushrooms, running a business with family, tips for making spawn at home, and so mush more. Sign u...

The rare and illustrious Psilocybe azurescens is the most potent magic mushroom in the world and also happens to be one of the most evasive species to find. We sit down with Hamilton Pevec who just released a multiple award winning short film documentary about this mushroom and talk about what all the hype is about. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here . Our next winner will be selected on March...

If you've never heard of Fungi Adademy, you're sleeping on one of the greats. Based on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, they've been hosting mushroom events for years and now recently online with their new courses. We break it down with Jasper about all the exciting things going on in their world. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here . Our next winner will be selected on March 20, 2023 a...

We're traveling to cold Alaska on this episode to geek out with Alannah Johnson of New Earth Fungi, to talk about mushrooms in Alaska. We cover everything from starting and running a mushroom farm, ethnomycology of Alaska, navigating the mushroom scene as a black woman farmer, mushrooms in West Africa, foraging mushrooms in Alaska, and more. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here . Our next wi...

Carlton Spotswood, PMHNP-BC, aka “EntheoNurse” is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who treats children, adolescents and adult patients at Winthrop Family Medicine, and also recent author of “The Microdosing Guidebook: A Step-by-Step Manual to Improve Your Physical and Mental Health through Psychedelic Medicine” (2022). We talk about microdosing, macrodosing, contraind...

Today we bring on Haya Al-Hejailan to talk about the rise of psychedelic therapy, with an emphasis on psilocybin therapy, in the Middle East. We discuss the different laws in different countries, the state of research, current and future projects, some lead players in the field, potential worries and more. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here . Our next winner will be selected on March 20, 2023 a...

Lots of people have seen videos of leaf cutter ants, the lines of ants carrying leafs on their back to go back to their next, but very few people know what they are actually using those leafs for. Surprising to most, they are actually ant mushroom farmers. They chew up these leafs and grow mycelium off of it to eat. We sit down with world renowned leaf cutter ant expert, Pepijn Kooij to enter thei...

The remote volcanic French Polynesian Island Mo'orea, near Tahiti, happens to be a hidden treasure trove of unique fungi and mushrooms. Matteo Gabelotto and a team of researchers spent months trekking into tough virgin jungle and even hanging off sides of cliffs to obtain new species. They collected 553 species of fungi and sequenced 433 of them, all part of the Mo’orea Biocode Project. Sign...

In todays episode we sit down with the fine fungal folks at Field and Forest to talk about their beginnings, the evolution of the mushroom growing industry in the US, how people can grow their own mushrooms at home or at a large scale, new mushroom species they predict will take off here in the US, and so mush more. Sign up for our podcast giveaway here . The winner will be selected on January 20,...

Josephine Nakakande is the bubbly passionate mushroom saint of Uganda empowering thousands of women of Uganda to become mushroom farmers. We chat about mushroom growing in Uganda, training these young girls and women how to start their own mushroom farms, how people can help this incredible project and more. She is one of the founders and the Executive Director of Eco-Agaric Uganda ( https://www.e...

TERO ISOKAUPPILA is the founder and CEO of Four Sigmatic. We chat about the history of the business, the challenges of building a mushroom company, advice for other mushroom lovers wanting to turn their passion into something that also pays their bills, mycoremediation, psilocybin, the functional mushroom industry as a whole, and so Mush More. Tero’s roots (or mycelium, if you will) are in Finland...

Mycomaterials - from kombucha leather, to mycelial furniture, bags, vests, dyes, functional jewelry and more. We bring on Mari Koppanen, a Finnish designer currently working on her Ph. D. in Artistic Research at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts to talk about all things mushroom art, fashion, decor and even the history and ethnomycology of Amadou aka Fomes fomentarius in Finland and Romania. w...

Our newest guest on the podcast is the executive director at International Mountain Trekking and a co-founder of the Himalayan   Climate & Science Institute Richard Silber. Richard Silber, a mountaineer and biologist leads mushroom trips to the Himalayas in the Khumbu region of Nepal. We talk about leading his first mushroom trips to the Himalayas, the mushrooms they found there, the mycology...

This week on the Mushroom Revival pod, we're talking with Dr. Darryl Hudson, a Canadian PhD molecular biologist with a background in breeding, cultivation, extraction and formulation with cannabis, who is now one of the lead researchers in psilocybin. We'll be discussing their research with magic mushrooms' entourage effect and what interesting combinations people can do right from...

On the Mushroom Revival Podcast, lead researcher of the E. coli psilocybin project, J. Andrew Jones, PhD., discusses the idea of producing psilocybin and other mushroom compounds in a bioreactor to use for clinical trials, affordably on a commercial scale.  Listen to Jones in conversation with Mushroom Revival founder Alex Dorr on our podcast to learn more about how Jones' research enabled th...

Laura Guzmán-Dávalos is the most famous woman Mexican mycologist working since 1983 at University of Guadalajara in Jalisco State. Laura is a well-respected mycologist in Mexico and daughter of the world-renowned Gaston Guzman, THE world authority on the genus Psilocybe (and who described and named more than half of the species). We talk all about her work throughout the years on many genera of fu...

Gabrielle Cerberville has a famous educational TikTok channel boasting almost a million followers, where she creates engaging videos educating shroom noobies on the wonderful world of functional fungi. Join us on the Mushroom Revival Podcast to talk foraging tips and more with artist and mycologist Gabrielle Cerberville (@chaoticforager). www.mushroomrevival.com We are a functional mushroom compan...

Adaptogens are herbs or mushrooms that help our body adapt to occasional stress and fatigue. They have been used all around the world for thousands of years and are all the rage right now, for a very good reason. We sit with Tero Isokauppila and Danielle Ryan Broida from Four Sigmatic to get the down low and dig deep on some of our favorite adaptogens in the world.  Functional mushrooms Tulsi Turm...

One of the most famous mushrooms of all time is actually worth its weight in gold because of its rarity - Ophiocordyceps sinensis . This mushroom is also called caterpillar fungus, yartsa gunbu, or winter worm summer grass, and is a fungus that takes over a ghost moth larva and sprouts a mushroom out of its head. It's collected all around the Himalayan mountains as high as 10,500 feet above s...

The Loop Living Cocoon is the world's first living coffin designed by Bob Hendrikx of Loop Biotech. We talk about: - How the mycelial coffin is made - The laws and regulations behind different burial practices - The environmental impacts of these mycelial coffins versus traditional burial techniques - Death and the grieving process - Why most of humans are afraid of death and decay - Cultural...

Do you have a permaculture farm already? Dreaming one up? Looking to incorporate mushrooms in your homestead visions? Hear Kris's insights on running a permaculture farm, taking interns and WOOFers, teaching kids, growing mushrooms and crops in a drought, and the ups and downs of being an off the grid farmer. Kris Holstrom is the owner of Tomten Farm, a high-altitude off the grid, solar power...

Today we bring on Dr. James Fadiman, arguably the person responsible for making microdosing magic mushrooms popular. We talk about the current research, the benefits, safety, dosage, set, setting, history and so much more. Ever wanted to try microdosing? Don't know where to start? Long time microdoser and want to hear the current research and where we are in the industry? Totally skeptical? A...

Today's episode we go full force into the metaverse with Enosis Therapeutics who are researching using virtual reality and psychedelics. Talk about a black mirror episode coming true!  From treating acrophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, and more. Psychedelics mixed with virtual reality have been shown to help with:  Relaxation: using nature-based audio-visual stimuli.  Buffering: Distracting p...