Ep. 203: Animal Mycophiles - Critters that Hunt, Farm, Self-Medicate & Get High on Fungi (feat. Eva Gordon)

GUEST:

• https://greenwriterspress.com/book/animal-mycophiles/
• https://egordon56.substack.com
• https://namyco.org/interests/education/beginner/

MENTIONS:

• https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0084549
• https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.22.513302.full.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%27s_potoroo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt

MUSHROOM HOUR:

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com
• https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/

TOPICS COVERED:

• Zoology, Mollusks, Bird Watching & Mycology
• Mushroom Photography & “The Seventh Kingdom”
• Animal & Fungi Symbiosis
• Animals Munching Mushrooms & Spreading Spores
• Elephants Self-Medicating with Ganoderma applanatum
• Animals Getting High & Drunk on Fungi
• The Sloth as a Planet of Algae & Fungi
• Hebeloma radicosum & Mole Latrines
• Monarchs, Milkweed & Mycorrhizae
• Molecular vs. Holistic Biology
• Fungal Farming & Co-Evolution
• Gilbert’s Potoroo & Rethinking Conservation
• Umwelt & Anthropomorphizing
• Mushrooms in Fiction & a “Fungi Day” for Schools