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Lucky Lion's Mane Find Spawns Native Fungi Cloning Project

Henry Jephson was wandering around the countryside near Bristol during a Covid lockdown when his eye was caught by the ghostly appearance of a lion’s mane mushroom, its shaggy fronds hanging across a tree trunk. Jephson, the head of research at the Bristol Fungarium, knew he was looking at something rare and special. A staple of traditional Chinese medicine, the lion’s mane is also native to the…

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Humongous Fungus Fest, Crystal Falls Michigan

Covering 37+ subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.   Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/humongousfungusfest/ Festival Time of year: August Festival Address: Crystal Falls, MI, United States, 49920 Return to Mushroom Festival Guide #mushyluv #festival #mushrooms #mushroom #shrooms #VisitRapidCity #fungilove #fungusamongus #fungifreaks…

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Mycofest, State College Pennsylvania

Since 2015, MycoSymbiotics has hosted the Mushroom and Arts festival in hopes to provide further education around all things mycology. It has gained traction in the community as a family-friendly connection to nature, education, and art. Attended by entrepreneurs in the field of mushrooms and mycology, local families, and local artists. The MycoSymbiotics festival is the first of its kind on the…

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Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival, Port Angeles Washington

The Olympic Peninsula Fungi Festival cultivates discovery, connection, and community. The festival increases access to experiential learning about an array of mycology topics, and brings people together in one of the most renowned ecosystems for fungi on Earth. The festival will feature lectures, hands-on workshops, guided forays, mushroom cuisine, and more from internationally acclaimed experts,…

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Mesick Lions Mushroom Festival, Mesnick Michigan

Ever been out in the great outdoors, seeing the wonders of Nature, hunting for the great morel mushrooms all on Mother’s Day weekend? All of this and more happens here in Mesick MI at the annual Mesick Mushroom Festival. Mesick MI. is the mushroom capital in the United States. Come enjoy our adventurous fun filled days, for people of all ages. There are many activities to be enjoyed by the…

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Cumberland Fungus Fest, Vancouver Island

Join the Cumberland Community Forest Society for the 4th annual interdisciplinary celebration of forest ecology and fungus! Cumberland Fungus Fest features three days of fantastic fungus fun. Talks, films, poetry, programs, fungus food, weaving, cultivation kits and workshops, hand on activities, indigenous connections, guided walks, art events, live music and more… Social Media:…

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Mushroom Festival, Rapid City South Dakota

You’re cordially invited to join us at the Mushroom Festival, a fantastic family-friendly event. Come visit The Farm Stand at Bear Butte Gardens, conveniently located at 20445 Hwy 79, just a few minutes northeast of Sturgis, for an entire day filled with mushroom-related activities. Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/events/1791216191321526/ Festival Time of year: Early October Event Address:…

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New York Fungus Festival, New York NY

We are excited to celebrate the city’s mycelial network, and showcase the breadth of mycological creativity here in New York City. Come explore diverse displays and programs at the intersection of community art and science, including identification tables of wild mushrooms from the New York area, art and cultivation workshops and activities, lectures, yoga, tastings, urban farms, food vendors,…

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Madisonville Texas Mushroom Festival

The Texas Mushroom Festival in Madisonville, Texas, started from very humble beginnings. Its first event in 2002 had just one tent, one entertainer, 10 T-shirts, and a few vendor booths, which technically got rained out. However, despite the initial challenges, the festival’s potential was recognized. Madisonville had a tradition of hosting an annual Saturday on the Square event, and in 2002, a…

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Agar Plate Pour Test July 2023

Agar Plate Pour Test July 2023

July 2023 pour test using the Clone Cube and  a sterile agar bottle. Setting up the pour surface in front of the laminar flow hood.  Parchment paper is set out as a disposable sterile surface. Sterile agar media is allowed to cool to 120°f before pouring plates. Agar plates are poured  then left open to dry as they finish cooling.   Taken August 10th – 11 days after original pour. Zero…

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Georgia Mushroom Festival - Cave Spring Georgia

Our 6th annual Georgia Mushroom Festival is a 3-day event, combining mushroom education with art, food, music and a little bit of activism. Learn More: https://georgiamushroomfestival.com/ Cave Spring Rolater Park & Pinhoti Trail 13 Old Cedartown Road, Cave Spring, GA 30124 Return to mushroom learning center #mushyluv #festival #mushrooms #mushroom #shrooms #fungilove #fungusamongus #fungifreaks…

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Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival

One of the highlights of the Wild Rivers Mushroom Festival is the main display, with over 200+ varieties of local, wild mushrooms that are collected and identified for festival goers. A variety of mushroom experts – both regional and national – will be offering mushroom-related workshops and presentations, tickets for which are available in advance and at the door. Topics for the workshops will…

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Amateur mushroom pickers should avoid foraging books written by artificial intelligence chatbots

Amateur mushroom pickers have been urged to avoid foraging books sold on Amazon that appear to have been written by artificial intelligence chatbots. Amazon has become a marketplace for AI-produced tomes that are being passed off as having been written by humans, with travel books among the popular categories for fake work. Now a number of books have appeared on the online retailer’s site…

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Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals

Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground – more than China emits each year The fungi make up a vast underground network all over the planet underneath grasslands and forests, as well as roads, gardens, and houses on every continent on Earth It is not only crucial to storing carbon and keeping the planet cooler, but are…

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Dave Matthews Talks Mushrooms With Howard Stern

Dave Matthews Talks Mushrooms With Howard Stern.

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Fungi's out to save the forest with mushroom based meat alternatives

Fungi's out to save the forest with mushroom based meat alternatives

Researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have found that substituting just 20% of beef with a fungi-based meat alternative could decrease deforestation by 50% by 2050. According to the researchers, microbial protein, as the fungi-based “meat” is called, can replicate the taste and texture of real beef. But microbial proteins require far less land to produce, and…

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Scientists may have discovered the first antidote to the deadliest mushroom known to humans

The death cap is the deadliest mushroom known to humans. Each year, it kills an estimated 100 people and sickens thousands more. Many of its victims are unsuspecting foragers who mistake it for the edible fungi it resembles, like puffballs and paddy-straws. There is no antidote to the mushroom’s deadly toxin. The only way to survive if you mistakenly eat one — even downing just half a cap could…