Radical Mycology with Peter McCoy

Episode Highlights:Roles of fungi and mycelium play in living ecosystemsFungi evolved on land long before plantsHow to manage partnerships with fungi and plants (gardens, orchards, food forests, etc)Importance of mycorrhizal fungi Nutrient exchangeConnect plants to the wider forest ("The Wood Wide Web")Utilizing fungal inoculants for specific garden typesProducing your own garden inoculantsMyco-remediation and how fungi can break down even the most toxic compoundsAbout Peter McCoyPeter McCoy has been studying and working with fungi for twenty years, and teaching mushroom cultivation and applied mycology to people around the world for over a decade. His book, Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing and Working With Fungi has been praised as the most important and comprehensive text on fungal ecology, mushroom cultivation, mycoremediation, and medicinal mushrooms written to date, and one of the most significant contributions to advancing mycology in the 21st century. Peter's work is widely regarded as pioneering in the topics of applied mycology and his voice is one of the foremost in the less-explored fields of fungal evolution, fungal communication, and the history of fungi in human cultures. In 2017, Peter founded MYCOLOGOS, the world's first mycology school, to share his extensive knowledge through online courses and in-person training programs. A lover of the outdoors, Peter's work is a direct response to a life spent foraging in the fungi-rich Pacific Northwest of the United States.Episode Highlights:Roles of fungi and mycelium play in living ecosystemsFungi evolved on land long before plantsHow to manage partnerships with fungi and plants (gardens, orchards, food forests, etc)Importance of mycorrhizal fungi Nutrient exchangeConnect plants to the wider forest ("The Wood Wide Web")Utilizing fungal inoculants for specific garden typesProducing your own garden inoculantsMyco-remediation and how fungi can break down even the most toxic compoundsShow Links:Peter's Online Website (Including the online education): MycologosRadical Mycology BookRodale's Article on making your own local mycorrhizal inoculantsShow notes can be found here