Ep. 187: Richer than Gold - The Fungal Biodiversity of Ecuador (feat. Daniel Newman)

GUEST:   

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Newman10   
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10326184/   

MENTIONS:   

• https://college.lclark.edu/departments/biology/   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lincoff   
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/415949.Mushrooms_Demystified   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Singer   
• https://www.corenewal.org/   
• https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/amazonian-chernobyl-ecuadors-oil-environment-disaster/   
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascopolyporus   
• https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/96535   

MUSHROOM HOUR:   

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

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

TOPICS COVERED:    

• Childhood Mycology Mythology   
• Russian Mushroom Tradition   
• Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula   
• Bolivia’s Outrageous, Undocumented Biodiversity   
• Chernobyl of the Amazon   
• Corporate Evil   
• Biodiversity Research, Conservation and Geopolitical Activism   
• Los Cedros Bioreserve, Choco Bioregion   
• Mining Concessions in Protected Forests   
• Ecuador Supreme Court Ruling with Fungal Conservation Research   
• Corporate Propoganda, Thugs and Sabotage   
• Richer than Gold   
• Fungi that do Both: Entomopathogenic and Phytopathogenic