Spore Lore

Spore Lore

Every week, Maya, a mycologist and Theo, a curious newcomer, pick one corner of the fungal world and go way too deep. The Wood Wide Web, killer mushrooms, edible vs. deadly, medicine or myth. Spore Lore is an eclectic mycology podcast: rigorous about the science, playful about everything else.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    The Wood Wide Web

    Trees talk to each other through a secret underground internet. Mother trees feed their babies. The forest is one big group chat. How much of that is real? In episode 2, Maya and Theo dig into the mycorrhizal networks wiring forests together: the 450-million-year trade deal between fungi and roots, the DNA-mapped fungus plugged into nineteen trees, the 1997 experiment that started it all — and the 2023 audit that took the mother-tree story apart. The honest position: not a charity, a market. With price signals, cheaters, and sanctions. Plus: the best "talking tree" evidence there is (beans in a greenhouse), the 50-word mushroom language hype, and the 2026 global map that found the densest fungal network on Earth isn't under a rainforest. Field Notes: go stand under the biggest tree near you. Spore Lore is an eclectic mycology podcast — rigorous about the science, playful about everything else. New episodes weekly. Follow @sporelorepod everywhere, visit sporelorepod.com.

  2. Oct 12

    What Is a Mushroom, Really?

    A mushroom isn't a plant. It's barely even the organism. In the pilot episode, Maya and Theo start with the largest known fungus on Earth — a 2,385-acre honey mushroom slowly eating an Oregon forest — and work down to the real star: the mycelium, the vast hidden network doing the actual living. Along the way: two thousand years of calling mushrooms "imperfect plants," why you're closer to a mushroom than a mushroom is to a fern, digestion that happens outside the body, a billion spores a day, an imperial assassination (allegedly), and the three jobs fungi do. Field Notes: go flip a rotting log. Gently. Spore Lore is an eclectic mycology podcast — rigorous about the science, playful about everything else. New episodes weekly. Follow @sporelorepod everywhere, visit sporelorepod.com.

  3. Season 1 Trailer

    Trailer: Welcome to Spore Lore

    Cordyceps, the Wood Wide Web, killer mushrooms, and the strangest kingdom on Earth — in 92 seconds. Spore Lore is an eclectic mycology podcast. Every week, Maya, a mycologist and Theo, a curious newcomer, pick one corner of the fungal world and go way too deep. Rigorous about the science, playful about everything else. New episodes weekly. Follow @sporelorepod everywhere, and visit sporelorepod.com.

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Every week, Maya, a mycologist and Theo, a curious newcomer, pick one corner of the fungal world and go way too deep. The Wood Wide Web, killer mushrooms, edible vs. deadly, medicine or myth. Spore Lore is an eclectic mycology podcast: rigorous about the science, playful about everything else.

Information

  • Creator
    Spore Lore
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Spore Lore
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    Spore Lore