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Magic Mushroom Gummies: Risks, Research, and Recent Controversies in Psychedelic Edibles
Let's explore the rising trend of "magic mushroom gummies," including potential health risks and regulatory concerns. Learn about recent issues with mislabeled products, contaminants, and the importance of transparency for safe consumption.
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Are Mushrooms a Sustainable Meat Substitute?
Plant-based meat is not a new idea but what about mycoprotein, that is, protein derived from mushroom mycelium? Let's explore the blossoming world of mushrooms as a meat replacement.
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Telluride: Colorado's Famous Mushroom Festival
Every August, the five-day Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado celebrates fungi with scientific talks, guided forays, workshops, cooking demos, and art exhibits, featuring experts and chefs, and highlighting fungi's ecological, culinary, and social significance.
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Mycophobia: The Fear of Mushrooms Reinterpreted
By questioning deep-seated biases and embracing fungi's ecological and medicinal benefits, we can transform our relationship with these complex organisms. Join us in re-evaluating mycophobia and discovering the profound connections between fungi and our environment.
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What does Amanita muscaria have to do with Christmas?
How can this famous psychedelic fungus have anything to do with Christmas, Santa Claus, and other yuletide traditions? Let's explore.
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Death Cap, Mushroom Poisonings, and Safe Foraging with Greg Marley
In this article we offer advice for aspiring mushroom hunters, including resources for identification along with a fascinating interview with Maine's poisonous mushroom expert Greg Marley.
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Barbenheimer on Shrooms: Mushrooms, Plastic Waste, and Nuclear Radiation
What do mushrooms have to do with Barbenheimer? We watched both films and decided to explore the relationship between Barbie, Oppenheimer and fungi. Mushrooms have more in common with them than meets the eye, and their unique ability to consume a variety of materials, including plastic and nuclear radiation, has the power to transform society as we know it.
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Myco-Melodies: Converting Electrical Signals into Mushroom Music
Researcher and artist Eryk Salvaggio explores the hidden world of mushroom language in this fascinating interview.
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HBO’s "The Last of Us" Mixes Mushroom Fact with Fiction
We part the fungal fact from fiction in HBOs "The Last of Us" and predict which fungal invader(s) might actually lead to a global apocalypse.
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What do Mushrooms & Death Have in Common? A Lot, Actually.
In this article we illuminate a number of relationships between mushrooms and mortality and introduce a novel fungi-inspired burial technology.
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The Mycological Muse: How Mushrooms Inspire Art & Fashion
From fashion and music to performance and fine art, all creative genres seem to be enamored with nature’s humble muse.
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How Fungi Can Support Life in Space
What are some of the ways humans might apply the functionality of fungi to the final frontier? Explore with us.
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Sam Shoemaker: Fungal Forms & Basement Cultivation
Mary: Hi! Can you share your name, pronouns, a little about yourself and where you are? Sam: Sam Shoemaker (he/him)....
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