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Mushroom Resources
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Mushroom cultivation and mushroom hunting are great ways to learn about fungi and grow an understanding of the lifestyles and habitats of different fungi in the ecosystem. The challenges of mushroom culture and fungus identification are daunting at times, but the rewards are amazing and worthwhile. A few of my favorite wild and cultivated mushrooms are described in the fungus library. To help beginners recognize edible, interesting, and poisonous mushrooms. Visit the mushroom cultivation info page.
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Listen to Crazy About Mushrooms Documentary
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Since last June I've been producing "Crazy About Mushrooms: Conversations With Fungus Fanatics", which is an hour long radio documentary about mushrooms and the people who love them. Listen to the finished documentary here! Dimitar Bojantchev and Anna. However, I was stumped about what to do next, and was wrestling with how to pursue my fungal fancies.would it make sense to return to school, starting from scratch to get a degree microbiology? Should I join WWOOF and work for free on a mushroom farm?
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Fungus Library
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Shaggy Parasols are often found in compost heaps, in the woods, or in shady bits of the park. They normally fruit in the fall, but I have found them during the springtime as well! They usually grow in small groups of 3-5 individuals. Many species of bugs like to eat them too, so be sure you check to make sure that the mushroom is pest free before eating it! This stately mushroom is a delicate character indeed! The goo is a spore infused liquid that can be used as ink, however, if you get to the Shaggy Ma...
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Audio Archives
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Here is a sample of interviews that I recorded while I was on the road collecting material for "Crazy About Mushrooms.". Jen and Dustin Olson own The Mushroomery, a biodynamic mushroom farm in Lebanon, OR. They grow medicinal mushrooms and make immune-enhancing tinctures from them, and were happy to explain the process to me. We feasted that night on golden chanterelles and oyster mushrooms. Listen in as Gwynn Tavares regales me with her impressions of this experience! Also, you can enjoy the raucous bac...
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Audio
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Is an hour-long public radio documentary first aired in July 2011. The project was produced by mushroom-lover and radio documentarian Anna McHugh. Click below to stream or download Crazy About Mushrooms: Conversations With Fungus Fanatics. An audio archive with interviews from the radio documentary is also available below. Interviewing mushroom fans for Crazy About Mushrooms.
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Mushroom Cultivation
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This oyster mushroom spawn will be used to grow mycelium on a combination of coastal hay and bamboo. The spawn is colonized by mycelium and is made of brown rice and vermiculite. A combination of coastal hay and bamboo was pasteurized in a hot water bath for 1.5 hours to make a substrate. Oyster mushroom mycelium will be added to this mixture so that mushroms can be fruited from it in a few weeks. Straining out the hot water. Oyster mushroom spawn will be added once the substrate cools. Adding a solution...
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About Anna
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Anna McHugh is a radio journalist and mycophile (mushroom lover) from Nevada City, CA. Her first time on the air was as a radio dramatist on community radio station KVMR-FM in 1994. In 1999, Anna produced a radio documentary called "The Public Defender," which won the 2000 National Federation of Community Broadcasters Golden Reel Award for Public Affairs.
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Educational Programs
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Below you'll find descriptions of the presentations and workshops I offer to nature clubs , young people, farmers, environmentalists, and others who wish to understand the vast potential and importance of fungi on this planet we call home. Contact me for more information about coordinating a mushroom workshop, class, or lecture. Crazy About Mushrooms: Mushroom Lore with Anna McHugh. What do the poisoned Emperor Claudius, the Aztec storm deity Quetzalcoatl and a 5,500 year-old Ice Man have in common?
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