MO Mushrooms
I'm a Missouri gal obsessed with the magical world of mushrooms! I want to educate myself along with you all on everything from growing your own edible mushrooms, to the latest medical research involving the benefits of our fungal friends.I experiment with all different kinds of formatting, you'll hear interviews with guests, as well as how-tos on foraging and cooking wild mushrooms. You'll even hear in depth discussions on mushrooms as they relate to spirituality, and how they have been incredibly important to humanity since the beginning of our life on Earth! I highly encourage questions from the audience- I will answer anything and everything about mycology! I am so very amateur compared to many other mushroom enthusiasts and mycologists out there, I consider myself a curious "citizen scientist" and I promise to present the most accurate facts possible, correcting myself any time it's necessary.There are all kinds of great podcasts out there about mushrooms, and many of them focus on the North American coasts, but I want to add a Midwest focus to the mix. We have a unique and beautiful landscape that provides us with some amazing 'shroomy goodness.
MO Mushrooms
Emily Hemeyer and her Wild Seed Field Museum
Missouri native Emily Hemeyer fuses her passions for art, teaching and the natural world.
She is in a graduate school program through Project Dragonfly, and teaches classes everywhere she can about foraging for plants and mushrooms in Missouri. She is working on some pretty amazing stuff extracting dye from mushrooms!
Want to take a class with her? Follow this link!
https://www.sporeprojects.com/classes
Check out these links and handles to see more info on Emily and her graduate program, as well as the books she referenced in our discussion.
https://projectdragonfly.miamioh.edu/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/538010973438174/?ref=share
Insta: @wildseedfieldmuseum
Books:
"Mushrooms For Color" by Miriam Rice
Alissa Allen, who runs the “Mushrooms For Color” Facebook page, is another wonderful resource and has her own website here: https://www.mycopigments.com/
"Rainbow Beneath My Feet" by Arlene Rainis Bessett and Alan Bessett