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We May Finally Know How Magic Mushrooms Work to Relieve Depression

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-finally-figured-out-how-magic-mushrooms-might-relieve-depression

We May Finally Know How Magic Mushrooms Work to Relieve Depression For many people with treatment-resistant depression, in recent years hope has been offered by psychedelics such as psilocybin, the key active ingredient in magic mushrooms. It appears that psychedelics may 'flip the switch' on rigid brain networks,

Coming up on next week's (4/14) monthly member meeting we will have a :

"Conversation with a Fungus Fanatic"

Explore a year-round regimen for appreciating wild mushrooms! From hunting and YouTubing through the height of the season to painting mushrooms all winter, Anna McHugh is a North Carolina-based mushroom hunter and artist who will teach you the ins and outs of continuous learning, whether or not there are mushrooms in the forest. Learn some mushroom hunting fundamentals, like how to choose which fungi to focus on when you first start foraging and how to read weather reports with a mushroomer's eye. Then, feast your eyes and imagination on some of the more interesting fungal species in North America and get tips for finding, photographing, and then drawing them!

Please join us next Thursday to hear from Anna who does talks all over the country about mushrooms. Should be an interesting talk!

Here is a link to her YouTube channel if you care to have a look!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCweuzcepPaQ5xSH0PF7dbhQ

Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/06/fungi-electrical-impulses-human-language-study

Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims Professor theorises electrical impulses sent by mycological organisms could be similar to human language

Photographer Spends a Year Timelapsing the Growth of Mushrooms

https://petapixel.com/2022/03/15/timelapse-of-growing-mushrooms-over-the-course-of-a-year/

Photographer Spends a Year Timelapsing the Growth of Mushrooms A year-long project.

The marvel of old-growth forests that once cloaked the Pacific Northwest

Good snippets of info on mycorrhizal benefits.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/the-marvel-of-old-growth-forests-that-once-cloaked-the-pacific-northwest/

The marvel of old-growth forests that once cloaked the Pacific Northwest The last of these forests are at the center of a battle that has raged since 2020. With only remnants remaining, take a walk through our evolving understanding of these trees.

Coming up on next week's monthly member meeting the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society is proud to present "A tale of two continents" with Wendy So.

Currently a resident of Mendocino County, Wendy So was a newsletter editor and speaker coordinator for the Mycological Society of San Francisco. She has traveled with David Arora, chasing mushrooms from California to the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, American Southwest, Europe, Asia and Africa. Now she spends her free time experimenting in the kitchen with underappreciated mushrooms. She will talk about mushroom hunting and eating traditions in two mushroom-loving regions: southwest China and south-central Africa, and contrast those traditions with ours here in North America.

A 7.5-feet-long mushroom canoe demonstrates the powerful versatility of mycelium

https://interestingengineering.com/75-feet-long-mushroom-canoe

A 7.5-feet-long mushroom canoe demonstrates the powerful versatility of mycelium Washington State University student Katy Ayers built a 7.5-foot-long canoe using mycelium in order to raise awareness on its versatility.

On the upcoming KPMS monthly membership meeting on Thursday February 10th, we are very excited to announce Alan Rockefeller as our guest speaker. Alan is the son of two scientist parents and has been immersed in the mushroom world for over 20 years.
He is Chief Mycologist for Mimosa Therapeutics, a citizen scientist, public speaker, biohacker and photographer who lives in Oakland, California. In 2001, he began his studies in the field of mycology, beginning with the fungi of California.
He's on the leading edge of mushroom DNA sequencing and has over 21,000 observations on Inaturalist.
He will be joining us to give a new talk that he does about how to photograph mushrooms, the right camera settings to use, and a lot of interesting mushroom identification.
Join the club to get the newsletter and the zoom link by going to the kpms website and signing up! Here is the link to the website.

https://kitsapmushrooms.org/

Hope to see you there!!🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄

A. Hilliard
Kpms VP

The fascinating world of fungi - BBC Ideas

A tad hyperbolic, but pretty interesting.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/the-fascinating-world-of-fungi/p0bhvrrt

The fascinating world of fungi - BBC Ideas Watch the "The fascinating world of fungi" video at BBC Ideas. Explore other related content via our curated "The Open University" playlist.

Upcoming on next week's club meeting, Aaron Hilliard, Vice President of Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society and creator of Mushroom Wonderland on YouTube and Instagram is joining via zoom to tell us how he came to get into mushrooms, how the youtube channel was born and grown, and about mushrooms here in the Pacific northwest. Check out the upcoming newsletter for the zoom link. Hope to see you there!

Mushrooms as Metaphors

The artistic side of fungi.
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/mushrooms-as-metaphors-urbonas-studio-tj-shin-xiaojing-jan-1234614585/

Mushrooms as Metaphors These sculptors reveal what fungi can teach us about surviving a climate crisis.

Mushroom Time Lapse -- IN THE WILD

Mushroom Time Lapse -- IN THE WILD Photographing mushrooms in the wild.

Mobile uploads

WOW what a night!! The lunar eclipse exposed something magical once the moon's light was completely blocked out! During the peak of the lunar eclipse last night I noticed there were glowing green logs all over Kalaloch beach!! Upon closer inspection I realized this was due to a bioluminescent fungus! It looked like something straight out of Avatar 🤯 This is different from the bioluminescent algae that causes the waves to glow blue. This is more like a mushroom growing on the dead trees that were washed up from the recent storm. They were glowing bright green, extremely visible to the naked eye!! I spent the rest of the night walking the beach finding more and more logs that were glowing bright green, like a glow-stick! This type of bioluminescence seems to follow the same rules as the glowing algae. As soon as the eclipse was over, and the moon was shining bright again, I could no longer see the logs glowing. It was such an amazing reward for a failed attempt at capturing the lunar eclipse 💚

This made it on this year's Bioluminescence Calendar!! It will be color-coded with dates best for bioluminescence viewing 💙💚

Order your 2022 Bioluminescence Calendars here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1105909344/2022-pnw-bioluminescence-calendar

MUSHROOM MANIA - THE LIVE-ACTION LECTURE - IslandWood

https://islandwood.org/event/mushroom-mania-the-live-action-lecture/

MUSHROOM MANIA - THE LIVE-ACTION LECTURE - IslandWood Join IslandWood naturalists and Andrew MacMillan of the Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society for an informal lecture, perfect for both beginning enthusiasts and experienced mycologists. We’ll explore the fascinating natural history of the “fungus among us” in an entertaining and informative pr...

Get to Know New Zealand's Hugely Popular, Thrillingly Blue Mushroom

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blue-mushroom-new-zealand

Get to Know New Zealand's Hugely Popular, Thrillingly Blue Mushroom It is a key part of local culture, and looks like it was colored with a crayon.

Want to learn more about Boletes? Daniel Winkler is hosting an online presentation this week! Wednesday, October 13th at 7pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3cRk2L0AQo6njLcpdPTrnQ

How Mushroom Time-Lapses Are Filmed | WIRED

How Fantastic Fungi (and much more) was filmed.

How Mushroom Time-Lapses Are Filmed | WIRED Louie Schwartzberg is a pioneering artist who has filmed some stunning footage of mushrooms growing over the course of 40 years. WIRED goes behind-the-scenes...

Space Travel's Most Surprising Future Ingredient: Mushrooms

The mycologist Paul Stamets discusses the potential extraterrestrial uses of fungi, including terraforming planets, building human habitats—and providing psilocybin therapy to astronauts.

Space Travel's Most Surprising Future Ingredient: Mushrooms The mycologist Paul Stamets discusses the potential extraterrestrial uses of fungi, including terraforming planets, building human habitats—and providing psilocybin therapy to astronauts

Amateur Mushroom Photographer Makes A Big Discovery

Taylor, again.

Amateur Mushroom Photographer Makes A Big Discovery A mushroom thought extinct in the US for 100 years has been rediscovered. It's an example of the remarkable synergy between amateur and professional fungus aficionados.

How Lab-Grown Mushrooms Become A Styrofoam Alternative And Vegan Bacon | World Wide Waste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uznXI8wrdag
How Lab-Grown Mushrooms Become A Styrofoam Alternative And Vegan Bacon

How Lab-Grown Mushrooms Become A Styrofoam Alternative And Vegan Bacon | World Wide Waste A biotech company in upstate New York designs products made from the root structures of mushrooms. It takes about a week to grow their alternative to styrofo...

How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs

How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22372504/mushrooms-food-wellness-drugs

How mushrooms took over food, wellness, and (of course) drugs We’re living through a mushroom renaissance.

How we discovered a hidden world of fungi inside the world’s biggest seed bank

https://theconversation.com/how-we-discovered-a-hidden-world-of-fungi-inside-the-worlds-biggest-seed-bank-156051

How we discovered a hidden world of fungi inside the world’s biggest seed bank The idea that seed banks must be full of potentially helpful microfungi inside seeds was not a stretch, and yet no one had ever looked before.

THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS Trailer

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_W7t8e1D0&feature=youtu.be

THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS Trailer THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS Opens Theatrically Friday, April 2 at Film Forum: https://filmforum.org/film/the-truffle-hunters/Directed by Michael Dweck & Gregory Kers...

This Influencer Wants You to Start Growing Mushrooms

https://www.outsideonline.com/2421356/william-padilla-brown-mushroom-mycology

This Influencer Wants You to Start Growing Mushrooms In an excerpt from ‘In Search of Mycotopia,’ a new book about different communities exploring the multiple uses of fungi and mushrooms, the author goes foraging with William Padilla-Brown, a rising star in the mycological movement

My Life With Mushrooms | Part One, Medicial Mushrooms | Andrew Weil, M.D.

https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/balanced-living/meet-dr-weil/my-life-with-mushrooms-part-one/

My Life With Mushrooms | Part One, Medicial Mushrooms | Andrew Weil, M.D. I use culinary and medicinal mushrooms nearly every day, and I am fascinated by in all the different properties flavors. Based on long experience, here is how I select, purchase, prepare, forage for, and consume mushrooms of various kinds.

The NetZero Debacle — bioDiversiphile

NetZero’s Mycological Snake Oil. I've received multiple FB posts and a few emails about this KickStarter project. Caveat Emptor!
https://www.biodiversiphile.com/the-netzero-debacle

The NetZero Debacle — bioDiversiphile A debunking research piece on Joseph Kelly’s NetZero Kickstarter Campaign.

What's in a Lichen? How Scientists Got It Wrong for 150 Years | Short Film Showcase

What's in a Lichen? How Scientists Got It Wrong for 150 Years | Short Film Showcase For 150 years, scientists believed lichen were defined by a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and algae. Meet the team of researchers who upended this ...

Processors in Tech Wearables like Fitbits Could Be Replaced Using Mushroom Mycelium

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/processors-in-tech-wearables-could-be-made-with-mycelium/

Processors in Tech Wearables like Fitbits Could Be Replaced Using Mushroom Mycelium Processors in tech wearables like heart rate monitors, could be replaced with mycelium which can actually sense electrical signals.

Stanford Designer is Making Fast-Growing Building Bricks Out of Mushrooms That are Stronger than Concrete

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/phil-ross-invents-mycelium-mushroom-bricks-arch/

goodnewsnetwork.org Using mycelium, Bay-area designer Phil Ross creates an 6X6 arch out of mushroom roots turned into bricks, and he wants to build a house next.

Psilocybin Treatment for Mental Health Gets Legal Framework

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/psilocybin-treatment-for-mental-health-gets-legal-framework/

scientificamerican.com Oregon became the first state to legalize therapeutic use of the drug, as new research affirms its benefits for treating depression

Chernobyl fungus could shield astronauts from cosmic radiation

bigthink.com A recent study tested how well the fungi species Cladosporium sphaerospermum blocked cosmic radiation aboard the International Space Station.

Leaf-cutter ants are coated in rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects

Armored fungus farmers.

nationalgeographic.com Researchers have discovered a new type of mineral, similar to dolomite, covering the exoskeleton of leaf-cutter ants.

Have a Happy and safe Halloween!!!

These mushroom balls turn your yard into a climate-change-fighting machine

Sounds pretty over-hyped, but also interesting.

fastcompany.com Drop some mycelium spores into your watering can, and the next thing you know, your lawn is your own personal carbon offset.

Police searching for father and son who went missing while mushroom picking in southern BC

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Police_searching_for_father_and_son_who_went_missing_while_mushroom_picking_in_southern_BC/

kelownanow.com Pemberton RCMP is currently assisting Lil'wat Nation and Stl'atl'imx Tribal police in the search for a missing father and son. Ac...