Folks, we have been working on this for many years, have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars – and invested in  thousands of hours of effort. We now see a light at the end of a long bureaucratic tunnel, filled with many unnecessary and and often unreasonable legal obstacles. If we are successful, we will finally be allowed to make our Reishi mycelium based extracts available to help bees and protect worldwide food biosecurity. It takes stamina to bring forward a paradigm shifting solution that citizen scientists and bee lovers can deploy.

I am often asked what is the best mushroom to grow in your garden? By far and away, from my decades of experience is the Garden Giant, aka the King Stropharia (Stropharia rugoso-annulata). This species is both a primary and secondary decomposer, and once launched into wood chip mulch, it can become resident for many years, and move around your property. An ally to most garden plants, this species fruits from spring into fall, and can be huge!

I have just finished watching the second episode of #TheLastOfUs and I have two opinions.

First, I’m a science-fiction fan and I love weaving the creative elements of fungi into the narrative.

But let’s get real. Cordyceps can not infect humans. But all organisms must eat. There are animals that are predatory. There are plants that are predatory. There are fungi that are predatory. We are all part of a giant food web where we are sustained by each other.