We take a visit to the legendary Mushroom Mountain compound in South Carolina to meet applied mycology pioneer Tradd Cotter, who will show us how fungi provide solutions for all aspects of human life if we just tune in and learn to think like a fungus!
We travel to the woods of western Pennsylvania to connect with Adam Haritan, founder of Learn Your Land, who teaches us about mushrooms, plants and trees and maybe most importantly - how a relationship with the land where we live is critical to our health and well-being!
We visit young entrepreneur Te'Lario Watkins II who founded Tiger Mushroom Farms at only 7 years old and we'll learn how he has taken on a new mission to help end hunger!
We go crawling through the forests of Madgascar surveying the diversity of marasmius mushrooms and research the inner life of monkeyflowers and their symbiotic fungal endophytes with researcher and educator Jackie Shay!
Our journey begins with a culturally-transformative history of anthropology and ethnobotany before we travel to the outrageously diverse and vibrant nation of Colombia to navigate it's great river, the Magdalena, with legendary explorer & anthropologist Wade Davis!
We descend into the miniature universe of myxomycetes (AKA slime molds) and tiny ascomycetes to stare in amazement at the complex beauty of microscopic fungi with macro-photography expert Alison Pollack!
We go on an in-depth exploration of the legendary Amanita muscaria mushroom, examining it's biochemistry and then the myriad theories about historical and religious use around the world with author and researcher Kevin Feeney PhD!
We follow our nose into the wonderful world of truffle fungi as we go foraging with truffle dogs, learn about commercial truffle farming and uncover secrets of their evolutionary history with Dr. Matthew Smith!
We peer through the cultural kaleidoscope of the mycophile community before diving into the microbial world of bacteria and endophytes with best-selling author, forager and chef Eugenia Bone!
We join the epic quest to map the genetics and phylogeny of kingdom fungi to see what secrets we can learn about fungal evolution, biogeography and conservation with Todd Osmundson PhD!
