Laboulbeniales (Rhachomyces philonthinus) SEM by Alexander Weir
Summary
On today’s episode, we’re talking parasites: from pathogens, to freeloaders, to downright mushroom cannibals. Mendel is joined by Willoughby Arevalo to discuss some of the most far-out ways in which fungi can mooch for their livelihood, along a spectrum from benign to hyper-destructive.
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Lobster Mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) by Erlon (Herbert Baker)
Heterobasidion annosum by Henk Monster
Shownotes
Featured on this episode is Willoughby Arevalo, author of DIY Mushroom Cultivation: Growing Mushrooms at Home for Food, Medicine, and Soil.
Thanks as always to Kmathz for the kick-butt theme song for this series. Other music in this episode was produced by Jack Hertz.
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Sources for this episode are:
Laperriere, G., Desgagné-Penix, I., & Germain, H. (2018). DNA distribution pattern and metabolite profile of wild edible lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum/Russula brevipes). Genome, 61(5), 329–336. doi: 10.1139/gen-2017-0168
Moore, D, et al. (2019) 21st Century Guidebook to Fungi. 2nd ed., Cambridge University.
Volk, Tom. (2001) Hypomyces Lactifluorum, the Lobster Mushroom, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for August 2001, https://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/aug2001.html.
This episode of Future Ecologies was recorded on the unceded territories of the Musqueam (xwməθkwəy̓əm) Squamish (Skwxwú7mesh), and Tsleil-Waututh (Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh) Nations - otherwise known as Vancouver, British Columbia.