Posts Tagged ‘Fungi’
Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This book came out in 2005, and the subtitle is How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. In this book, Paul shares the power of mushrooms and how growing mushrooms is the best way to save the environment. As Paul explains, “The basic science…
Read MoreMarch 1, 2021 Thirty Irresistible Plants for Butterflies, Catharina Dörrien, Lenore Mulets, Alice and Forsythia, Fearless Gardening by Loree Bohl, and a Little Rose History with Fun Facts
Today we celebrate the first woman to describe Fungi (“funj-eye”) using the Linnaean system of classification. We’ll also learn about a little-known prolific nature and floral writer from the 1800s. We hear a little recollection by a garden writer who received an armload of Forsythia from a friend named Alice, just when she needed it…
Read MoreFantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Fantastic Fungi by Paul Stamets (“Stam-its”) This coffee-table book came out in 2019, and the subtitle is How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet (Official Book of Smash Hit Documentary). As Paul likes to say, “Mushrooms can heal you. They can feed you. They can kill…
Read MoreDame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan: The Botanical Pioneer Who Commanded Both Fungi and Forces
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 27, 1967 My dearest garden confidantes, today marks the solemn anniversary of the departure of one of our most illustrious botanical heroines – the incomparable Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, who left our earthly…
Read MoreMushrooms and Madness: The Extraordinary Appetite of Charles McIlvaine
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 31, 1840 On this day, Charles McIlvaine entered the world in Chester County, Pennsylvania – a man destined to become one of history’s most peculiar gastronomic daredevils disguised as a mycologist. A…
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