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Slime mold: the new urban planner?
Paul Stamets, the visionary mycologist, or mushroom biologist, recently appeared again at the national Bioneers conference. I’ve been following Stamets’s work for some time, and so I eagerly watched his presentation—and then watched it again. The deep wisdom of fungi … Continue reading
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Tagged fungi, fungus, mushrooms, mycelium, mycology, Paul Stamets, science, urban planning
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My cousin, the fungus
No, not that cousin. I mean the real fungus, the kind that grows where light is scarce and moisture abundant. We usually think of mushrooms as populating the soil, but I remember a spidery fluorescent orange one that grew in … Continue reading