Ep.21 Fungal appreciation - Ben Kendrick (@FungiWithBengi)

Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Ben Kendrick is one of the leading mushroom enthusiasts on Twitter (@FungiwithBengi), and in this episode we're lucky enough to have him on to blow our minds with some fungal facts that are out of this world. Some of the topics we touch on are how dangerous it is to forage your own mushrooms, porous mushrooms as opposed to gilled mushrooms, and those weird little things that we call lichen.
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Check out Ben's fantastic Twitter account: https://twitter.com/FungiwithBengi
Google image search hypomyces lobster mushroom, lichen, and coral fungi
I found the article I was talking about which mentions fungi playing a stockbroking role for plant nutrients: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205604-brainless-fungi-trade-resources-with-plants-like-a-stock-market/
Ben wanted you to check out the Ecology Action Network, so make sure you click this link: https://ecologyaction.ca/

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