Join me as we walk and talk through Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County with Robert Douglas. Robert is a mycologist, biologist and Environmental Specialist with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. As we walk and discover this magical forest, camping site and destination location for fungi foragers, you can hear the Noyo River, song birds and Robert belting out owl calls!!!!
Keep in mind this podcast was not recorded in the studio, so you will hear all the sounds of the forest, me breathing hard on the hike and me tripping a few times!
Enjoy!!

To learn more, check out these web sites!!

Jackson Demonstration State Forest: https://www.visitmendocino.com/listing/jackson-demonstration-state-forest/
CalFire JDSF: https://www.facebook.com/CALFIREJDSF/
CalFire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/
Mendocino Mushroom Club: https://www.mendocinocoastmushroomclub.org/
Mendocino Foragers: https://www.foragemendocino.com/

Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with Dr. Joseph Heitman.
Dr. Heitman is a professor and Chair of Molecular Biology and Professor in Medicine at Duke University and CIFAR's Co-Director for the "Fungal Kingdom: Threats and Opportunities" Research Program. Last month Dr. David Hibbett gave us an introduction into the fascinating study of the Fungal Kingdom. This month Dr. Heitman talks about the threats to humans, animals and plants by fungi and the breakthrough treatments and promising medicines that fungus can give us. We also talk about FUNGUS IN SPACE!
Your going to love this interview!!
check out the following links and learn all about Dr. Joseph Heitman's work:

• https://mgm.duke.edu/profile/joseph-heitman
• https://cifar.ca/research-programs/fungal-kingdom/
• https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-white-nose-syndrome
• https://cifar.ca/cifarnews/2024/08/21/cifar-researchers-discover-potential-treatment-for-a-fungus-devastating-amphibian-populations-worldwide/
• https://cifar.ca/bios/david-s-blehert/
• https://www.v-meer.de/my-co-space

Join me for a fascinating interview with Dr. David Hibbett, Biology Professor from Clark University who focuses on Evolutionary Mycology.
Dr. Hibbett answers questions we all think about and want to know more about from the Fungal Kingdom. He is so fun and passionate about fungi and after listening to this interview, I hope that you will also become a "mycophile"!!! (lover of fungi)