Gift Ideas for Mushroom Lovers!
Fungi Fridays - December 2nd, 2022 - Issue #59
Hi Fungi Fam!
Happy Fungi Friday. 11 months down, 1 to go… hard to believe the year is almost complete and it’s nearly 2023! Might finally schedule the move of the trailer this upcoming weekend, so if we do, we’ll be sure to get you a sneak peak of it’s new home. Other than that, not much going on in the world of the Iowa Fungi’s. Just enjoying this time of year, and planning for a big 2023.
On to the articles!
7 Gift Ideas for the Functional Mushrooms Lovers
We’re officially into the final month of the year and coming into the holiday season. So what better way to start than a few gift ideas for the mushroom lover in your life? Here are some ideas:
Mushroom Coffee
Functional Mushrooms Supplements
Mushroom Skincare
Mushroom Grow Kits
Mushroom Books
Functional Mushrooms Hot Chocolate
Mushroom Tinctures
All in all, functional mushrooms are a great way to improve your health and wellbeing. They have been used for centuries in traditional medicine, and with good reason – they’re packed full of nutrients that can do wonders for your body and this article goes on the break down specific uses and brands behind each of these options, so if any of them are of interest, check it out.
Soil-cleaning fungi at work
Fungi have been around longer than we have. We need them for everything from baking and brewing to manufacturing medicines. But they can also decontaminate dirty soils, and that’s what we discuss here in feature number two. While we normally feature articles, this is actually a video. It goes into depth on how fungi are cleaning up the soil near uranium mining locations, by harvesting heavy metals. By introducing fungi to the soil, scientists actually estimate that they’re able to speed up the Earths natural ability to cleanse itself of these densely metal populated areas by 40 years. It’s only a three minute video, but it’s jam packed with interesting tidbits, so click the link and take a look!
The electrical language of fungi
I know that we covered an article about this topic a few months back, but I think it’s worth revisiting. The question is, do mushrooms talk to each other? And it appears that the answer, at least according to a new study suggests that they do, through the use of electrical signals. And their language is complex.
In observing the spikes of electrical activity in particular species of fungi, computer scientist Andrew Adamatzky at the University of the West of England found patterns that were strikingly similar to human language.
Through experiments, he translated the spikes into a lexicon of 50 ‘words’ based on patterns typically associated with human speech. The article goes on to break down both the specific decoding and the syntax of this “language” — both of which are honestly pretty interesting. It’ll definitely be cool to watch what builds on top of this realization, as more and more studies take place.
Want even more? Here are some other interesting, mushroom focused reads of the week:
These bizarre fungi don’t belong to any current classification of life
Could the Latest Science on Psychedelics Revolutionise the Way We Understand Our Minds?
These Mysterious Fungi Belong to an Entirely New Branch on The Tree of Life
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