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MycoWizards

Erik Lomen 83 Episodes Sep 6, 2025

MycoWizards is a podcast dedicated to mushroom cultivation and mycology. Hosted by Erik Lomen, it covers topics from common problems faced by commercial mushroom farmers to cutting-edge cultivation technology. The show features interviews with growers, scientists, and enthusiasts, and releases new episodes every other Friday. It aims to build a community of fungal enthusiasts and provides resources through its website.

Episodes

Feral Fungi: Jason Scott Sep 6, 2025 8011 Jason Scott's mystical spagyric tinctures have held a place in a lot of our myco-brains since first glimpse at his massive stacks of soxhlets and glassware towering from counter tops like a city scape of an alchemical alter. The reductive nature of "modern science" has boiled down complex mystery and subsequent discovery into single source solutions as the silver bullet search conti
Will MacHugh and The Shiitake Battlefield May 16, 2025 2913 Will MacHugh is a Washington state based mushroom farmer with a long standing background in the world of agriculture. He has grown fast and smart and he has noticed what a lot of us are too busy to do much about...the importation of extremely cheap shiitake logs from China. Will has assembled this website as well as this simple survey ... If you are a mushroom farmer in the US do us all a favor an
MycoWizards Broadcast Ep: 20 Mar 19, 2025 726 In this crazy beautiful world we live in, we forget how connected we are. Who would of thunk that flowers and mushrooms needed each other.. Not I.. But im no Mycologist. In todays episode Erik and Gregor talk about the connection between orchids and mycelium and how to work together to produce one of the most beautiful flowers we know and love.ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowiz
MycoWizards Broadcast Ep: 19 Mar 17, 2025 898 And then there was fungi. What's new in the mushroom world? Bipartisan group of Pennsylvania members to re-introduce Bill protecting mushroom farmers. Things in the mushroom capital of the world are shaking up. Work forces, automation and lack there of. We talk about it all in 1 of our two episodes this week!https://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article_3d006116-facd-11ef-8c71-4f03cfe38818.htm
MycoWizards Broadcast Ep: 18 Mar 12, 2025 805 Leaving brown town and cruising towards ultra violet summer. What to do with cauliflower lions and why UV water filtration is a thing you should do!IF YOU WANT TO BE ENTERED TO WIN ONE OF OUR GIVEAWAYS, GO TO https://mycowizards.com/join_us AND BECOME A MEMBER AT ANY LEVEL! SHIRTS, MERCH, AGAR AND LIQUID CULTURES ARE UP FOR GRABS TO ALL MYCOWIZARDS SUBSCRIBERS!!!Become A MycoWizard today and keep
MycoWizards Broadcast Ep: 17 Mar 10, 2025 861 How do you say mushroom in french? They won't take husbands, but they will take farmers. Trust us, we tried. Also, buttons are better in other places. Apparently an infinite growth mindset does bad things to crops. Weird.IF YOU WANT TO BE ENTERED TO WIN ONE OF OUR GIVEAWAYS, GO TO https://mycowizards.com/join_us AND BECOME A MEMBER AT ANY LEVEL! SHIRTS, MERCH, AGAR AND LIQUID CULTURES ARE UP
MycoWizards Broadcast Ep: 16 Feb 26, 2025 819 So we failed Mechanical Dedikaryotization. But that wont stop us! Today we talk with Gregor Jones about his findings and what we can improve on as we take the next steps in our fungal journey!ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowizards.com where we have rolling deep dives focused around commercial mycology, new equipment and innovation in this space and much more!USE CODE CNS30 AT C
MycoWizards Broadcast Ep: 15 Feb 24, 2025 933 What are mushrooms good for if not a final resting place? take a took at one of this weeks episodes where Erik and Mike chat about the many uses for these funny shapes of water we call mushrooms!ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowizards.com where we have rolling deep dives focused around commercial mycology, new equipment and innovation in this space and much more!USE CODE CNS30 A
MycoWizards Broadcast: Ep14 Feb 19, 2025 873 Tumultuous tariffs and other manure. Today's broadcast is all about poor leadership decisions from the top and how/why farmers need some buttressing for their sh*t umbrellas and a red ribbon road of loopholes to cartwheel through just to stay afloat. Beware the suits and grow your fruits, fam.ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowizards.com where we have rolling deep dives focus
MycoWizards Broadcast: Ep13 Feb 17, 2025 1024 Do you have a good Morel code? We like to think we do. Or at least we know of folks who do... Murder, mayhem and corporate tomfoolery abound in todays broadcast all about the mighty morel and how yes, you can cultivate them if you happen to be a pair of Norwegian twin genius'. This and more, including our first t-shirt GIVEAWAY!!!ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowizards.com
MycoWizards Broadcast: Ep 12 Feb 12, 2025 965 When you ask, We answer! tune information our second broadcast this week where Erik and Daniel hash out some basic ideas and answers to supplementation for our friends around the world and in the states! Mead! Aliens with middle fingers! Daniels exhaustion, the whole thing and a bag of chips.ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowizards.com where we have rolling deep dives focused aro
MycoWizards Broadcast: Ep11 Feb 10, 2025 796 And then there was space! come check out one of this weeks episodes with Gregor Jones! We talk NASA. We talk Space. We talk about things that don't belong in our face. Just kidding. ALSO Check out what's new over at https://mycowizards.com where we have rolling deep dives focused around commercial mycology, new equipment and innovation in this space and much more!USE CODE CNS30 AT CHECKO

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