The Insane Value Of Mushrooms: Why Our World Wouldn't Function Without Fungi (TMS EP 19)

The Mushroom Show

English - August 08, 2023 16:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MB
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According to a new report, fungi contribute over $54 Trillion USD to the global economy. Sound crazy?

It kind of is, but there is no doubt that without fungi, our modern lives just wouldn't be the same.

In this episode of The Mushroom Show, we crunch the numbers to figure our what's really going on and try to figure out how researchers arrived at such a gargantuan number.

We're also diving into the mystery of the ancient and humongous fungus known as Prototaxites. Was the earth once dominated by these fungal beings? Let's find out!

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0:00 Intro
0:57 A Quick Foraging Trip With Eric Whitehead
3:20 Mushrooms Contribute Trillions To The Global Economy
15:42 Get Mushroom Powered With FreshCap
16:31 The Ancient "Humongous Fungus"