MycoRant

It’s been awhile since I got around to uploading some new YouTube videos to Fungal Visions. I recently took the time to look over the most recent uploads to YouTube that had anything to do with mushrooms, fungi, or mycology. There is always a steady stream of such things. Most of them are not worth viewing.

Worthwhile Fungal Videos on YouTube

You may not agree that these videos are worth watching, but they are among the best recently uploaded to YouTube. Here are the ones I chose. You can see them (and many others) at Fungal Visions.

Biology 1B – Lecture 1: Introduction/Fungi: This is a full lecture from the University of California at Berkeley. The quality is good and the lecturers know there stuff. Since it is the first lecture of this general biology course, there is a lot of housekeeping discussed, but the beginning of the part concerning fungi begins around minute 14 and shortly thereafter.

Fungi for Biofuel: Prof. Amir Sharon, Tel Aviv U: A short explanation of the work being done in Israel on the use of fungi in the development of biofuels. Not overly exciting, but informative.

Paul Stamets Discusses Bioremediation and the BP Spill: A short interview with Paul Stamets, in which he discusses his ideas about, and the basis for, using fungi to remediate the damage caused by petroleum spills.

Growing Mushrooms–Unlocking the Food Chain: A sincere dude shows us some mushrooms growing in a pot of orchids. He makes a case for growing mushrooms for food and/or barter.

Giant Mushroom Safari Cloaks the Sun (HD): A fine, high quality video giving a ground-level view of an expanded mushroom cap (Chlorphyllum molybdites according to the video). Make sure you switch the resolution to 720p for the full effect.

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