Mycophilia: Why Fungi Is Fantastic with Eugenia Bone — WildFed Podcast #106

In this episode:

Eugenia Bone | Mycophile + Cookbook and Popular Science Author

Podcast discussion:

  • Introducing Eugenia

  • On bacteria and viruses

  • What got Eugenia interested in mycology

  • Best practices for beginner mushroom hunters

  • Thoughts on the commercial foraging world

  • The growing world of entheogenic mushrooms

  • Mushrooms contaminated with lead

  • Favorite mushroom hunting books

  • Where to find Eugenia

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Meet Eugenia Bone

 
 

Eugenia Bone is a nationally known food and science writer. Her work has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The National Lampoon, Saveur, Gourmet, BBC Science, and The Wall Street Journal, where she is a frequent book reviewer. She is a member of the American Society of Science Writers and former president of the New York Mycological Society. She is a member of the faculty at the New York Botanical Garden where she teaches classes on microbial ecology, psychedelic mushrooms, mycology, and food preservation She is the author or co-author of eight books on food and biology and has been nominated for a variety of awards, including the Colorado Book Award and a James Beard Award. Eugenia is featured in the documentary directed by Louie Schwartzberg, Fantastic Fungi (2019) and in Michele Obama’s High Ground Productions Waffle +Mochi (the mushroom episode). Her current project is the book fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook (Insight Editions, 2021).

Website | Instagram @eugeniagbone

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