For more than two decades, Michael Allen Z Prime has pioneered the art of making music in collaboration with plants and fungi. His albums: L-Fields, One Hour As Peyote, Borneo, and The Ascent Of Sap were the first to be made in collaboration with the bioelectrical fields of plants and fungi. In his work, the fluctuations in pitch and rhythm that you hear directly follow the fluctuations of the bioelectrical fields of the organisms he is working with. Michael has presented his plant and fungal sound installations at venues around the world, including The Mendel Museum (Brno), the NTT InterCommunication Center (Tokyo), the Halles de Schaarbeek (Brussels), the Arnolfini Gallery (Bristol), the Centre for Experimental and Improvised Music (Madrid), and the old Franciscan Abbey on Sherkin Island (Ireland). His recordings of fungi have also been featured on the BBC. Michael is also a qualified ecologist, and his work in that field led him to establish the Comillane Gardens botanical gardens and nature reserve on Cape Clear Island, 10 miles south of the Irish mainland.    TOPICS COVERED:    Early Explorations of  Electroacoustic Music & Mycology  Translating the Bio-Electrical Activity of Organisms into Sound  Different Approaches to Translate Biodata from Organisms  Audio Translation of Electrical Resistance vs Bioelectrical Action PotentialsWhat Does Sound Coming from Mushrooms Tell Us?  Acoustic Differences Between Day and Nights Cycles of Fungi  Does Translating Bioelectrical Activity Also Us to Communicate with Other Organisms?  Bioactivity Translation Equipment  Michael's Mushroom Sound Exhibitions  Different Sounds of Mushrooms Indoors vs Outdoors  Differences in Sounds Between Mushroom Species  Understanding Bioactivity as Future of Understanding Fungal Networks  Demonstration Transcribing Bioelectrical Action Potentials of Mushrooms into Sound   Upcoming Projects and Collaborations  EPISODE RESOURCES:       Michael Prime Bandcamp: https://michaelallenzprime.bandcamp.com/music  Michael Prime Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSX2bfcI0BR-phhw1DGH7JA  Tony Bassett (only reference we could find): http://www.fsr.org.uk/spi/spibass1.htm  Merlin Sheldrake: https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/  Peziza repanda (fungus): https://www.mushroomexpert.com/peziza_repanda.html  Laricifomes officinalis (AKA Agarikon mushroom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laricifomes_officinalis  Macrolepiota procera (AKA Parasol mushroom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera