Today on Mushroom Hour we are joined by mycophagy legend Larry Evans. Larry Evans is a mushroom hunter, teacher, cultivator, song writer, and cook. He has been instrumental in organizing forays, festivals, and workshops in Colorado, Montana, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Bolivia, and now Jamaica. He is a founder of the Western Montana Mycological Association, wrote a field guide to mushrooms of the Amazon, and appeared in Ron Mann’s come-documentary Know Your Mushrooms. His vast body of work includes detailed accounts of burn morel tracking throughout the Western US, explorations of jam-packed fungal jungles in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador and evangelizing audiences about means of fungal digestion, how fungi remediate contaminated soils, and what the process of mushroom making is all about. Time to laugh and learn with a real-life fungal pioneer.    TOPICS COVERED:    “Know Your Mushrooms”   Changes in Soil Carbon Throughout Earth’s History   Fungal Peroxidase Enzymes & the Carbon Cycle   When it Comes to Wood, Bury Not Burn!   Fossil Water, BCR & Soil Carbon Implications on Wildfires   Fire-following Fairy Cups   Understanding Soil Carbon in Land Management   Trophic Levels of Wood Resources   Mycoremediation & Fungal Adsorption   Protein Production in the Developing World   Mycofiltration   Demystifying Human Fictions of Money & Property   Creating New Value Systems   New Models of Human Organization Inspired by Self-Balancing Systems   EPISODE RESOURCES:    Larry Evans Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrMushroomlarry   Larry Evans IG: https://www.instagram.com/mushroomlarry/   Western Montana Mycological Association: http://wmma.wildsoil.com/   "Know Your Mushrooms" Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWf7fM5iLYc   Soil Carbon Cycle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_carbon   Daldinia concentrica (mushroom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daldinia_concentrica   Geopyxi carbonaria (mushroom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopyxis_carbonaria