Ep. 189: Mycota Labs - Documenting the Fungal Biodiversity of North America (feat. Dr. Stephen Russell)

GUEST:

• https://mycota.com/

MENTIONS:

• https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=274169
• https://www.inaturalist.org/
• http://ww.calalive.org/

MUSHROOM HOUR:

• https://welcometomushroomhour.com
• https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour
• https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour

Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS COVERED:

• Passion for Mushroom Cultivation
• Wild Mushroom Identification
• DNA barcoding vs. Whole Genome Sequencing
• Sanger Sequencing & Nanopore Sequencing
• DNA Sequencing Process from Specimen to Final Data
• AI & Algorithms Interpreting Genetic Data
• Creating Foundational Data Sets
• Unidentified Fungi All Around Us
• Expanding from Indiana Across North America
• Genetic Data Making Better Field Mycologists
• What is a “Species”?
• The Species Problem in Medicinal Mushroom Research
• Becoming a Contributor to Mycota Labs Projects
• Bioinformatics & Scaling Biodiversity Studies