"SPEAKING OF MAGIC, THE WORLD'S" "PREMIER MUSHROOM FESTIVAL ROLLS" "INTO TOWN FOR A FUN-GI FILLED" "WEEKEND." "WELCOME MUSHROOM" "PEOPLE, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU" "HERE, PLEASE DO NOT KILL US." "PLEASE DO NOT ABDUCT US." "OH I'M REALLY RIPPING THEM UP" "HERE IN TELLURIDE, THREE MILES" "OVER THE LIMIT, HANG ON BABY." "AH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, HUH." "IT'S LARRY!" "HEY LARRY, GLAD TO" "SEE YOU, MAN!" "WELCOME TO THE" "FESTIVAL!" "IS IT SAFE TO EAT?" "DID YOU FIND A BUNCH OF THESE" "TOGETHER, DIDN'T YOU." "YEAH." "OKAY, THIS SMELLS LIKE A" "LITTLE BIT LIKE CUCUMBER, AND A" "LITTLE BIT LIKE BAD FISH." "YOU" "KNOW, SMELL THAT AND TELL ME" "WHAT YOU THINK, I MEAN..." "YEAH." "IT HAS A SMELL, YOU KNOW, AND" "NOTICE THAT SMELL." "THIS IS A TOXIC MUSHROOM." "TOXIC!" "TOXIC, OH." "THIS IS ONE THAT YOU WOULD NOT" "WANT TO EAT." "IF YOU DID, YOU" "WOULD PASS WATER THROUGH EVERY" "OPENING ON YOUR BODY." "UM," "INCLUDING YOUR EARS." "PEOPLE SAY" "'OH, WELL IS THAT A GOOD WAY TO" "LOSE WEIGHT?" "' NO, IT'S A REALLY" "BAD WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT," "ACTUALLY." "HA HA." "WELCOME, ALL OF YOU, TO THE 27TH TELLURIDE MUSHROOM" "FESTIVAL." "WE HAVE SEVERAL" "TRADITIONS HERE IN TELLURIDE," "ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAS BEEN" "GOING ON FOR A LONG, LONG TIME," "A GOOD FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL" "CHRIS DEAN, PASSED AWAY" "RECENTLY." "CHRIS USED TO ALWAYS" "OPEN THE FESTIVAL BY RINGING" "THIS BIG BRASS TIBETAN BOWL." "AND" "A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF HIS IS" "HERE RIGHT NOW, AND I'D LIKE TO" "BRING HIM UP, ROBERT BOUILLON," "AND HE WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE" "FESTIVAL WITH THE RINGING OF THE" "BOWL." "THINK ABOUT THE PLANET THAT" "YOU KNOW." "YOU GOT THESE" "CONTINENTS, AND NOT SO LONG AGO," "WE, WITHIN A HUNDRED YEARS," "WHO'S COUNTING, WE BELIEVED" "THOSE CONTINENTS WERE ALWAYS" "WHERE THEY HAD BEEN." "NO ONE EVER" "BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD EVER" "MOVED OR COULD MOVE, AND NOW WE" "KNOW THAT NOT ONLY DO THEY MOVE," "THEY ARE MOVING NOW." "AND THAT" "THOSE CONTINENTS ARE ON LARGER" "MASSES THAN THE CONTINENTS" "THEMSELVES." "THEY'RE ON THINGS" "CALLED PLATES, TECTONIC PLATES." "AND, WHAT I WANT YOU TO THINK" "ABOUT IS THE EARTH WE KNOW, THE" "TERRESTRIAL PART OF THE EARTH," "BEING UNDERLAIN BY A MYCELIAL" "MAT, A TANGLE OF FUNGAL THREADS" "UNDER ALL THE TREES AND GRASS" "AND SHRUBS, AND THIS FUNGAL" "NETWORK DECOMPOSES ORGANIC" "MATTER, PROVIDES NUTRIENTS TO" "THE TREES, AND HELPS SUSTAIN THE" "PLANET." "*" "ANYONE MIGHT WELL IMAGINE THAT" "THIS IS A LANDSCAPE AMONG STEEP" "CLIFFS AND SHADOWY VALLEYS OF A" "STRANGE, FARAWAY WORLD." "ON WHAT" "HILLSIDE HAVE WE EVER SEEN SO" "ODD A GROWTH?" "YET, THESE ARE" "SCENES FROM A FAIRYLAND THAT IS" "ALL ABOUT US." "THE LAND OF" "FUNGUS." "THIS IS THE SPROUTING" "BODY OF A FUNGUS, COMMONLY" "CALLED A TOADSTOOL." "IN THE" "UNDERSURFACE OF THE CAP THERE" "ARE TINY SPORES, EACH A SINGLE" "CELL." "THE FUNGAL CELL IS FULL OF" "LIVING MATTER WHICH EXTENDS THE" "CELL WALL AND GROWS INTO A TUBE." "THE ORIGINAL CELL DEVELOPS INTO" "A GREAT NETWORK OF TUBES, THE" "PLANT BODY OF THE FUNGUS." "IN" "TOADSTOOLS AND OTHER FUNGUS THIS" "GROWTH MAY CONTINUE UNDERGROUND" "FOR A LONG TIME IN THE MEADOWS," "UNDER DAMP FLOORS, UNDER" "RUBBISH, IN FACT ANY PLACE WHERE" "THERE IS DARKNESS, MOISTURE AND" "THE RIGHT KIND OF FOOD." "THE" "SPORE BEARING BODY, OR MUSHROOM," "COMES AT LAST INTO THE LIGHT." "LIKE DAINTY DANCERS IN A PAGEANT" "OF FAIRYLAND, THEY SWAY" "GRACEFULLY BEFORE US FOR A SHORT" "WHILE AND THEN ARE GONE." "LOOKS GOOD." "AND THIS IS HONEY." "HONEY, I WANT TO TASTE THE" "HONEY, DID LARRY COOK THIS?" "I'M AFRAID SO!" "NO EXCUSE!" "IF" "YOU ONLY USE BUTTER, ESPECIALLY" "LIKE WITH MORELS, THEY GET SO," "YOU JUST TASTE THE BUTTER." "YOU" "KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHERE'S THE" "MUSHROOM, YOU HAD A MUSHROOM IN" "HERE SOMEWHERE." "I'VE BEEN COMING" "TO TELLURIDE FOR THE LAST FIVE" "OR SIX YEARS, YOU KNOW, GIVE A" "LITTLE LECTURE, LEAD A FORAY OR" "SOMETHING." "I LIKE TO DO SOME" "COOKING TOO." "I USED TO HAVE A" "RESTAURANT, SO I WHIP UP SOME" "WILD MUSHROOM DISHES THAT ARE" "JUST KILLER." "WE NEED SOMEBODY TO SERVE." "YO, IT'S CHOW TIME!" "THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY COOL" "ABOUT FINDING FREE FOOD." "YOU" "KNOW, GOING OUT IN THE WOODS AND" "IT'S 'HEY, LOOK," "YOU CAN EAT THAT!" "'" "I GREW UP ON A CHRISTMAS TREE" "FARM." "WE WERE, WE HAD A LITTLE" "MORE REMOTE, YOU KNOW, SO I" "ENDED UP SPENDING A LOT OF TIME" "ROAMING AROUND THE WOODS AND" "HANGING OUT IN THE TREES AND" "COLLECTING MUSHROOMS AND THAT" "KIND OF STUFF." "WHY ARE MUSHROOMS" "FASCINATING?" "I FEEL LIKE I KIND" "OF JUST TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND" "STARTED DIGGING IT OUT AND FOUND" "OUT THAT THERE WAS A WHOLE" "MOUNTAIN UNDER THERE, YOU KNOW?" "IT'S LIKE ONCE I PICKED A" "MUSHROOM AND STARTED FOLLOWING" "IT BACK TO THE TREE ROOTS, AND" "INTO THE SOIL I SUDDENLY" "REALIZED IT'S ALL HOOKED UP," "IT'S ALL HOOKED UP TO THE SAME" "BIG ECOSYSTEM." "*" "BOLIVIA'S JUST AMAZING, I" "STARTED GOING DOWN THERE IN '97," "AND I'VE BEEN BACK EVERY YEAR" "THE LAST FEW YEARS, CHECKING OUT" "THE SPECIES IN THE UPPER AMAZON" "RAINFOREST." "*" "GOING TO MACHETE OUR WAY" "THROUGH THIS STUFF." "LOOK AT THE COLOUR OF THAT" "BUTTERFLY." "IN FOUR DAYS, WE FOUND ALMOST" "THREE HUNDRED DIFFERENT SPECIES" "OF MUSHROOM." "I MEAN, THE" "DIVERSITY IS JUST INCREDIBLE," "AND OUT OF THOSE THERE WERE AT" "LEAST FIFTY THAT I HAD NEVER" "SEEN BEFORE." "THERE'S JUST SO" "MUCH UNKNOWN IN THE WORLD OF" "MUSHROOMS." "LOOK AT THAT." "HOLEY MOLEY," "WHAT A MONSTER." "VERY THIN FLESH." "VERY WIGGLY," "RUBBERY, COMING FROM A TERMITE" "NEST." "WELL, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED" "MORELS." "YOU KNOW, I GREW UP" "PICKING THEM." "ARCTIC MORELS ARE" "INCREDIBLE!" "BECAUSE THE DAY GOES" "ALMOST 24 HOURS UP THERE, YOU" "DON'T HAVE THE SUDDEN DROP IN" "TEMPERATURE, THEY JUST KEEP" "GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING" "AND GROWING." "FIRST COUPLE OF PICKLES I'VE" "SEEN FOR A WHILE." "*" "EVERY YEAR, I HAUL HUNDREDS OF" "POUNDS OF MORELS DOWN TO THE" "FARMERS MARKET." "PEOPLE LIKE IT." "*" "NORMAN!" "NORMAN!" "AAAAAH!" "AS CHILDREN WE'RE TOLD TO" "AVOID WILD MUSHROOMS." "IN FACT, I" "REMEMBER BEING WARNED WHEN I WAS" "MOWING THE LAWN NOT TO LET THE" "LAWN MOWER RUN OVER ANY KIND OF" "TOADSTOOL THAT WAS GROWING" "BECAUSE IT COULD SOMEHOW WRECK" "THE MOTOR?" "*" "THOSE OF US IN TELLURIDE ARE" "FUNGOPHILES, PEOPLE WHO REALLY" "LOVE MUSHROOMS, AS OPPOSED TO" "MOST PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA WHO" "ARE REALLY FUNGOPHOBES." "THEY'RE" "PEOPLE WHO FEAR MUSHROOMS, AND" "PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE" "BACKGROUND WHERE WE DON'T HAVE" "THE TRADITION OF COLLECTING" "MUSHROOMS IN OUR FORESTS." "WE" "DON'T HAVE RELATIVES WHO HAVE" "BEEN COLLECTING MUSHROOMS OVER" "GENERATIONS AS YOU FIND IN" "EUROPE AND IN ASIA." "AND WHEN YOU" "ASK PEOPLE ABOUT MUSHROOMS" "AROUND THE STATES AND SUCH YOU" "FIND THAT WHAT MUSHROOMS THEY" "KNOW ABOUT ARE THE FEW THINGS" "THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE" "MARKETS." "SOMETIMES THEY CALL THEM" "PORTOBELLOS OR CREMINIS BUT" "THEY'RE ALL VARIETIES OF THE" "COMMON COMMERCIAL BUTTON" "MUSHROOM." "WHICH IS EASY AND" "CHEAP TO CULTIVATE." "THESE ARE ALL FROM THE" "WAREHOUSE." "WHAT I HAVE IS YOUR" "BASIC, A WHITE MUSHROOM, THESE" "IN THE PACKAGE HERE OR THESE" "HERE." "THESE OVER HERE ARE WHAT" "THEY CALL CREMINI OR BROWN" "MUSHROOM." "AND OF COURSE OVER" "HERE WE HAVE THE BIG ONES WHICH" "ARE THE PORTOBELLOS." "I WAS GOING" "TO GET SOME OF THE MORE ORIENTAL" "TYPE OF MUSHROOMS IN, BUT YEAH," "WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT" "GOES." "*" "WHO LIVES IN HERE?" "THE" "MUSHROOMS, DEAR." "THEY'RE" "SLEEPING PEACEFULLY SO THEY CAN" "GROW, AND GROW AND GROW!" "JUST" "GROW DELICIOUSLY!" "THEN CAMPBELL" "KIDS WILL PICK THE BEST, AND ASK" "THE COW FOR CREAM, FOR" "CAMPBELL'S CREAM OF MUSHROOM" "SOUP." "THE TASTE IS JUST SUPREME!" "IT'S NOURISHING TOO!" "AND GIVES" "YOU PROTEINS, VITAMINS AND" "MINERALS!" "TO HELP YOU GROW!" "*" "MMM, GOOD!" "THE MUSHROOM INDUSTRY HAS A" "VESTED INTEREST AGAINST WILD" "MUSHROOMS." "THE REALITY IS THERE" "ARE ONLY A FEW REALLY DEADLY" "MUSHROOMS AND NOT MANY MORE THAT" "ARE POISONOUS, SO IT'S A MATTER" "OF LEARNING ABOUT THEM." "*" "WHEN I MOVED TO THE COUNTRY, I" "REALIZED THAT I WAS STARVED FOR" "NATURE." "I WOULD DAY AFTER DAY," "DROP EVERYTHING, AND JUST WALK" "IN THE WOODS LOOKING FOR" "MUSHROOMS." "JUST PAYING ATTENTION" "TO ANYTHING IN NATURE AND" "FORGETTING ONESELF A LITTLE BIT" "RESULTS IN DAYS THAT PASS VERY" "QUICKLY." "*" "IT'S A SPELLING THING," "EVERYBODY KNOWS GURU, YOU KNOW," "BUT..." "WHAT ABOUT THAT ONE TOO," "LOOK AT THAT." "HA HA HA HA." "THESE ARE MUSHROOM CAMOUFLAGE," "THE MUSHROOMS DON'T RECOGNIZE" "THESE AS BOOTS, SO THEY DON'T," "THEY DON'T HIDE AS WELL, THEY" "THINK 'WHAT'S THAT'!" "IT'S A" "FUZZY CATERPILLAR!" "' THIS IS MY" "MUSHROOM KNIFE, IT'S CHEAP, I" "DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT" "LOOSING IT, AND I CAN TAKE IT ON" "THE PLANE." "THEY GOT A WHOLE" "CONVOY OF SUV'S!" "GOT TO WORK A" "LITTLE HARDER ON THIS" "CARPOOLING." "DO YOU WANT TO PUT ANYTHING" "BACK HERE, LARRY?" "AH, JUST THIS." "THIS IS A" "REALLY GREAT THING, MAN." "YOUR FLY TACKLE." "YEAH." "YOU KNOW, A FISHING BOX, AND I" "CAN GET ALL KINDS OF SPECIES IN" "THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY COME" "BACK AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY PUT" "THEM ON THE TABLE." "YOU PUT THEM" "IN YOUR POCKET OR YOUR BAG AND" "YOU GET BACK IT'S LIKE 'WELL" "THIS USED TO BE...' HA HA HA, WE" "USED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE" "THIS." "EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MUSHROOMS" "LOVE THE RAIN, AND AT THIS TIME" "OF THE YEAR THE MONSOON RAINS" "COME INTO THE MOUNTAINS CREATING" "THE PERFECT ENVIRONMENT FOR" "MUSHROOMS, AND WITH THE RAIN" "HEADING WEST IT LOOKS TO BE A" "SPECTACULAR WEEKEND FOR PICKING" "MUSHROOMS." "SO THERE YOU HAVE IT" "MUSHROOM LOVERS, GET OUT THERE" "AND COMMUNE WITH THE SHROOM." "THIS IS LIKE BOLIVIA HERE," "YOU'RE GOING AROUND THESE" "HAIRPIN CURVES, YOU'RE ON THE" "BUS AND YOU SEE..." "SKY, AS IT" "GOES AROUND THE CORNER YOU SEE" "SKY AND THEN YOU SEE THE SIDE" "WALL OF THIS, AND YOU SEE SKY" "AGAIN." "YEAH, THE GUY'S GOT TO" "HAVE COJONES THE SIZE OF" "GRAPEFRUIT TO DRIVE THOSE BUSES" "MAN." "NOT A BAD BACKDROP, LARRY." "YEAH, NICE HUH?" "WE'LL BE," "WE'LL BE LOOKING OUT HERE, SEE" "THE EDGE, THE EDGE HERE, WE WANT" "TO JUST CHECK THE EDGE OF THIS" "TYPE OF AREA HERE FOR BOLETE," "AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY GO BACK" "UP AND LOOK FOR LESS WELL" "DRAINED AREAS FOR CHANTERELLES" "AND STUFF LIKE THAT." "AH, THERE WE GO." "THAT'S A NICE" "LOOKING HABITAT THERE." "WE'RE GOING TO FIND GOOD STUFF" "ALL OVER." "THERE'S SOMETHING." "I THINK WE" "HAVE ONE OF THE AMECOSAS HERE." "IF THIS IS AGARICUS AMICOSAS" "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE?" "PINK GILLS." "PINK GILLS, WHEN THEY'RE" "YOUNG." "WE DEFINITELY HAVE PINK" "GILLS, THEY'RE NOT GREY OR" "WHITE." "OK, SECOND THING IS IT" "CUTS WHITE, STAINS, AND THEN" "FADES TO THIS REDDISH ORANGE" "TYPE COLOUR, THERE YOU SEE THE" "STAIN THERE AGAIN." "AND WHAT" "SMELL ARE WE LOOKING FOR?" "PHENOLIC AS YOU DESCRIBED IT." "RIGHT, IF YOU'VE GOT A" "PHENOLIC OR LIBRARY PASTE SMELL" "WE WANT TO AVOID THAT, OKAY?" "BECAUSE OUR TOXIC SPECIES TEND" "TO HAVE THAT SMELL." "WHAT ELSE WE" "GOT?" "OH GOOD, YEP, HONEYS." "NOW" "HONEY MUSHROOM, THAT'S A GOOD" "EATER, EVERYBODY'S BEEN EATING" "THAT ALL WEEKEND, THEY'RE NICE" "AND FRESH AND READY TO GO." "AND I SEE SOMETHING RIGHT UP" "THERE." "SO JUST SING OUT IF YOU FIND" "SOME GOOD STUFF AND WE'LL COME" "TAKE A LOOK!" "YOU KNOW, EVERYONE" "WILL BE SPANKED IF THEY DON'T" "FIND A CHANTERELLE!" "*" "IT'S A BOLETE." "A BIG ONE." "THESE THINGS EXCITE ME." "WHENEVER YOU GOT A BOLETE" "THAT'S RIPE AND IT'S ALREADY" "PRODUCING SPORES, THIS SPONGE IS" "NOT SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE ARE" "GOING TO WANT TO EAT ANYWAY." "SO" "I LIKE TO TAKE THOSE OFF BECAUSE" "AT LEAST THEY'RE GETTING THEIR" "SPORES OUT." "THAT'S THE FERTILE" "TISSUE THAT I JUST TOOK OFF." "AH, I SEE, SO WE'LL JUST LEAVE" "THAT TO HANG AROUND HERE." "AND THAT WILL JUST STAY HERE." "AND NOW, THIS IS THE OTHER THING" "WE OFTEN DO WITH BOLETES." "I" "OFTEN DO THIS BEFORE I PUT THEM" "IN MY BAG." "NOW THERE'S ALL THAT" "DIRT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE" "RUBBED INTO YOUR MUSHROOM AND" "MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN OUT." "SO, NOW I HARDLY HAVE TO WASH" "THAT SUCKER, SEE?" "FIELD DRESSED." "AND HERE'S LAC LAC, LACCARIA" "LACCATA, THE SWEDISH DID A STUDY" "OF THESE, AND THEY TOOK THE" "LITTLE THRIPS, THE SNOW THRIPS?" "YOU KNOW THE LITTLE SNOW FLEAS" "THEY CALL THEM?" "AND THEY PUT THE" "THRIPS IN WITH ALL THESE" "DIFFERENT PETRI DISHES TO SEE" "WHICH ONES THEY'D EAT." "WELL THEY" "CAME BACK AND THESE GUYS, THE" "LAC LACS, HAD EATEN THE THRIPS." "THE RESEARCHER SAYS, 'YOU KNOW," "IT WAS KIND OF LIKE PUTTING A" "FOOTBALL PLAYER IN A ROOM WITH A" "PIZZA AND YOU COME BACK LATER" "AND THE PIZZA ATE THE FOOTBALL" "PLAYER, WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?" "'" "YOU KNOW?" "*" "STILL NO CHANTERELLES, HUH?" "I GOT ONE UP HERE!" "HEY, WE GOT A CHANTERELLE?" "THERE'S A LITTLE ONE." "HERE WE" "GO, THAT'S A LITTLE BIGGER." "ALL" "RIGHT, HOPEFULLY, IF WE STICK" "THAT BACK, IT WILL CONTINUE TO" "GROW." "A WHOLE HANDFUL OF THE LITTLE" "BUGGERS." "WELL I FOLLOWED YOUR ADVICE, I" "LOOKED AT THE TERRAIN, I LOOKED" "AT THE MOSS, I LOOKED FOR THE" "WHITE." "YOU DID IT RIGHT, YEAH." "YOU GOT TO ADMIRE YOUR" "DILIGENCE ON THAT, BUDDY." "YOU" "NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND." "THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT." "GOT" "SOMETHING OVER THERE?" "OH YEAH, THAT'S A PEPPERY" "BOLETE, IT'S CONSIDERED" "NON-EDIBLE, BUT HERE WE GO." "WANT TO TRY?" "I GUESS SO." "I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE" "BIT." "WORK IT AROUND IN YOUR" "MOUTH FOR A SECOND." "IT'S NOT" "GOING TO HURT YOU, IT'S NOT LIKE" "A RUSSULA." "YOU STARTING TO GET" "THE, GET THE HEAT THERE?" "UGH." "*" "NO ONE CAN EVER SAY FOR SURE" "WHERE TRUFFLES GROW." "THE ONLY" "WAY TO FIND THEM IS TO SMELL" "THEM OUT." "BUT IT'S NOT ONLY THE SMELL" "THEY LIKE." "GIVEN HALF THE" "CHANCE THEY'D SWALLOW THEM DOWN" "IN NO TIME." "*" "THIS KITCHEN, THIS LIVING," "THIS DINING ROOM WAS DESIGNED TO" "ENTERTAIN." "AND YOU'LL NOTICE HOW" "THE WINDOWS ARE HIGHER OVER" "HERE?" "IN THIS SECTION OF THE" "HOUSE?" "THAT'S SO THE CHEF HAS A" "VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS." "IT HAS A REALLY WINEY, SMOKEY," "EARTHY BASE NOTE TYPE OF" "FLAVOUR." "WHEREAS THESE SHRIMP" "ARE GOING TO BE MORE OF A" "SEAFOOD WHITE WINE TYPE OF" "FLAVOUR AND THEN THE BOLETES ARE" "REALLY SWEET AND NUTTY AND THE" "CHANTERELLES ARE ALMOST FRUITY," "SO, WE GOT FOUR PRETTY" "INTERESTING FLAVOURS HERE." "ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?" "SMELL THE FISH!" "THAT'S THE" "MUSHROOM I'VE SERVED TO PEOPLE" "WHO DON'T LIKE MUSHROOMS, AND" "NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN THEY LOVE" "IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A" "MUSHROOM TASTE OR A MUSHROOM" "TEXTURE, VERY FIRM TEXTURE." "POUR IT IN THERE?" "YOU BET!" "YEAH BABY!" "THAT'S DELICIOUS." "*" "HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A" "BIOLUMINESCENT FUNGI?" "THOSE ARE," "THEY GLOW IN THE DARK?" "YEAH?" "THERE'S, WE HAVE A COUPLE UP" "HERE, ONE OF THEM'S THE JACK 'O" "LANTERN, BIG CLUMPS OF MUSHROOMS" "JUST GLOW." "I MEAN YOU WALK DOWN" "THE PATH IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT" "JACK 'O LANTERNS, PUMPKINS, SET" "RIGHT OUT THERE." "AND WE ALSO SEE" "THEM DOWN IN BOLIVIA, THE" "MYCELIA FORM LITTLE TRAILS THAT" "GLOW AND INSECTS WILL WALK" "ACROSS, THEY'LL FIND THIS LITTLE" "GLOWING TRAIL AND THEY'LL FOLLOW" "IT RIGHT TO WHERE THE MUSHROOM" "IS, AND THESE MUSHROOMS ARE" "ALIVE, IT'S LIKE A BUG DISCO." "*" "TERENCE MCKENNA, YOU KNOW THE" "PSYCHEDELIC GURU, HE HAD A" "THEORY THAT THEY WERE AN ALIEN" "LIFE FORM, THAT THEY CAME FROM" "OUTER SPACE." "ALL TOO EASY TO" "BELIEVE SOMETIMES." "YOU KNOW, I, YEARS AGO, USED" "TO HOLD THE OPINION AND STILL DO" "IN THE PRIVACY OF MY OWN HEART" "THAT THIS THING COULD HAVE COME" "FROM OUTER SPACE." "NOT THE" "MUSHROOM PER SE, BECAUSE WE HAVE" "A FOSSIL RECORD OF MUSHROOMS AND" "SO FORTH ALTHOUGH IT ISN'T SO" "GOOD, IT ONLY GOES BACK ABOUT 40" "MILLION YEARS." "HOW LONG HAVE" "MUSHROOMS BEEN AROUND?" "SINCE" "THEY'RE PRIMARY DECOMPOSERS," "YOU'D ASSUME THEY'D BEEN AROUND" "SINCE THE GET-GO, BUT THE FOSSIL" "EVIDENCE ISN'T THERE." "IS IT" "POSSIBLE THAT A VERY" "SOPHISTICATED TRAVELING GENE OF" "VIRAL SIZE INSERTED ITSELF INTO" "THIS ORGANISM FOR SOME PURPOSE" "BEYOND OUR CAN?" "BECAUSE YOU SEE," "TO ME THE MIRACLES OF PSILOCYBIN" "IS THE HALLUCINATIONS, THE" "VISION, THE INFORMATION." "I'M" "COMPLETELY CONVINCED THAT THIS" "STUFF CAN'T COME FROM ME," "AND I'M A JUNGIAN!" "*" "IT IS ALMOST MIDNIGHT BEFORE" "THE BRUJO APPEARS." "HE HAS" "PRACTICED THE SECRET AND ALL BUT" "FORBIDDEN RITES OF THE SACRED" "MUSHROOM FOR DECADES, RITES" "PASSED ON FROM FATHER TO SON" "PERHAPS 4,000 YEARS." "TO ACHIEVE" "SPIRITUAL UNION, OUR SCIENTISTS" "ALSO MUST EAT THE MUSHROOM." "THE" "STRANGELY AROMATIC ROOT IS" "BURNED, INHALED." "THE BRUJO" "MURMURS INCANTATIONS IN CHATINA," "A LANGUAGE UNKNOWN ANYWHERE ELSE" "ON THIS EARTH." "THE FIRST SOUND" "WE HEAR AS THE CHEMICAL IN THE" "MUSHROOM TAKES EFFECT, IS" "LAUGHTER." "WHAT IS THAT?" "OH THIS IS MYCELIUM PRESSED" "WITH SPORES FROM SOME KIND OF" "MAGIC MUSHROOM." "I LIKE THEM." "NICE." "WANT ONE?" "SURE." "I'D GET ONE WITH A CAP, THAT" "ONE." "YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE." "WHOOP!" "(IMITATES POLICE SIREN)" "IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE?" "THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE," "YES." "AND HOW DO YOU LIKE THE" "TELLURIDE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL?" "IT'S GOOD MAN, IT'S GREAT MAN." "I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE DRUMS," "MAN, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH" "LUCK." "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY" "MIGRATED TO, MAN, WHERE THEY" "WENT, MAN." "YOU KNOW?" "TERENCE MCKENNA TALKS ABOUT" "MUSHROOMS AS HAVING BEEN THE" "CATALYST FOR HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS" "AND HE HAS THE WHOLE THEORY OF" "THIS, THAT WHEN WE CAME OUT OF" "THE TREES WE WENT TO THE DUNG OF" "THE UNGULATES AND WE TURNED THEM" "OVER AS MONKEYS AND THEY STILL" "DO THIS TODAY IN THE SAVANNAHS" "AND THEY PICK OUT THE MUSHROOMS" "TO EAT." "WELL, SINCE PSYLOCYBES" "SPECIES IS COPROPHILIC AND LIVES" "ON DUNG, THEY WOULD PICK OUT" "PSYLOCYBES." "IT TURNS OUT, IN LOW" "DOSES, PSYLOCYBE INCREASES" "VISUAL ACUITY, SO IN A" "HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETY IF YOU" "GOT BETTER EYESIGHT, YOU HUNT" "BETTER, YOU'RE SELECTED FOR" "ADVANCEMENT." "PEOPLE WHO ATE THE" "MUSHROOMS ADVANCED OVER TIME." "IT" "TURNS OUT YOU EAT MORE OF THOSE" "MUSHROOMS YOU GET KIND OF HORNY" "AND IF YOU GET KIND OF HORNY YOU" "HAVE MORE KIDS AND HERE YOU ARE" "A BETTER HUNTER, HAVING MORE" "KIDS." "AND THEN IF YOU TAKE" "MASSIVE DOSES WHICH OF COURSE IS" "WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, YOU SEE" "GOD WHICH IS WHY WE CALL IT AN" "ENTHEOGEN SO HE SAYS HUMAN" "CONSCIOUSNESS DEVELOPED THAT" "WAY." "WELL WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OR" "NOT, I THINK MUSHROOMS HAVE HAD" "A HUGE IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN" "EVERY CULTURE THAT WE'VE DEALT" "WITH, AND BECAUSE OF THE" "PSYCHOTROPIC ASPECT OF IT, MANY" "CULTURES USE THEM AS THE ALLY," "THE SPIRIT ALLY, TO TAKE THEM TO" "THE OTHER WORLD." "*" "PSYLOCYBIN MIMICS THE EFFECTS" "OF SEROTONIN IN THE BRAIN." "IT" "ALSO ENHANCES THE BRAIN'S" "PERCEPTUAL SYSTEM SO THAT USERS" "OFTEN REPORT TRAILS AND AURAS" "AROUND EXISTING SOURCES OF" "LIGHT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT" "EFFECTS HAVE TO DO WITH THE" "DEEPER IDEAS AND FEELINGS THAT" "PSILOCYBIN GENERATES IN THE" "USER." "MUSHROOMS HAVE WHAT THE" "PSYCHOLOGIST WILLIAM JAMES HAS" "CALLED A "NOETIC" QUALITY." "THEY" "PRODUCE PROFOUND STATES OF" "KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT." "THE OUTDOORS, THE SETTING OF" "CHOICE FOR A MUSHROOM TRIP, IS" "TRANSFORMED SO THE FOREST FEELS" "MORE LIKE A LIVING, BREATHING" "CATHEDRAL." "A FORUM FOR THE DEEP" "APPRECIATION OF NATURE THROUGH" "WHICH THE WONDROUS MUSHROOM" "EATER MOVES IN A STATE OF" "ECOLOGICAL GRACE." "I WAS IN L.A. FOR A FORAY, AND" "I WAS WANDERING AROUND IN ONE OF" "THE CANYONS LOOKING FOR" "MUSHROOMS." "TWO PEOPLE CAME UP TO" "ME AND THEY SAID DO YOU KNOW" "GARY LINCOFF?" "AND THEY SAID WELL" "THEY NEEDED GARY LINCOFF TO HELP" "THEM TO FIND THE FLY AGARIC," "AMANITA MUSCARIA, WHICH THEY" "KNEW GREW IN THAT CANYON." "THEY" "WERE PREPARING THEMSELVES TO" "LEAVE THE PLANET." "AND THEY SAID" "THEY THOUGHT THE MUSCARIA, THE" "FLY AGARIC WOULD SHOW THEM THE" "WAY." "THEY CONTINUED TO TALK, AND" "I TOLD THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S" "WHO I WAS, AND THE ONE GUY SAYS" "'LISTEN, YOU HAVE TO COME OVER" "TO MY PLACE.' AND 'I'VE GOT" "SOMETHING I REALLY HAVE TO SHARE" "WITH YOU.' SO I HAD THE NIGHT" "FREE, AND I WENT OVER." "SO I" "WALKED INTO THIS GUY'S HOUSE AND" "I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I" "DIDN'T KNOW THEM, AND HE HAS A" "REFRIGERATOR FULL OF DRUGS." "I" "MEAN HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NORMAL" "FOOD, LIKE NO LOAF OF BREAD, YOU" "KNOW, NO BUTTER, NOTHING!" "JUST" "DRUGS." "AND HE HAD A COUPLE EGGS," "AND HE HAD GUNS ALL OVER HIS" "WALL." "NOW, I LIVE IN NEW YORK" "CITY AND THAT'S NOT THE SORT OF" "THING WE HAVE ON OUR WALL." "WE'RE" "NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE HANDGUNS." "PLUS, THERE WERE A LOT OF DOGS" "IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BARKING" "THEIR HEADS OFF AND THEY SOUNDED" "ANGRY, SO THIS WAS LIKE NOT A" "GOOD SCENE." "BUT, HE SAID 'YOU'RE" "HERE AND YOU HAVE TO SHARE THIS" "WITH US.' SO HE MAKES UP THIS" "THING WITH MAGIC MUSHROOMS," "WHICH I HAD NOT HAD, AND I EAT" "THEM, AND THEN HE SITS ME DOWN" "ON A SOFA AND HE SAYS 'JUST" "STARE AT ME' AND HIS ENTIRE" "LIVING ROOM WITHIN A HALF AN" "HOUR TURNED FROM A MULTI COLOUR" "INTO KIND OF A DESERT GREY." "AND" "HE TURNED INTO A WOLF, SITTING" "THERE, STARING AT ME." "HE SAID" "'YOU LOOK APPREHENSIVE, IS THERE" "A PROBLEM?" "' AND I SAID 'I" "COULDN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT" "THE PROBLEM IS,' BUT I WAS" "THINKING THIS IS THE LAST DAY OF" "MY LIFE, AND THIS IS LIKE" "ENDING." "HE SAID JUST, LIKE, 'LET" "IT GO' AND NOT BEING PREPARED" "FOR WHAT WAS TO COME, I" "EVENTUALLY RELAXED." "HE SAID 'DO" "YOU SEE A LIGHT' AND I SAID" "'YES', HE SAYS 'WHAT COLOUR IS" "IT?" "' AND I SAID 'WHITE' HE SAID" "'WELL ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW" "IT?" "I SAID 'DO I HAVE A CHOICE?" "'" "AND HE SAID WELL, 'THAT'S WHAT" "YOU SHOULD DO.' AND THEN THE" "ROOF OPENS UP OVER MY HEAD AND" "BEFORE I KNOW IT I'M OUT OF MY" "BODY AND I'M GOING, I'M NOT" "FLOATING, I'M ACTUALLY MOVING." "SO I FOLLOW THIS THING OUT AND" "WE ARE GOING OUT INTO OUTER" "SPACE AND SOMEWHERE NEAR WHERE" "HE SAID MUST HAVE BEEN THE" "ANDROMEDA GALAXY, I WAS GETTING" "COLD AND HE SAID 'WELL WHY DON'T" "YOU STOP BY THE FIRE?" "' HE SAID" "'WELL THERE'S A FIREPLACE OUT" "THERE'." "OKAY, SO I FOUND IT AND" "I GOT WARM, AND I KEPT TRAVELING" "AND AFTER I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY" "HOURS, HE SAID 'DO YOU WANT TO" "COME BACK?" "' AND I WAS THINKING," "WELL YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NICE" "OUT HERE, WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO" "BACK?" "BUT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A" "GOOD IDEA, AND SO I START COMING" "BACK AND RE-ENTRY WASN'T AS" "DIFFICULT AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD" "BE, AND THERE WAS L.A. AND THEN" "THERE WAS THE STREET, AND THERE" "WAS THIS ONE HOUSE WITH A BIG" "HOLE IN IT'S ROOF AND I SAID" "'THAT MUST BE WHERE I GO!" "' AND I" "LOOKED DOWN AND SURE ENOUGH," "THERE I WAS SITTING ON THE SOFA," "AND IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF" "GETTING WHATEVER IT WAS OF ME" "OUT THERE BACK INTO THAT BODY." "AND THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE" "WHOLE NIGHT, AND HE WASN'T A" "SHAMAN, HE WASN'T A HEALER, HE" "WASN'T SOME KIND OF MYSTIC" "GUIDE, HE WAS JUST A GUY WHO WAS" "IN THE MOUNTAINS WHO HAD THIS" "PREDILECTION FOR USING A" "REFRIGERATOR FULL OF DRUGS AND" "HE HAD ONE HE WANTED TO SHARE" "WITH ME." "HOPING, I THINK, TO GET" "ME TO JOIN THEM TO LEAVE THE" "PLANET." "WHICH I WASN'T READY TO" "DO BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE THEY" "HAD A REAL GOOD GAME PLAN." "NOW," "HEY, THAT MIGHT BE AN" "INTERESTING THING!" "COULD YOU GO" "THROUGH A WORMHOLE WITH THE" "MUSHROOM?" "AND FIND YOURSELF ON A" "PLANET LIKE EARTH?" "IT SOUNDS" "LIKE FANTASY, WHATEVER, BUT AS I" "KEEP TELLING PEOPLE, YESTERDAY'S" "SCIENCE FICTION IS TODAY'S" "SCIENCE, AND THINGS THAT WE" "DIDN'T THINK WERE POSSIBLE, ARE" "POSSIBLE." "IT'S JUST A MATTER OF" "PARTIALLY TECHNOLOGY, BUT" "LARGELY IMAGINATION." "*" "ONE SIDE WILL MAKE YOU GROW" "TALLER, THE OTHER SIDE WILL MAKE" "YOU GROW SHORTER." "ONE SIDE OF WHAT?" "THE MUSHROOM!" "WHICH SIDE WILL MAKE ME GROW" "LARGER?" "THE LARGE MAKING SIDE OF" "COURSE." "I'LL TAKE A LITTLE OF BOTH TO" "MAKE SURE." "MR. CATERPILLAR SIR," "WHERE ARE YOU?" "YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO THINK" "ABOUT MUSHROOMS IN A RATIONAL" "WAY BECAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK" "THEY SEEM TO EXUDE MYSTERY." "YOU" "LOOK AT A LAWN AND YOU SEE A" "RING OF MUSHROOMS AND YOU KNOW," "WE CALL THAT A 'FAIRY RING.'" "WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?" "WELL," "THE IDEA AT NIGHT, MIDNIGHT," "THERE ARE FAIRIES DANCING IN" "CIRCLES, AND IN THE DAYTIME WHEN" "WE CAN'T SEE THEM, THERE'S A" "RING OF MUSHROOMS WHICH WE CALL" "THE FAIRY RING." "THIS LEADS TO A" "WHOLE MYTHOLOGY ABOUT MUSHROOMS" "AND FAIRIES AND THE LITTLE" "PEOPLE, AND THIS IS ALMOST LIKE" "AN ALTERNATE WORLD LIVING RIGHT" "ALONG WITH US." "*" "THOSE OF US WHO SPEND A LOT OF" "TIME WITH MUSHROOMS WORRY ABOUT" "IS, WE END UP WITH A KIND OF A" "MYCOCENTRIC VIEW OF THE" "UNIVERSE, EVERYTHING CAN BE" "EXPLAINED BY MUSHROOMS, OR WITH" "MUSHROOMS, SO IT'S HARD TO LOOK" "AT SANTA CLAUS AND NOT SEE THIS" "GUY THAT LOOKS LIKE A FLY AGARIC" "WITH THESE REINDEER RIDING" "ACROSS THE SKY." "SURELY THAT MUST" "HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE USE OF" "FLY AGARIC MUSHROOMS AND" "REINDEER IN THE ARCTIC, AND IT" "MAKES SENSE, AND THEN WE FIND" "OTHER THINGS AND WE SAY, GEE, IT" "ALL FITS TOGETHER." "AND IT CAN" "ALL BE, THE WHOLE WORLD CAN BE" "EXPLAINED BY MUSHROOMS, AND ALL" "MAJOR RELIGIONS CAN BE EXPLAINED" "BY THE USE OF MUSHROOMS." "I'M PUZZLED, ARE YOU REALLY" "SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT JESUS" "CHRIST WAS A MUSHROOM?" "AH, PUT PRETTY BLANKLY, YES." "SURELY YOU DON'T SUGGEST THAT" "JESUS CHRIST AND HIS VARIOUS" "DISCIPLES WERE NOT HUMAN" "CREATURES?" "YES, YOU ARE DEALING WITH A" "SECRET CULT, A SECRET SOCIETY." "THE STORIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT" "CONTAIN CERTAIN INCANTATIONS," "CERTAIN MAGIC NAMES WHICH WERE" "REALLY THE NAMES OF THE" "MUSHROOM." "NO, BUT THE WRITERS!" "THE" "WRITERS!" "MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE," "JOHN, THESE MEN WHO WROTE THE" "STORY, YOU ARE TELLING ME THEY" "DID NOT EXIST?" "NO." "NONE OF THEM EXISTED?" "NO, IT'S PART OF MYTHOLOGY," "IT'S PART OF MUSHROOM MYTHOLOGY." "SOME OF THE MUSHROOMS WE CAME" "ACROSS IN BOLIVIA WERE LIKE" "SOMETHING OUT OF SCIENCE" "FICTION." "*" "DO YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT" "CORDYCEPS?" "CORDYCEPS ARE" "MUSHROOMS THAT EAT INSECTS." "THE" "INSECTS WANDER AROUND AND INGEST" "THE CORDYCEPS AND THE FUNGUS" "JUST GRADUALLY GROWS RIGHT" "THROUGH THE INSECT ATTACKING THE" "NERVOUS SYSTEM AND WHEN IT IS" "ATTACKING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IS" "WHEN IT CONTROLS THE ANIMAL'S" "MOVEMENTS AND KIND OF DIRECTS IT" "TO MOVE INTO A LOCATION THAT IS" "MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE MUSHROOM" "TO FRUIT." "THIS INFECTED ANT" "CLIMBS UP HIGHER AND HIGHER, AND" "HERE THE MUSHROOM GROWS RIGHT" "OUT OF THE BACK OF ITS HEAD." "SURE GLAD THERE'S NO CORDYCEPS" "FOR PEOPLE, HUH?" "*" "SEVEN YOUNG PEOPLE SHIPWRECKED" "ON A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND," "WHAT DID THEY FIND?" "FOOD WAS SCARCE, AND THEY" "WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT THE" "MUSHROOMS THAT GREW ON THE" "ISLAND." "PLEASE, CAN'T WE EAT THE" "MUSHROOMS NOW?" "THAT WOULD REALLY BE THE END" "OF US." "CAN THEY ESCAPE THE HORRIBLE" "MUSHROOMS?" "WHEREVER I GO, THERE ARE" "MUSHROOMS TO HUNT." "OKAY MUSHROOMS." "HASTA LA VISTA, BABY." "*" "*" "THE SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS WE EAT" "HAVE GREAT CAPABILITIES." "THEY" "HELP LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE" "ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY OUR" "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH." "TWO MICE WITH HIGH BLOOD" "PRESSURE:" "THE MOUSE ON THE LEFT" "RECEIVED WATER WITH SHIITAKE," "THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, PLAIN" "WATER FOR TWO WEEKS." "THEY TOOK" "THE BLOOD PRESSURE OF BOTH MICE." "THE MOUSE GETTING PLAIN WATER, 262." "THE MOUSE GETTING WATER" "WITH SHIITAKE, 160." "THAT'S ABOUT 100 POINTS LOWER." "SHIITAKE" "MUSHROOMS ARE GOOD FOR PEOPLE" "WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE." "I'M GOING TO PUT SOME" "MUSHROOMS IN THE SALAD FOR" "DINNER TONIGHT?" "WILD MUSHROOMS?" "YOU SHOULD" "COOK THE MUSHROOMS." "WHAT ABOUT THE ONES WE BUY AT" "THE STORE, JUST SLICE THEM UP" "RAW?" "YOU SHOULDN'T BUY ANYTHING IN" "THE STORE." "A LOT OF THE STUFF" "THAT'S IN THE STORE HAS BEEN SO" "HEAVILY SPRAYED THAT YOU'RE" "DEALING WITH CONTAMINANTS THAT" "HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH" "MUSHROOMS, AND THE COMMERCIAL" "MUSHROOM PRODUCES TWO, THE GUY" "THAT DID THE WORK, IT'S BEEN" "PUBLISHED, STARTED DOING ORAL" "FEEDINGS WITH LAB ANIMALS AND" "PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT TUMORS FROM" "EATING AGARICUS BISPORIS." "I'VE GOT TO CHECK THAT OUT." "I'LL HAVE THE KUNG POW BEAN" "CURD." "KUNG POW BEAN CURD." "AND DO YOU HAVE MU-HER?" "THE" "BLACK MUSHROOM." "IT'S VERY WIGGLY, LIKE AN EAR?" "YEAH." "YOU HAVE THAT?" "YOU HAVE THAT" "IN THE SOUP?" "JUST IN THE HOT AND SOUR SOUP." "HOT AND SOUR SOUP THEN, YEAH," "WE'LL GO FOR THE MU-HER." "I'LL TRY THAT SWEET AND SOUR" "COMBINATION." "THERE IT IS, IS" "THAT ON THE MENU?" "THIS IS A CURTISINE, IF YOU'RE" "SICK, THIS STUFF IS MORE" "PRECIOUS THAN GOLD." "ONE OF MY" "FAVOURITE GIGS IS TO GIVE THIS" "TO SOMEBODY WHO'S AT THE" "FARMERS MARKET COMING BY GOING," "SNIFF, SNIFF" "I SAY 'NASAL PROBLEM?" "CHEW THIS.' THEY KEEP" "WALKING DOWN THE MARKET AND" "BEFORE THEY'VE GONE TWENTY FEET" "THEY'RE TURNED AROUND GOING 'HOW" "MUCH?" "HOW MUCH?" "WHAT DO YOU WANT" "FOR IT?" "' YOU KNOW." "NOW THIS ONE" "HERE, THIS ONE HAS AN" "INTERESTING HISTORY." "THIS, I" "FOUND THIS ONE IN A CLEAR-CUT" "THAT HAD BEEN DONE ON PRIVATE" "PROPERTY, A RANCH, BACK IN THE '50'S, OR THE '40'S, THEY'D CUT" "THESE TREES." "AND HERE WAS THIS," "COMING UP, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, TEN" "FEET AWAY FROM A BIG STUMP." "WELL" "THERE'S A FUNGAL TREATMENT RIGHT" "THERE." "AND THEN THE OTHER, THIS" "ONE, THIS LING CHI IS" "CULTIVATED, AND AGAIN, IT'S GOT" "THIS STAG HORN, THEY CALL THIS A" "STAG HORN, AND THE REASON FOR" "THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S GROWN IN" "LOW CARBON DIOXIDE ENVIRONMENT" "SO AS LONG AS THE MUSHROOM" "DOESN'T GET OXYGEN IT TENDS TO" "KEEP GETTING LONGER AND LONGER" "AND LONGER." "LING CHI'S ARE" "REPEATEDLY CITED IN THE" "LITERATURE AGAINST THINGS LIKE" "LUPUS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS," "TYPES OF ECZEMA AND PSORIASIS," "DIABETES, ANYTHING THAT SEEMS TO" "BE RELATED TO AN AUTO-IMMUNE" "DISEASE, THIS DOES SEEM TO GIVE" "YOUR BODY A BETTER ABILITY TO" "TELL SELF FROM NON-SELF, AND" "THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING IN" "IMMUNE RESPONSE." "YOU KNOW, IF" "YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO" "ATTACK SOMETHING LET'S NOT HAVE" "IT PART OF THE BODY, THAT COULD" "BE COUNTER PRODUCTIVE." "LET'S EAT!" "*" "I THINK THIS WOULD MAKE A GOOD" "TIP." "SOME LING CHI FOR LATER." "OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH." "A RECENT STUDY THAT I READ" "SAID THERE ARE 485 SPECIES OF" "MUSHROOM THAT ARE COMMERCIALLY" "TRADED AS MEDECINE." "BUT IT'S NOT" "IN AMERICAN AWARENESS RIGHT NOW." "*" "THE NOKI PRODUCTION IN JAPAN" "MOSTLY TAKES PLACE IN THE" "PREFECTURE OF NAGANO, WHICH IS A" "MOUNTAINOUS REGION IN CENTRAL" "JAPAN." "AND A VERY HIGH" "PERCENTAGE OF ALL THE NOKIS IN" "JAPAN ARE GROWN WITHIN A FORTY" "MILE RADIUS OF THE CITY OF" "NAGANO, AND WITHIN THAT CIRCLE" "THERE IS A STATISTICALLY LOWER" "INCIDENCE OF CANCER OF ALL KIND" "THAN THE REST OF THE JAPANESE" "POPULATION AND SCIENTISTS AT THE" "JAPANESE NATIONAL CANCER" "INSTITUTE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO HIGH" "CONSUMPTION OF THE NOKI" "MUSHROOMS BY GROWERS AND THEIR" "FAMILIES." "SO HERE'S A MUSHROOM" "THAT YOU CAN GET, IT'S IN" "SUPERMARKETS, IT'S CHEAP, YOU" "KNOW ITS TASTE IS UNINTERESTING" "BUT YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET THEM" "DOWN FAIRLY EASILY, AND IT'S ONE" "THAT I COMMONLY RECOMMEND TO" "PEOPLE WHO HAVE CANCER OR HAVE" "HIGH RISKS OF CANCER." "IT CAN'T" "HURT AND THERE IS GOOD RESEARCH" "SUGGESTING THAT IS AN ORALLY" "ACTIVE TUMOR-INHIBITING" "COMPOUND." "*" "TOMMY AND HIS BROTHER DAVE," "HAVE FOUND AN OLD DEAD TREE IN" "THE WOODS NEAR THEIR HOME." "TOMMY" "HAS FOUND SOMETHING THAT PUZZLES" "HIM." "THIS HARD, SMOOTH PLANT IS" "CALLED A FUNGUS." "IT GROWS ON THE" "OLD TREE JUST AS OTHER PLANTS" "GROW IN SOIL." "FUNGUS PLANTS LIKE" "THESE, AND OTHERS TOO SMALL TO" "SEE, HELP BREAK DOWN THE WOOD OF" "THE OLD TREE." "THIS IS A PART OF" "WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT" "THE OLD TREE DECAYS." "THE DECAYED" "MATERIAL WILL SOMEDAY BECOME A" "PART OF THE SOIL, WHERE IT WILL" "FURNISH FOOD FOR OTHER PLANTS TO" "GROW." "NOW TOMMY AND DAVE HAVE" "DISCOVERED SOMETHING IN THE" "HOLLOW END OF THE OLD TREE." "THESE MUSHROOMS ARE DOING" "THINGS OUT THERE AND MOSTLY WHAT" "WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING IS WHAT WE" "LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS" "THAT THEY'RE DECOMPOSERS." "AND" "ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT'S" "GOING ON NOW IS HOW PEOPLE CAN," "AS THEY SAY, PROACTIVELY USE" "MUSHROOMS TO BENEFIT OURSELVES." "AND SO WE'VE DEVELOPED SOMETHING" "NOW THAT WE CALL MYCOREMEDIATION" "AND WE'VE BEEN USING DIFFERENT" "MUSHROOMS EXPERIMENTALLY TO FIND" "OUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE AN" "OIL SPILL AND YOU WANT TO CLEAN" "IT UP, AND ONE OF THE THINGS" "THAT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL" "HAS BEEN THE USE OF OYSTER" "MUSHROOMS." "THE SAME OYSTER" "MUSHROOMS THAT YOU FIND IN THE" "WOODS, IN PARKS, THE SAME OYSTER" "MUSHROOMS THAT YOU EAT." "THESE" "OYSTER MUSHROOMS CAN BE GROWN" "OUT, THAT IS SO THE MYCELIUM," "THE LITTLE MICROSCOPIC THREADS," "ARE IN A KIND OF A MAT, WHICH" "YOU CAN PUT IN THIS OIL SPILL." "AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, AND THIS" "HAS BEEN TESTED A NUMBER OF" "DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT" "PLACES, THE OYSTER MUSHROOM" "CONSUMES THE OIL." "*" "OIL EATING MUSHROOMS, IT MAY" "SOUND LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, BUT" "THEY'RE REAL." "THESE ARE PICTURES" "OF OYSTER MUSHROOMS WHICH CAN BE" "USED TO BREAK DOWN OIL THAT'S" "BEEN COLLECTED ON MATS." "AND" "THAT'S WHAT VOLUNTEERS AND SOME" "ENVIRONMENTALISTS WOULD LIKE TO" "USE TO HELP GET RID OF SOME OF" "THE OIL THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED ON" "BEACHES DURING THE LAST FEW" "WEEKS." "IT'S GOING TO MAKE A COMPOST" "HEAP AND WITHIN THE NEXT TWELVE" "WEEKS IT WILL BE DETOXIFIED AND" "IT WILL BE NON-TOXIC, LANDSCAPE" "GRADE COMPOST." "I THINK SAN" "FRANCISCO'S GOING TO" "REVOLUTIONIZE OIL SPILL CLEANUP." "TWO THINGS HAPPEN WHEN THEY DO" "THIS:" "ONE IS THAT YOU GET REALLY" "BEAUTIFUL CLUSTERS OF OYSTER" "MUSHROOMS COMING UP OUT OF THIS" "OIL SLICK, AND YOU'D THINK," "WELL, YOU'D NEVER WANT TO EAT" "THOSE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN TESTED" "AND FOUND TO BE PERFECTLY" "HARMLESS." "THAT IS THAT THEY" "DON'T HAVE PETROLEUM IN THEIR" "CELLS." "THEY ARE CLEAN, AS IT" "WERE." "THE OTHER IS, AND THE MORE" "IMPORTANT ONE FOR THE" "ENVIRONMENT, IS THAT THE AREA IS" "CLEAN." "THERE IS NO RESIDUE" "THERE, NO REMNANT OF THE OIL" "SPILL." "AND THIS OPENS UP THE" "POSSIBILITIES FOR, NOT JUST OIL" "SPILLS BUT WHAT ABOUT AREAS THAT" "HAVE BEEN POLLUTED FROM DUMP" "SITES OF VARIOUS KINDS." "ANY OF" "YOU WHO USE WHITE PAPER TO TAKE" "NOTES ON THIS LITTLE TALK, KNOW" "THAT YOU'RE USING PAPER THAT IS," "ACID HAS BEEN USED TO TURN THAT" "WOOD PULP WHITE." "AND WE KNOW" "THAT YOU CAN USE FUNGI MUCH MORE" "EFFICIENTLY AND WITHOUT THE ACID" "RUNOFF, THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE" "NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF ALL THE" "PAPER SAYING 'THIS PAPER WAS" "PRODUCED USING FUNGI.' MAYBE" "THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE." "*" "THE HIGH POINT OF THE" "TELLURIDE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL IS" "ALWAYS OUR PARADE DOWN COLORADO" "AVENUE, TELLURIDE'S MAIN STREET." "AND LIKE MUSHROOMS WE LOVE THE" "RAIN, SO YOU KNOW WHAT?" "WE HOPE" "IT RAINS ON OUR PARADE!" "*" "MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN DRESS" "LIKE MUSHROOMS AND FAIRIES." "IT'S WONDERFUL." "SECOND YEAR FOR THE COSTUME," "SEVENTH YEAR FOR THE PARADE," "FESTIVAL, WHATEVER." "LARRY, WHO DID YOU DRESS UP AS" "TODAY?" "I'M GOING TO GO INCOGNITO." "*" "LARRY!" "COME ON, GET YOUR ASS" "UP, WE'VE GOT TO GO!" "ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT." "I GOT YOU SOME COFFEE." "OH ALL RIGHT." "YUM." "HOW'D YOU SLEEP?" "OH THE MUSHROOMS KEPT ME UP." "YEAH, WELL, NOT SURPRISED TO" "HEAR THAT!" "PESKY MUSHROOMS." "*" "I'VE BEEN A MUSHROOM GYPSY FOR" "YEARS NOW." "I GO FROM ONE PLACE" "TO ANOTHER LOOKING FOR" "MUSHROOMS, 'CHASING THE RAIN' AS" "TAYLOR WOULD SAY, FOLLOWING THE" "PRECIPITATION EVENTS FROM ALASKA" "AND MOVING DOWN THE COAST" "THROUGH OREGON AND WASHINGTON," "AND THEN AFTER WINTER, JANUARY" "ROLLS AROUND, IT'S TIME TO GO" "SOUTH OF THE BORDER." "DIP DOWN IN" "MEXICO, ECUADOR, COSTA RICA," "WHEREVER THE MUSHROOMS ARE." "AND" "IT'S GREAT!" "IT'S A GREAT LIFE!" "*" "THE MUSHROOM FESTIVAL ENDED" "THIS PAST WEEKEND, ACCORDING TO" "ORGANIZERS, A RECORD NUMBER OF" "MUSHROOMS ATTENDED THIS YEAR'S" "FESTIVAL." "WEEKEND UPDATE:" "COMING" "UP LABOR DAY, OUR ANNUAL FILM" "BUFF BUFFET, THE TELLURIDE FILM" "FESTIVAL." "OPENING NIGHT'S FILM" "IS THE WORLD PREMIER OF KNOW" "YOUR MUSHROOMS." "YOU MUSHROOM" "PEOPLE WON'T WANT TO MISS THAT!" "*" "PUFFBALLS ARE UNUSUAL" "MUSHROOMS, LACKING GILLS OR ANY" "OTHER SPORE PRODUCING" "STRUCTURES, THEY PRODUCE THEIR" "SPORES INTERNALLY THEN RELEASE" "THEM IN ASTRONOMICAL NUMBERS." "CARRIED BY THE WIND, CLUSTERS OF" "PUFFBALLS ARE KNOWN TO TRAVEL" "HUNDREDS OF MILES." "WITH SPORES" "EXPLODING IN EVERY DIRECTION" "EACH TIME THE PUFFBALL HITS THE" "GROUND." "ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IRKS ME" "MOST ABOUT BIOLOGY, IS THAT WHEN" "YOU LOOK AT ANY COLLEGE BIOLOGY" "TEXTBOOK, IT'S ABOUT 1,200" "PAGES, ON AVERAGE." "THE AMOUNT OF" "ROOM GIVEN TO FUNGI, OR" "MUSHROOMS IS TWENTY PAGES." "TWENTY PAGES OUT OF TWELVE" "HUNDRED, HOW COULD THAT BE?" "I" "MEAN, WHO'S IN CHARGE?" "AND WHY" "AREN'T THEY UP TO DATE WITH WHAT" "WE KNOW ABOUT THE INTERACTION" "BETWEEN PLANTS AND MUSHROOMS?" "WHY CAN'T THEY GET IT TOGETHER" "AND REALIZE IT'S NOT JUST A" "TWENTY PAGE ADDITIONAL SECTION" "THAT COULD JUST AS EASILY BE" "EXCLUDED, BUT IT'S A TERRIBLY" "IMPORTANT PART AND THAT'S ONE" "AREA WHERE WE'RE FAILING THE" "NEXT GENERATION IF WE DON'T GIVE" "THEM THAT KIND OF INFORMATION." "AND TELLURIDE, THAT'S ONE OF THE" "REASONS WE'RE HERE," "IS TO PROMOTE THIS."