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Ep. 105: Alchemi, Amycel & Monterey Mushrooms - Mushroom Medicine, Fungal Genetics & Agaricus Farming (feat. Amir Karian)
The Mushroom Hour Podcast
The Genetics of Mushrooms
Mushrooms evolve quickly. Their genetics adapt quickly. The shock of moving to a new food source is turning on and off genetic base pears, genetically changing that mushroom. That was one of the most b mind blowing insights ithink you laid out for methat i think so many people might not know. So if you found a gean that turns off oxidation o the mushroom, you're potentially solving a lot of food waste on the market.
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That was one of the most b mind blowing insights ithink you laid out for me that i think so many people might not know. I think a lot of listeners other might not realize that the genetics of mushrooms, it's not something that takes o one generation. I mean, we know that they evolve quickly. Their genetics adapt quickly. We're talking about in their lifetime. The shock of moving to a new food source is turning on and off genetic base pears and genetically changing that mushroom. That is ridiculous. That is ridiculous to think. And then you guys have to track all that. Now, do you find sometimes that there are strains that come out of that that had a a good mutation? Or, i know you said they're cancelled. What whaul you gane to do with those findings? Yes,
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good mutations happen a lot. Because you have o imagine this is happening. This isn't happening a few times. This is happening like thousands and thousands of data points. So every once in a while you get a mutation that's, well, that's incredible. One for example, i don't want to give too much incitinto what they're doing. Arndea, thy' on. They're going to be mad at me, but like a mutation that stops bruising. So, people shop with their eyes, you know, when you find a bruised mushroom on the shelf. It's a perfectly good mushroombut. I don't want it ecause it looks brown and weird, but it's fine, you know. And it's sadly, so much produce goes to waste ever year. So if you found a gean that turns off oxidation o the mushroom, you're potentially solving a lot of food waste on the market. So that could be, for example, like a good mutation that we find, and, yow, we'll take that like species straight to the lab, make sure we're putting it on on ice so we can keep it viable, and start playing with it, and start trying to breed it with otherspece ason and creates something better.
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