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