Discover how Terence and Dennis McKenna's 1971 Amazon expedition, Dr. Steven Pollock's brown rice substrate breakthroughs, and Professor Fanaticus's PF Tek shaped modern low-tech mycology. Includes the official brand origin story behind 90 Second Mycology, community Discord updates, and news on home DNA sequencing and space fungal research.
An inside look into the 1981 unsolved cold case of Dr. Steven Pollock, the pioneer of Psilocybe tampanensis and sclerotia cultivation. Plus, critical global updates on WHO antifungal resistance research, new wild fungal species discoveries (Semicentenialea rex), PT: SporeCast updates and more!
A breakdown of the functional differences between brown rice and whole grain corn for low-tech mushroom spawn production. We look at nutrient availability, hydration dynamics, colonization speeds, and why traditional "anti-nutrients" don't hold back fungal mycelium in home cultivation.