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It’s all about fungi! Join Cathy and Theresa as they foray through the fascinating world of mycology. There’ll be forays in forests, interviews with researchers, chats with mushroom growers, conversations about fabrication, kitchen sessions and much more!

The Sporopod


    • Apr 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 12 EPISODES


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    Episode 11. Talking about Lichens with Vanessa Ryan - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 28:15


    The Sporopod delves into the fascinating world of lichens! We are joined by the very knowledgable amateur lichenologist Vanessa Ryan as we walk through subtropical rainforest, noticing lichens and learning about these intriguing little ecosystems.

    Episode 10: Sporopod Short - Join the Great Aussie Fungi Hunt 2024!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 18:38


    It's time for The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt! For the month of October 2024, you can join Fungimap's Australia-wide survey of fungi and friends. We show how easy it is to take part - no experience required. Do it for the fungi!

    Episode 09: DIY skin serum with Snow Fungus

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 27:47


    We make our own skin serum using Tremella fuciformis, also known as white jelly fungus or snow fungus. Our "Sporopod Beauty Cream" is enhanced with home-made Reishi tincture: we discuss the beneficial properties of these and other fungi.

    Episode 08: Sporopod Short - Making Reishi Tincture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 0:11


    It's lab coat time in the Sporopod test kitchen! We're creating a Reishi tincture using Australian Reishi - Ganoderma steyaertanum.

    Episode 7. Mary Cairncross Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 13:43


    A foray in one of our favourite foray spots. Plenty of fungi sightings and an update on the invasive orange pingpong bat fungus - Favolaschia calocera.

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    Episode 6. Come with us on a foray in Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 21:10


    A fungi foray in Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. Join Catherine and Theresa as they photograph, prod, explore and attempt to identify fungi in this beautiful rainforest remnant.

    Episode 5. It's all about truffles!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023


    It's all about Truffles!

    Episode 04: A mob of mycophiles descend on Orange

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023


    Mycology May - now in its third year - held in Orange, NSW is a fungi-focused annual event. Workshops, talks, fungi surveys and a book launch for Alison Pouliot's Underground Lovers are just some of the events that made this year's experience so enjoyable!

    Episode 03: Wheelie into fungi…

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 18:04


    Cathy's in a wheelchair after a leg injury so she and co-host Theresa check out what it's like to do a fungi foray on four wheels.

    Episode 02: Cooking with Snow Fungus

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022


    Tremella fuciformis is also known as white jelly fungus or snow fungus. Cathy finds some specimens on a rotting log in her garden and after a discussion of this fascinating parasitic fungus, she and Theresa head to the kitchen to try out some snow fungus recipes.

    Episode 01: Amanita muscaria

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022


    Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric mushroom, is one of the world's most recognisable fungi. In this episode we talk folklore, toadstools, toxins and weedy fungal species.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 3:11


    The Sporopod - it's all about fungi!Join Theresa and Cathy as they talk about what's coming up in this show about fungi and fungi people! Growing and eating mushrooms, foraying and foraging, research, art and fabrication, folklore, saving the planet and more - tune in for some fungus in your ears!

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