Mushrooms

Some of you know the sciwiz loves mushroom hunting.. Over the last week I’ve been collecting lichen, in search of water bears. I’m also reading “Entangled Life” by Merlin Sheldrake. The interesting connection is that mushrooms and lichen are both actually mycelium, which are the white colored threads that grow in the debris (leaf litter wood,etc.). Mushrooms are the fruit of the mycelium ( produce spores).

Lichen are symbiotic organisms that consist of 2 parts- mycelium and (algae or cyano bacteria).The mycelium provide the shelter while the photobiont produces food from CO2 water and sunlight. Cool Stuff.

Anyway here’s some wetrdness. Someone figured out a way to hook up a mushroom to control a synthesizer to produce MUSHROOM MUSIC. Be awed by the world around you! Enjoy!