Wild, local mushrooms can break down deadwood into healthy soil, and they can do this surprisingly fast. Used correctly, fungi are an emerging way to reduce the forest tinder that makes mega-wildfires more likely. But there’s a wrong way and a right way to use mushrooms for mitigation Our experts today will talk about the ways that are safe for the environment, and the results.
Our experts today are Jeff Ravage of the Coldfire Project and Zach Hedstrom of Boulder Mushroom . They describe efforts underway to use mushrooms to break down deadwood into soil — to reduce forest tinder and also for sequestering carbon in soil.
Host/Show Producer: Shelley Schlender
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