Talk 10: "The Last of Us" with MycoWorks Mycologists

"Are we threatened by fungi?" "Are guns the best way to kill mycelia?" "How will The Last of Us end?" These are just a few questions we asked two of our in-house mycologists at MycoWorks; Sachin Jain, principal scientist and mycologist, and Phil McGaughy, artist, research assistant and mycologist. In this episode, we discuss the HBO show, what's fiction and what's reality, the role of fungi in the mainstream, and how human perception of fungi has shifted over time. 

In this episode:

• 1:30 - From Paul Stamets to a champiñon farm at home. 
• 6:40 - Are fungi a threat to humanity? 
• 8:00 - Can mycelium communicate? 
• 10:50 - How would MycoWorks mycologist kill the fungi in The Last of Us? 
• 17:00  - Why have fungi always been the bad guy?
• 18:00 - Mycelium for the future: fungi as food, for medicine and health, materials, dyes, and much more. 
• 19:50 - How will The Last of Us end? Will an environmental change stop the infection? Why is Ellie immune to it? Will this be the way? Will they overcome the infection with another fungus? 

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