The Mycology Program is the collective's programming that is focused towards the study, cultivation, and utilization of fungi. This includes both the fields of mycology (the study of fungi) and fungiculture (the practice of fungal cultivation), as the later is effectively impossible without a working understanding of the former.
- Many people don't have the ability to grow anything due to their living situation, however when practicing proper sterile practices and air safety measures, fungi can be grown indoors year-round without any need for sunlight
- Fungi have massive potential to positively impact a wide range of industries from food, to medicine, to pollution remediation, to manufacturing. While this is a rapidly developing area of science, much of it is becoming the domain of patents and copyrights owned by corporations, leaving it out of reach of most people.
- The incorporation of fungi cultivation holds massive potential to work in symbiosis with current and developing systems of plant agriculture
- Fungi have the ability to break down waste like wood waste and agricultural waste and turn it back into nutrients that can be cycled back into system of cultivation rather than being burned to release more C02
- Make mycology accessible to working-class people and not just universities or private for-profit labs
- Establish a local network of mycology labs to allow for a shared library of fungal cultures for production and research
- Lay the foundation for the development of a local industry of bio-fabrication and bio-remediation utilizing fungi
- Fungi Identification and Population Mapping
- Fungi Harvesting
- Fungi Propagation
- Selective Breeding
- Culturing Fungi
- Spawn Production
- Log and Stump Inoculation
- Mushroom Bed Inoculation
- Mycology Lab Setup
- Mycology Lab Maintainance
- Studying Fungal Bio-Controls
- Studying Fungal Bio-Materials
- Myco-remediation
- Myco-fabrication
- An organization based in the Pacific North-West of the United States that hosts yearly gatherings of mycologists to share knowledge and network in the growing field of mycology.
- A book produced by Peter McCoy, on the founding members of that organization, which he wrote in collaboration with other supporting mycologists and lichenologists. The book is a massive text that originally started as a small zine that was distributed through the mycology and DIY scenes of North America in the 2010s. The final book end up being a massive tome of over 700 pages, which covered everything from fungal history, identification, cultivation, application, myco-remediation, and fungal-inspired organizational theory. The contents of this book should be read through a critical and skeptical lense as elements of it exist without empirical backing (e.g. bio-dynamics) or are outright un-scientific (e.g. myco-homeopathy) - regardless, the book contains a wealth of knoweldge and is a comprehensive introduction to the subject when read through that lense rather than taking all parts of it at face value. This book would serve as the source material for the condensed version, which was titled "The Mycocultural Revolution", which saw more widespread distribution due to its lower price-point and size.
- Radical Mycology is the titular theory that original zine and later full treaties is based on.
North Spore Mushrooms
North Spore is a mycology and fungiculture operation based out of Westbrook, Maine, USA that was formed in 2015 by three members. These members were Eliah Thanhauser (background in organic farm management), Jonathan Carver(background in mycology), and Matt McInnis (background as a documentarian and freelance photographer). Their operation is notable for the quality of their media that they release through their YouTube channel and the comprehensive detail of their instructional videos. Additionally a notable element of their organization is their research partner program, where they offer monetary support for small organizations that are doing notably mycology research within the United States.