Today, Mia Rose Maltz, the Co-founder of the Rites Project spoke with us. Mia has been studying mycology, mushroom cultivation and mycorestoration for over ten years. For more information you can contact her at theritesproject@yahoo.com. She will also be holding a Solar Living workshop on August 24, 2008.
Maltz explained the importance of mycelium webs due to there decomposing capabilities. Contaminants such as petroleum will be treated like a food source by the mycelium, which will then produce the necessary digestive enzymes to break the contaminant down. Sooner than later, oil laden soil will have mushrooms, grasses, and insects again. It can replenish and renew with the help of the mycelium, becoming an oasis of life.
Maltz also recommended some great books for the identification of your various fungi. Mushrooms Demystified and All the Rain Promises and More, both my David Aurora will help solve your mushroom mystery. Maltz suggests viewing Paul Stamets website, Fungi Perfecti a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people.
We'd like to thank Mia Rose Maltz for being on the show today. Thanks to our listeners as well!
Olana & Deborah
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Hi Deborah,
I'm hoping we can use some mushroom myco-remediation on the sites where fires have been around here recently. So far, I haven't been able to discover exactly who is in charge. Often, non-native grass seeds are sown, but these don't hold the soil and so after the first rain, we lose all the soil --and the biota--down the drain and into the Bay.
Maybe you guys can find out who we can talk to about myco-remediation. Paul Stamets has done research on this that shows how the mycelium hold the soil, feed the remaining trees, transfer water and nutrients to trees and other vegetation, and encourage other regrowth.
He even talks about how the fruiting--or mushrooms--attract humans to the area and they bring in seeds on their clothing and shoes to help with regeneration of the area.
Keep it coming!
Cecile
seaseal@got.net
You can contact Mia Rose Maltz at theritesproject@yahoo.com for questions about myco-remediation. Thanks for your comment!
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