THE FUTURE OF FUNGI with ALAN ROCKEFELLER 

Mushrooms actually did wonders in my life. I could remember several years ago, I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Was diagnosed with BPD. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

I have so much respect and admiration for Alan for just deciding one day “this is super interesting to me, so I guess I’m gonna learn this shit” and just doing it

On a forum we had a dispute about a mushroom. Alan commented and verified that it was what the author had said it was. Nobody argued after that. 😅 Mad respect for the guy.

My obsession with psychedelics has been the reason I self taught myself chemistry and the art of extraction

So happy to see you 2 speaking to each other. Alan is to mycologists what Paul Stamets is to laypeople who are just big fans of mushrooms. Paul used to be incredibly respected in the mycology community, but unfortunately he tarnished his good name peddling pseudoscience to sell products. But, Alan is almost universally respected, and it's always nice to hear from him -- especially with you, as you're one of my favorite Scientists with a focus on entheogens.

Somebody PLEASE fund these two guys. They should both be able to explore whatever they want to no end

hey hamilton. i live in Australia. iv been picking edible mushrooms for 17 years because i enjoy the experience, i am a lonesome amateur. on new years eve i do magic mushrooms, only once a year and a very high dose and i increase the dose every year haha. today i learned about wood lovers paralysis! (:

22:07 best ad ever

Nice to see a conversation with Alan, he’s awesome

Awesome, i know him from "Crime pays but botany doesn't" they did some great videos together

“Separable gelatinous pellicle” is a wonderful phrase; one that has entered my permanent vocabulary. Great talk as always! Thanks for what you do

Oh hell yeah! Love Alan, I first discovered him through Joey over at Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't and he immediately became one of my mycologist heroes. Not sure if Hamilton is aware of Joey but I'd love to see them meet up and have a discussion.

i am so happy my dad gave me mushrooms at such a young age cause they completly changed the way i see life and everything and made me appreciate the earth alot more.

This is one of my favorites of the podcast. Enjoyed listening on the Patreon

I followed Alan on the forums. I appreciate him publicly sharing so many interesting species/locations.

I'd happily volunteer to help Alan hes such a breath of fresh air in today's society 🍄❤️

I love you, Hamilton

Hey Siri, how do I remove MicroPlastics from my Ego?

The meeting of two great minds, fantastic to hear your discussion!

I got a good laugh from the Sheath ad placement

Best sheath commercial I've seen so far. That would be perfect for going to shows.

Magic mushrooms literally saved my life No more additions No more depression No more anxiety & No more sertraline 🙏🍄❤️

0 dislikes.. god bless all 608 likers and 5,858 viewers.... yall deserve the world. I hope good things come to all of you, your a different breed. all 85 commenters get an upvote cause i can see the code.

perfect listen while walking through the park! thank you!

Alan is a good guy..mushrooms like cannabis will evolve..i have dabbled in both for many years..cheers

What's good my chemistry brothers and sisters 🎓💻💊🗜📚🌱🌼🌏🌎🌍😱🙉☝😅

I could listen to alan and hamilton for hours.

Yes hence why I am glad to be in many of the groups Alan is in. It's taught me immense amount more than I ever expected. Growing myself, learning to forage, identify and getting obsessed and immersed in the world of Fungi has been amazing in my process with also transitioning as well. (I walk about 8-12 miles a day looking for mushrooms to photography and mark)

That underwear ad read was hilarious lol

mushrooms have more awareness than people realize.

Awesome podcast. I love listening to Alan speak about fungi.

I first saw Alan's' lab on "crime pays but botany doesn't". One of my favorite channels. I had no idea you also knew him! I think CPBBD's quest to make botany exciting for the layman (with a bit of a ghetto energy to keep things interesting) is similar to your efforts to make chemistry cool again through your Pharmacopeia show. A podcast together might be interesting? The low brow chemistry and botany discussion would meld very nicely I think... Joey can be rather crass but is well learned.

Awesome! Thank you.

Best Sheath ad read ever

This is glorious!

Super happy you did one with Alan 👀

Love this! Thanks so much. Great conversation, like the power rangers, all powering up. Got to meet Alan briefly, out in the Tolowa Dunes, looking for mushrooms... he's a really inspiring, fun-guy. Thanks again, & cheers from southern Oregon.

I think he was the first one I heard say that the Chantrelles were all a product of convergent evolution. I've been into mycology about ten years. Even selling commercially. I'll never go this deep. He's right about the Amanita Muscaria. I've heard that too about them being one of the best mushrooms. I've heard to boil them a couple times and dip them in butter. Just never got around to doing it myself.

There is no other podcaster that do advertisements better than Hamilton. That propofol mug killed me :)

I'm excited to listen to this. Both of u are crazy smart

that sheath underwear ad blew my mind wtf, that is an interesting product lol

Aloha, Hamilton Hope all is well with you! Love all the research you’ve shared over the years !

Damn i cant wait, let me get some popcorn

Big thanks to Allan for mentioning Felix and the important work he and theHofmeister group are doing, here in "this small town in the center of Germany" :)

The night foray with both of you was memorable! Great podcast episode! 🤘😁🍄

God, I've never heard Alan talk so fast. And he goes on ginormous tangents too lol. Like from "are poisonous mushrooms as big of a threat as most people think?" to "some mushrooms give a burning feeling like horse radish." He's such a huge inspiration to me as an amateur mycologist. I really loved to hear him in this more enthusiastic, ranting way. Keep on rocking, Hamilton and Alan!

The thumbnail is from Hamiltons new slasher movie

So much love and respect for both y’all

Hope you both come to Mexico soon.

So excited to see two of my favorite people together!

Been waiting for this

Huge fan of both of these dudes!! Hope to meet them both one day

Loved this! Thank you for uploading 🍄

Future is now. I was mailed a bunch of strains now I control mos the flow west of the Mississippi

You couldn't add any more pictures to the slide?

Thank you for a new episode Hamilton!

Absolutely incredible convo. 😍🍄❤🎉

YESSSSSS!

I appreciate the slides ty 🌿🍄🍃

Immersive PASSION! ⚛️🥳⚛️

Came because i thought this was about fungi in food, stayed because its the pharmacopia guy.

Amazing! I love working with Alan and can't wait to meet you Hamilton.

Anyone else see the Sheath underwear ad? Lost my shit as he kept pulling more & more out! Classic!

Great conversation! Thanks for sharing

The ad fucking killed me 😂wow

Nice to see you know eachother, but at the same time ofc you do ! I feel how the people I follow are coming together into eachothers spheres

Hamilton is a dang legend.

Alan on Hamilton’s podcast?!?!! how did i not know i needed this

Thank you for sharing so much awesome information!

if anyone ever introduces me with such grandeur, ill have known that ive made a serious impact on the world around me. great oration big dawg, much love to both of you

On one cold October morning around three years ago, I headed off to the woods to go on a trail run. I ran to a specific spot where there was a beech tree with one long horizontal seat-shaped branch that I sat on to catch my breath. A few minutes later, I scouted a nearby clearing covered in fallen leaves. Here I began stretching in preparation for the main run. I swung my arms, moved my hips, stretched my quads, and finally bent down and touched my toes. Though I normally would have stood up after this position, the ground looked inviting, so I got all the way down and began doing some press-ups. After my last press-up, I noticed a twig just in front of my eyes. It was covered in tiny, bright yellow specks, and on closer inspection, I noticed that they were little mushrooms. I later learned that these were called Hymenoscyphus calyculus. Though small, they still had a well-defined stem and cup. I felt like a giant looking at mushrooms in a miniature world. I had never seen these before and wondered what else I had missed right in front of my eyes. With a new sense of curiosity, I looked around to see what else I could find. Lo and behold, I noted a row of cream-capped mushrooms that poked out from the woodland floor. I now know that these were Rhodocollybia butyracea, also known as butter caps. Had these mushrooms always been there? When did they pop up? How have I never seen them before? What were they? Are they edible? Poisonous? A profusion of thoughts entered my head, fueled by excitement, which in turn was fueled by the strangeness of these natural aliens I had only just appreciated in my late 20s. I felt like a kid again. The fact that I had spotted two different forms of mushrooms in a small area told me that there was more to be discovered. I began running. At every turn, I stumbled upon a new species. A handful of silvery-grey Mycena pseudocorticola were illuminated by the light on a fallen branch I jumped over. I turned left. A group of small brown Mycena haematopus stood confidently on a mossy bed like tiger’s eye crystals on green silk. Ten steps further, on the side of a thick oak log, I spotted Ascocoryne sarcoides, purple in colour and jelly-disc-like in shape. Since then I have published, what I believe is, the most in-depth (AND pretty) book on medicinal mushrooms out there now. I am surrounded by mushrooms now. And I love it. My fungal fascination as well as my medical background has also helped various people with illnesses, but cancer especially. Thank you so much for being you guys. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. Extremely high quality stuff. God bless!

😂 Gotta love that Sheath underwear Technology…. aka.. “The Party Package”

Been waiting for this collab for years.

this is the first time I went back to watch a sponsor shoutout

Dude... great info here. Thanks for the updates.

Stoked for this one

Cheers Hamilton

Whazzzzzup guys👍🏼😁🌎☀️❤️Alan and I have the same fungal obsession going on. I walked upon a morel mushroom around 4-5 years ago and never turned back. I even did an experiment with myself one year and that was to find a mushroom everyday for a whole year. I pulled it off…in Michigan forests. I have trained myself to just look down and around while I’m hiking. Good for mushrooms👍🏼…bad for seeing what is around you in the forest like Sasquatch and Dogman👎🏼

Enigma reminds me of cresting mutation in cactus, cristata. I've had golden teachers do it too

Andrew Chadeayne was/is working on Aeruginascin likely in concert with Felix & Dirk..

Great stuff and thank you for your contributions. Loved your intro re "Why do you need to ask?".....spot on!

...I've never heard "you learn thru obsession " this is exactly how I learn.

Thanks!

best commercial ever!

So good to hear that others also go out at night investigating with UV lights!

Morphology is fascinating to me as well. I'm a new grower and I've had individual strains show a wide variety of growth types under similar conditions.

I know Alan from his appearances in videos from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't. Always very informative. A mycological perspective is often missing from content highlighting ecology.

Worth the wait

Two of my favorite humans!

Humans are funny creatures. 😋 💕 Thank you Mother Gia

I love these two guys.

I would love some good references for taxonomy of psychedelic mushrooms.

I had no idea you have a personal channel. Glad I stumbled on this. Cheers

Nice! Alan is my Mycoguru.

Both of you are my heroes!❤

My boy Alan! He is inspiring and always a blast to go mushroom hunting with! I found some Ps. Azurescens or related cousin in Sacramento.

This is superb Hamilton! Thanks from Edinburgh

Ive met alan about 3 times. Great teacher!

The thumbnail again shows Hamilton's commitment to wearing white jeans in environments lesser beings would run from (and owning it like a boss).

this is amazing (+1of the best ads ever seen xD )