Episode 228: Fungi + Medicine + Mycology, Tom Volk

Shane talks with Tom Volk, who is a Professor of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He teaches courses on Mycology, Medical Mycology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Food & Industrial Mycology, Advanced Mycology, Organismal Biology and Latin & Greek for Scientists. Can fungi communicate with one another and do they share a common ancestry with humans?   What can’t...mushrooms do?

Check out Tom’s website: http://www.tomvolkfungi.net

Charity Of The Week: The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corpshttp://www.bluestars.org/

Outro music by The Long Hunt