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Join us as North Spore sits down with mycological luminary Alan Rockefeller for this exclusive interview about his 20 years collecting, documenting, and studying fungi. Alan is an expert in DNA sequencing, microscopy, and photography whose work continues to have a profound impact on fungal classification and taxonomy.

In this interview, we dive into his early interactions with mushrooms, DNA sequencing, photography, fungal taxonomy, wild psilocybe, and his encounters with the police.

We hope you enjoy this video!

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Index -

00:00 Introduction
01:21 Who are you and what do you do?
03:05 What are some of the discoveries you have made out in the field?
05:30 Can you talk about your work with identifying wild psilosybe?
08:20 How do you approach taking photographs of mushrooms? (Photo staking and mushroom photography techniques)
10:19 What does a mycologist need to see to in order to identify a mushroom?
12:35 What can DNA sequencing tell us about a mushroom? What does the process entail?
18:03 What's next? Can you talk about your upcoming events?
19:00 How can someone turn their interest in mushrooms and fungi from a hobby into work that's furthering science?
22:53 Can you tell me a little bit more about your activism work related to magic mushrooms? (Brief history of the criminalization of psychedelics and the potential health benefits of psilocybe)
27:33 Alan Rockefeller's first encounter with the police
41:33 Alan's second encounter with the police
51:00 What are you doing at the Telluride Mushroom Festival?
52:00 Do you think you'll be working with mushrooms for the rest of your life?

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Special thanks to the Telluride Institute!