Episodios

  • Mycology Catch-Up w/ Alan Rockefeller

    Mycology Catch-Up w/ Alan Rockefeller
    Jul 7 2024
    Alan Rockefeller is a mycologist and educator who has been studying mushrooms all over the world for the past 20 years and recently helped described two new species of Psilocybin mushroom from South Africa. He has helped numerous "citizen scientists" learn to DNA barcode fungi and led hundreds of free mushroom identification walks throughout North America. Alan encourages community science, free education and in addition is one of the kindest human beings I know. Also, one time in Mexico we almost both got trapped on top of a freezing mesa together.

    Website on Alan's DNA Barcoding Basics:

    https://wiki.counterculturelabs.org/wiki/DNA_sequencing
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    1 h y 57 m
  • Dr. Daniela Zappi - Brazilian Plant Ecology

    Dr. Daniela Zappi - Brazilian Plant Ecology
    Jul 3 2024
    Dr. Daniela Cristina Zappi is a Brazilian botanist, plant collector, and research scientist at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew noted for studying and describing Neotropical flora, Rubiaceae, and Cactaceae. She has described over 90 species, most recently a new species in the cactus genus Uebelmannia (U.nuda).

    In this episode of Crime Pays, we discuss the different biomes and plant communities of Brazil, what "ecological islands" are, the biogeography of the cactus family, bat pollination in Pilosocereus, edaphic endemism in "ironstone" habitats of Northern Brazil and how iron-rich soils affect the evolution of the plants that grow on them, and why truckstop food in Brazil is not only tasty but also so damn healthy.
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    1 h y 51 m
  • Zoe Schlanger, Author of The Light Eaters

    Zoe Schlanger, Author of The Light Eaters
    Jun 27 2024
    Zoe Schlanger is the author of newly released book "The Light Eaters", which shines a new light on researchers studying plant "intelligence" and behavior.
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    1 h y 46 m
  • Texas Botany with Michael Eason

    Texas Botany with Michael Eason
    Jun 24 2024
    The state of Texas is one of the most diverse states for plants (and geology) in the US, and contains a large number of plant species that can't be found anywhere else in the United States, yet at the same time an enormous amount of land and plant habitat is being destroyed every day (240,000 acres a year) ,pushing more than a few plant species towards population decline.

    This episode is a conversation with botanist and author Michael Eason from San Antonio Botanic Garden about plant conservation in Texas, why the Edwards Plateau is so special, walking the sometimes tenuous line between conservation and coordinating with private property owners in a state where 96% of the land is private, Texas Native Plant Landscaping, and a bunch more.
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    1 h y 54 m
  • Andrew "The Arborist" Conboy

    Andrew "The Arborist" Conboy
    Jun 18 2024
    In this we talk with Andrew Conboy about street trees, urban forestry, habitat restoration, getting stoked on native plant life and how it's practical more than puritanical, Philly, botanic gardens, and more.
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    1 h y 31 m
  • Guanajuato, Mexico Recap Part 2 - Floristic Affinities & Biogeography

    Guanajuato, Mexico Recap Part 2 - Floristic Affinities & Biogeography
    Jun 13 2024
    Two hours of rants about wonderful plants in Central Mexico. A follow-up to the previous episode and a description of plant species, taxonomic affinities and habitats encountered in the mountains of Querétaro and Guanajuato States, Mexico. Also a brief gear list and explanation of the various tools used when botanizing desert mountains.

    Why the genus Garrya (the silktassels) is so cool,
    A new Astrolepis sp. (Undescribed)
    Stevia pyrolifolia (Asteraceae) - it's waxy-as$ leaves at 10,000 feet
    Dyscritothamnus filifolius (Asteraceae) and the limestone cliffs and sketchy roads it inhabits

    Vallesia glabra (Apocynaceae)
    Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae)
    Strombocactus disciformis (Cactaceae)
    Lophophora diffusa (Cactaceae)
    Mammillaria perezdelarosa ssp andersoniana
    Arctostaphylos pungens (Ericaceae)
    Comarostaphylis polifolia (Ericaceae)
    and a ton more
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    1 h y 56 m
  • Central Mexico Recap & Habitat Summary

    Central Mexico Recap & Habitat Summary
    Jun 11 2024
    This episode sponsored by Fiberpad, where you can glue duct-taped wheatgrass and fiberglass to your face in order to clear up any blemishes nice. What can limestone do for you and how does it form?

    A long, winding rant through the mountains of Querétaro about habitats and species encountered at elevations between 6,000' and 10,000' including:
    Karwinskia humboldtiana (Rhamnaceae)
    Baccharis conferta (Asteraceae)
    Penstemon campanulatus (Plantaginaceae)
    Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Cactaceae)
    Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele (Cactaceae)
    Isolatocereus dumortieri (Cactaceae)
    Opuntia stenopetala (Cactaceae)
    Pinguicula moranensis (Lentibulariaceae)
    Quercus crassipes (Fagaceae)
    Agave salmiana subsp. crassispina (Asparagaceae, Agavoideae)
    Dasylirion longissimum (Asparagaceae, Nolinoideae)
    Various Stevia sp. (Asteraceae)

    featuring mountains made out of marble, seafloors made out of calcium-rich muck, and much more.
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    1 h y 46 m
  • Pollination Systems & Bird Pollination with Jeff Ollerton

    Pollination Systems & Bird Pollination with Jeff Ollerton
    May 28 2024
    Jeff Ollerton is a pollination biologist and researcher based out of the EU and currently working in KunMing, Yunnan Province, China. He has written two excellent books - one entitled "Pollinators and Pollination" and another entitled "Birds and Flowers" about birds as pollinators. In this nearly two hour long conversation we talk about a variety of taxa as well as ecological phenomena. I am still kicking myself for forgetting to bring up the topic of the South African monocot genus Strelitzia (Order Zingiberales) which has a weighted-lever-mechanism that allows only birds to access the stamens.
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    2 h y 9 m