Mycology has a lot of hippies and some chuds are into psilocybin, but highly recommended. Fungi are a natural fit for socialists because it's a field that's deeply rooted in ecology and dialectics. They're easy to grow and fascinating to watch, more like ant farms than houseplants, while supplying a super healthy vegan protein cheaply enough that you can give it away. I'm going into fungiculture as a mutual aid thing for that reason. There's a lot of environmentalist draw in the form of mycoremediation and soil ecology. Foraging is one of the most engaging things I do as a naturalist and has vastly improved my botany/meteorology/ecology knowledge over normal hiking. There is a lot of historical and ethnobotanical tradition to explore, reasons to go outside, and you get a real holistic sense of nature with practical rewards.
Very worth it. Psilocybin stores dried really well, upwards of a year, and you can make some really positive interventions in the lives of friends. Foraging for mushrooms forces you to really learn the environment you're in and the patterns that generate them, as many form relationships with specific trees and fruit only when it's just right for that species.
Mycology has a lot of hippies and some chuds are into psilocybin, but highly recommended. Fungi are a natural fit for socialists because it's a field that's deeply rooted in ecology and dialectics. They're easy to grow and fascinating to watch, more like ant farms than houseplants, while supplying a super healthy vegan protein cheaply enough that you can give it away. I'm going into fungiculture as a mutual aid thing for that reason. There's a lot of environmentalist draw in the form of mycoremediation and soil ecology. Foraging is one of the most engaging things I do as a naturalist and has vastly improved my botany/meteorology/ecology knowledge over normal hiking. There is a lot of historical and ethnobotanical tradition to explore, reasons to go outside, and you get a real holistic sense of nature with practical rewards.
someone told me to get into mushroom foraging mainly because it would force me to log off and
some of the most beautiful wilderness in the world an hour(s) drive away
there's fucking psilocybin EVERYWHERE out here, especially considering it's been raining a ton almost to the point of breaking the drought
Very worth it. Psilocybin stores dried really well, upwards of a year, and you can make some really positive interventions in the lives of friends. Foraging for mushrooms forces you to really learn the environment you're in and the patterns that generate them, as many form relationships with specific trees and fruit only when it's just right for that species.