Image description: Dr. Tom Volk smiles to camera as he is seated at a desk in his office, holding a brown felted box with the words May 22, 2006. Dr. Volk passed away on November 28, 2022 at the age of 63.

In celebration of Dr. Tom Volk’s life: Mushrooms! Psilocybin! Humongous fungus! Black mold! Foraging! The incredibly charming and warm Dr. Tom Volk, world-renowned mushroom expert, welcomes Alie into his office to dive deep into the underground world of fungal enthusiasts and touch on pathogens and medicinal therapies. Dr. Volk himself was a heart transplant patient, and shared how his life had been changed since a donor saved it. Also: Alie holds his old heart in her hands. Dr. Tom Volk passed away on November 28, 2022 at the age of 63, and this encore is to celebrate his life and his life’s work with you.

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Mushrooms! Psilocybin! Humungous fungus! Black mold! Foraging! The incredibly charming and warm Dr. Tom Volk, world-renown mushroom expert, welcomes Alie into his office to dive deep into the underground world of fungal enthusiasts and touch on pathogens and medicinal therapies.

Dr. Tom Volk's awesome fungus website

This week's donations were made to DonateLife.net and The Mycological Society of America and his beloved BlueStars.org

Some links which may be of interest:

Dr. Tom Volk’s TED talk: A Change of Heart

We got yeasty genes

Cryptococcus

Goop hates candida

Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit

Weirdest mushrooms for you to enjoy

Psilocybin research

Why might shrooms be shrooms?

Santa was a shaman?