Ep. 341 - Moonwort Madness

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore the mysterious world of moonworts (Ophioglossaceae) with botanist and moonwort fanatic, Steve Popovich. Whereas we still have a lot to learn about these strange ferns, the insights we have gained have revealed amazing things about evolution, ecology, and soil health. Warning: listening to this episode may cause Botrychulosis! This episode was produced in part by Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.7	IndefensivePlants.com.
0:05.7	What's up?
0:06.7	This is your host Matt, welcome to the show.
0:08.4	How's everyone doing this week?
0:10.4	This episode we are taking a look at a very strange group of ferns, the moon warts.
0:16.3	These ferns, in many ways, differ from all other ferns on this planet and their history
0:20.3	goes back many, many millions of years, and joining us to talk about this is botanist
0:25.1	and self-diagnosed sufferer of betrickylosis, Steve Popovich.
0:30.0	While Steve is skilled in a wide range of botanical topics, he has a special passion and
0:35.4	interest for moon warts, which has culminated in some really great discoveries which includes
0:40.7	descriptions of new species.
0:42.9	So let's just jump right into it without further ado, here's my conversation with Steve
0:46.7	Popovich.
0:47.7	I hope you enjoy.
0:53.7	Alright, Steve Popovich, it is so great to have you on the podcast, I'm super excited
1:06.7	to pick your brain today, but first let's introduce yourself, tell everyone a little bit
1:10.4	about who you are and what it is you do.
1:13.1	Thank you, man, I'm glad to be here.
1:14.6	I am super excited also because I am addicted to moon warts and I feel class ACE, so this
1:18.8	is going to be fun.
1:19.8	Awesome.
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