It’s a Mushroom Bonanza This Year! What’s the Deal?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a wet winter across Northern California this year, and that means a bounty of mushrooms. Get ready for a lesson in fungi from KQED Science reporter Lesley McClurg. Reported by Lesley McClurg. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Jessica Placzek and Julia McEvoy. Vice President for News is Holly Kernan. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	This is Bay Curious. I'm Olivia Allen Price.
0:09.0	It's been a banner year for rainfall in Northern California.
0:15.0	After six years of drought, our reservoirs are brimming with water.
0:19.0	The state's snowpack is among the biggest on record,
0:22.0	and at least I have moved from thinking, No-Pack is among the biggest on record.
0:22.7	And at least I have moved from thinking,
0:24.8	Oh, great, rain, we need it, to,
0:27.6	uh, another wet day.
0:30.1	For listener Teresa Halula, however, all this wet weather has her thinking about something a little mysterious that only shows up when conditions are just right.
0:40.5	She asked Bay curious, how can we find out more about the mushrooms that pop up in the area?
0:47.0	They are everywhere.
0:48.0	Support for Bay Curious is brought to you by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, still family owned, operated, and argued over.
0:55.9	Explore their brews wherever fine beverages are sold and taste how trailblazing runs in the family.
1:02.2	Visit Sierra Nevada.com to find your new favorite beer today.
1:07.1	KQD science reporter Leslie McClureg is here to take us through Mushroom 101.
1:12.1	Hey Leslie.
1:13.0	Hello.
1:14.0	Yeah, Teresa is right.
1:15.0	Fungi are literally everywhere this winter,
1:18.0	you know, from front yards to deep in the forest.
1:20.0	And wait, is it fungi or fungi?
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