The mysterious world beneath our feet

What will you learn during the episode?

• How many kilometers of mycelium (hint: in the thousands) it takes to grow one mushroom – 05:32
• Irrefutable evidence (407 million years old) that we have seriously underestimated fungi – 26:26
• Where and why the most advanced forensic methods are used on fungi – 1:04:02
• What types of fungi grow on a living human? – 1:29:51

Who is Petr Kohout?

Mgr.Petr Kohout, PhD., works at the Department of Experimental Plant Biology at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, and the Microbiology Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He contributed to creating the largest fungi database in the world. He was one of the first in the country to highlight that fungi can influence the shape of entire landscapes. He is a recipient of the prestigious Neuron Award for young promising scientists.