Mushrooms

Kept in the dark and shoveled sh*t. The fall rains are upon us, so the time to get edible fungus is upon us. I enjoy wandering the woods - any excuse to go out is well taken. (Don't find this type much, but i do love it when i do.)



These little buggers do more for the earth than any plant or animal. They regulate exchange between the earth and the plant and the bugs. Mushrooms are masters of decay - they breakdown nature into edible components and then shuffle those components off in exchange for value. They trade the trees metals for sugars and help to enable the redistribution of natural wealth. Perhaps i don't mind being a mushroom geek too much.

Let me put in a plug for an old friend who has a good concept - Elaine Ingham and her Soil Foodweb provides an extremely good starting basis for understanding how natural systems work. The model system of exchange economics that we embrace will have a bio-mimicry basis - so the mushroom dollar takes on a world of potentially greater importance.

Remember that energy is sub-divided into two types potential and kinetic. Potential energy is energy that is stored away for future use, while kinetic energy is the type that is being used on the fly, while being generated. Consider that hydro-power can be generated from the flow of falling water - now go check your elevation. If you have a head drop, you have the potential for micro-hydro - and i can trade you mushrooms for power. At least we can eat our shrooms - we cannot eat fiat dollars.