One day I dream of opening up a Mushroom Land, which replaces Disneyland, where we can buy Disneyland as a distressed asset, converting every ride and attraction into a mushroom themed adventure park. Space Mountain becomes Mycelial Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain turns into Big Chanterelle Mountain, and the Haunted
My life will never be the same after tonight shatters my preconceived notions about what is possible in the more-than-human world.
Hi friends! This is Ryan Williams, and you may know me from The Influencer Economy book, wellness episodes, and hundreds of General Assembly Los Angeles events. How have you been? A lot has changed in our lives since we started this community in 2013. I am sending you love <
Hi Mycelium Friends! A few months we organized an event during Los Angeles Climate Week, alongside Plant Based Treaty, World Mycelium Storytelling Night. I was in the middle of writing a one-person show, which was a big reason why we had to postpone it. Sorry about that! Like the mycelium
Hi, I'm Ryan, and is a newsletter about stories about mycelium, comedy, and personal mushroom writing and/or art from me. I am thrilled to announce that I am debuting my new one-person show, The Psilocybin Files: Becoming Resilient Like Fungi this June as part of the Hollywood
Mushrooms touch every aspect of our society from politics to science to pop culture to the more than human world. The more I learn about fungi, the deeper and more connected my life becomes.
Mushrooms teach us about interdependence, a reciprocal relation between two seemingly interdependent bodies, ours and theirs.
Exploring the Mycoverse is a free Los Angeles-based meetup where we read myco-focused books, lead ecological discussions, facilitate conversations around fungi conservation, land restoration, and explore how to make mushrooms accessible to as many people as possible.
With each mushroom that I cultivate, I feel a deeper connection to the world around me, a bond that had been obscured by years of disconnection and trauma. I find myself in my living room, adjusting the temperature in a Martha tent, a mini-greenhouse for growing mushrooms, with a humidifier,
With each intentional breath, I felt a deeper connection to my roots, a bond that had been obscured by distance and time. I found myself in Claregalway, a small town on the West Coast of Ireland, surrounded by relatives I'd never met before. It was a reunion of
Everywhere is War —Bob Marley As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us. —Robin Wall Kimmerer When I decided to go green and purchase an electric vehicle, I never imagined it would turn into an environmental horror story. As a lover of Mother Earth and father of
