Buckwheats and Bail Bonds
This episode begins with a 56 minute rant concerning the crime spree caused by the meeting of the Eriogonum Society in Elko, Nevada, followed by rants on the silica "sinter" deposits occurring through...
30 Kesä 20211h 42min
The Nitty Gritty of DNA sequencing to understand Plant Evolution
In this episode we speak with Bruce Baldwin about sequencing the DNA of plants to understand how closely we're distantly related they are and how they have evolved. At least an initial understanding, ...
22 Kesä 20212h 20min
20 Minutes of Rambling and 60 Minutes of Melastomataceae
In this episode we speak with Darin Penneys, Ph.D about his work with an incredibly diverse plant family that few in the temperate zones are familiar with - Melastomataceae. I first fell in love with ...
11 Kesä 20211h 30min
Arrests at the Buckwheat Conference, Chicago West Side Heroin Dissuasion, Lithium Sleazebag Deli Platters
In this episode of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't we talk with Naomi Fraga about the devastation to be imposed on 90% of a rare plant's population and the mining company sleaze bags who are trying to g...
1 Kesä 20211h 26min
Milkweeds that Dupe Insects, Greenhouse Conservation, Customer Service Hell
In this episode we talk about milkweed plants that dupe kleptoparasitic flies into pollinating them, greenhouses and conservatories as bastions of ex-situ conservation, floral mimicry and bat pollinat...
20 Touko 20211h 21min
The Evolution & Ecology of Psilocybin
In this episode we speak with Dr. Jason Slot, Associate Professor at Ohio State University, who is a mycologist currently studying the evolution of psilocybin production in Fungi. The last half hour o...
5 Touko 20212h 8min
Back Inna Bay,Volcanic Carrots of Oregon, A conversation with Damon Tighe
Psilocybin Therapy, Woody tells us about Apiaceous endemics of the high desert, Damon Tighe tells us about observing fungi and insects and sexually transmitted ladybug diseases, growing oyster mushroo...
22 Huhti 20212h 12min
Baker Cypress, Research Natural Areas, & A Conversation with Julie Kierstead
In this episode we ramble about a rare Northern California Cypress species known only from twelve populations and figure out just what the hell that spot on the map that says "Research Natural Area" m...
9 Huhti 20211h 53min
