Growing the Rarest Edible Mushrooms

William Padilla-Brown is a citizen scientist who, at a relatively young age, taught himself the ways of mushroom cultivation in order to change the world. William made waves as the first American to grow cordyceps, a rare orange mushroom that grows from the larvae of insects. William heads a citizen-run research center dedicated to environmental regeneration efforts with the belief that connecting more to the environment will aid humans in its preservation. He advocates growing your own mushrooms as a means for both food and education.

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[kentm]

This guy is openly explaining how to grow these rare mushrooms, instead of exploiting it. Really show his character

[rosegold]

I LOVE how passionate this man is about mushrooms. Just listening to him talk just warms my heart, honestly! This is awesome.

[TheKingbigb]

Did a project on citizen scientists their work is so important to the promotion of agriculture for so many reasons

[KimMorgan-dy]

I could remember several years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms

[_puffy]

This guy is awesome. Love his vibe and he is clearly of great intellect, but also has true organic compassion for the things he is working with.

[gregavant]

The man figured out how to take bug zombie mushrooms and cultivate them on rice from watching YouTube videos in a language he couldn't understand. He is a fucking genius.

[Elctroclash]

I'm sure he's cultivated some out of this world magic mushrooms secretly.

[andrearouillard]

"I've been running some urban agriculture experiments down here for a while" is the most eco punk sentence ever, fuck yeah!

[velboyd]

I love this video. I love that you are sharing your experiences and data with other people. I love how involved you are with what you do for a living. It's clearly your passion and that's wonderful to see and hear.

I'm just crazy for mushrooms. Living upstate Poland I'm able to eat a wide range of fresh harvested wild mushrooms. I love reading about them as well. They are the most interesting organisms. Our friend here just made me crave for his delicious looking fungi. Awesome story, awesome video, awesome person. Thanks.

[shortythepresident]

I could hang out with this guy. He seems like he could be a really cool friend to have. I love to be around people that can teach me things.

[mommabear]

I love my mushrooms 🙌 Lions main is great for the body. Healing. Micro dosing for depression and trauma has done so much good for me. So much changes when you take better care of your diet and use mushrooms to heal 💫

[squish]

Ok but y'all didnt show his psilocybin ones he definitely has some back there😂

[RedShiftMusic]

William Padilla-Brown you're fantastic! Keep doing what your doing man the world needs more people as inquisitive, passionate, self-starting as you

[rindaintheraw]

Without words...I'm in awe with your dialog, mind, soul, spirit 💖 and all that is you with all your uniqueness experiences and all expressed.
Thank you 😊 💓
Thank you
Thank you

[gregorysmithsonian]

The fact that he uses the mushroom to make dumpling fillings shows how much man of a culture he is

[acidpoptart]

My guy literally had a baby photo that said its cosmic on it. His life was already pathed out for him to be a cosmic mushroom grower lmao

[CanalTARA]

this dude is speedrunning Last of Us in real life with that Cordyceps Fungi

[homeroramirez]

"Choose 4 people to help you survive the zombie apocalypse"
-I choose the mushroom guy

[FlashieBoi]

this nigga gon be the reason that the last of us becomes real