In this video, professor Dr Michael Beug, gives us his take on whether you should cut or pluck a mushroom. Dr Beug was the mycology professor at evergreen State college for 30 years, and most notably taught famous mycology educators such as Paul Stamets, Jeremy Bigwood, and Jonathan Ott. This is a clip pulled from a video we released here on mushroom Wonderland last year called "cut or pluck." A bunch of amazing mycologists chimed in on the correct way to harvest a mushroom.
This has been a pretty heated topic in mycology for as long as I can remember, and it's commonplace to see people and arguments online about whether a mushroom should have been cut from the ground or pulled up completely. Does it harm the body of the fungus? Is it bad for the forest? Find out what Dr. Beug has to say on this short episode of Mushroom Wonderland. 🍄 The full documentary type video released previously- link below..

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