We educate others how to, provide earthworks to, and research how to:
- increase pollinator, edible, & medicinal habitat
- initiate watershed friendly design
- encourage soil growth
- strengthen nutrient exchange networks
- rejuvenate degraded landscapes
- nurture ecosystem health through fungal cultivation and inoculation
Our current research focus: mycofiltration ability of certain saprophytic fungi to reduce pathogen numbers to safe levels while mycorrhizae redirect P into plant cycles (from nonpoint source runoff before reaching the aquatic ecosystem)
Please contact us if are interested in our services: yepeth@gmail.com
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- increase pollinator, edible, & medicinal habitat
- initiate watershed friendly design
- encourage soil growth
- strengthen nutrient exchange networks
- rejuvenate degraded landscapes
- nurture ecosystem health through fungal cultivation and inoculation
Our current research focus: mycofiltration ability of certain saprophytic fungi to reduce pathogen numbers to safe levels while mycorrhizae redirect P into plant cycles (from nonpoint source runoff before reaching the aquatic ecosystem)
Please contact us if are interested in our services: yepeth@gmail.com
Click for: Upcoming Workshops
Colchester Mycoremediation Pilot Project (4/19-6/20)
Focus: watershed health restoration
Involves: installing fungal hugelcultures & planting mycorrhizally dipped riparian species on town-owned lands in the Smith Hollow Brook sub watershed; continued testing, monitoring, and documentation throughout process.
Project aims: to determine whether these strategies uptake phosphorus and/or degrade escherichia coli (E.coli), in waterways deemed by VT to be impaired by both pollutants.
Partners: The Colchester Stormwater Utility has partnered with MycoEvolve
Research questions:
- Do the mycorrhizal riparian buffers reduce the Phosphorus delivered to the waterway?
- Does Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) reduce E.coli from the waterway?
- Can this green infrastructure handle effectively large inundations in spring snow melt?
- What is the efficacy of the filters for different size storms?
- Are there seasonal variations in the efficacy of the filters?
Spawn source: VT Myconode's Green Mountain Mycelium lab
Team: Karen Adams, Dr. Joshua Faulkner, Jason McCune-Sanders, Jess Rubin, Jeff Corbett, Dr. Josef Gorres, Leif Olson, Sue Van Hook
Stay tuned for updates!
Focus: watershed health restoration
Involves: installing fungal hugelcultures & planting mycorrhizally dipped riparian species on town-owned lands in the Smith Hollow Brook sub watershed; continued testing, monitoring, and documentation throughout process.
Project aims: to determine whether these strategies uptake phosphorus and/or degrade escherichia coli (E.coli), in waterways deemed by VT to be impaired by both pollutants.
Partners: The Colchester Stormwater Utility has partnered with MycoEvolve
Research questions:
- Do the mycorrhizal riparian buffers reduce the Phosphorus delivered to the waterway?
- Does Trametes versicolor (Turkey Tail) reduce E.coli from the waterway?
- Can this green infrastructure handle effectively large inundations in spring snow melt?
- What is the efficacy of the filters for different size storms?
- Are there seasonal variations in the efficacy of the filters?
Spawn source: VT Myconode's Green Mountain Mycelium lab
Team: Karen Adams, Dr. Joshua Faulkner, Jason McCune-Sanders, Jess Rubin, Jeff Corbett, Dr. Josef Gorres, Leif Olson, Sue Van Hook
Stay tuned for updates!
Here is a talk that Jess gave as part of the Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition Soil Series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5QnBMDT0s&feature=youtu.be starting at 24:12
though watch all of it to hear wisdom from Cat Buxton and Juan Alvez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5QnBMDT0s&feature=youtu.be starting at 24:12
though watch all of it to hear wisdom from Cat Buxton and Juan Alvez
Our past research project below is in process of entering phase 2; (stay tuned)
Hannah Huber & Jess Rubin at Society for Ecological Restoration Conference 11/2018
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Here is a link to our research findings.
We found: - King Stropharia (KS) (Stropharia rugoso-amnulata) did reduce E.coli #'s - Both direct contact with KS mats & KS enzyme exudates reduced E. coli #s - Mycelial mats released Phosphorus - Mycelial mats were potential nursery sites for other microbes As a result we are discontinuing our work with KS and employing different strategies and species in upcoming projects. |
Incorporate fungi into your landscape. We continue to hone skills with liquid culture inoculation, practicing transfer techniques to petri dishes, grains, cardboard, coffee grounds, & cold pasteurized straw. Upon successfully initial transfer, we then transfer grown out myceliated spawn to terrestrial substrate (wood chips) or logs for ecosystems repair, habitat enhancement, food & medicine
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We gather &save seeds, sheet mulch lawns, and plant polyculture hedgerows of edible, medicinal, & pollinator perennials.
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Grow nutrient dense soil: we support clients in covercropping empty garden spaces & in developing, improving, and maintaining compost systems: vermiculture, cylindrical, plastic contained, and 3 bin pallet systems. Store carbon: we install hugelkulture beds.
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Assess your home or business to see if it is watershed friendly and adjust accordingly. We link clients with Salix Solutions to participate in BLUE® which is a certification program that assists landowners to create and maintain watershed protection practices. BLUE evaluates properties for opportunities to reduce nutrient and chemical pollution, and certifies properties that meet watershed friendly standards. MycoEvolve incorporates these into designs involving rain gardens & other green infrastructure to protect the lake.
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Network
Radical Mycology Mycelial Network
The Radical Mycology Mycelial Network is an international, all-volunteer, grassroots network of groups and individuals that promotes the integration of mycological skills and knowledge into community-based solutions addressing environmental and social issues.
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