[USCC] Contaminated park brings end to community gardenplan

[Allan Balliett]

I can't read this thread on myco remediation without inserting my own 
experiences and thoughts.

I've crossed paths with Paul Stamets for some 20 years now. I've been 
to many of his presentations.

In my work, I frequently run across permaculture-style groups that 
Stamets has talked into purchasing mycelium from him to 'prove' that 
mushroom inoculated mulch drifts will remediate toxic surface waters 
(for example, run off from a pasture to a creek)

What has always struck me is that across a 20 year period, idealistic 
people are still being asked to spend their money to "prove" 
something that would normally have been proven in a 3 year research 
cycle.

(It must be my faulty memory, but I'm pretty sure that he also 
advocates harvesting these remediation shrooms as an economic 
crop.(Maybe this is the blessing of the poor uptake?))

The flaw in his advocacy, of course, is he's also the man who sells 
the spore and mycelium for these projects.  In spite of this, his 
statements from his event presentations and in his books get a 
tremendous amount of acceptance among youth.

I appreciate your work,  thoughts and experiences, Dr Chaney.

-Allan Balliett
Shepherdstown, WV