Giuliana Furci on the Wonders of Mycology, Wisdom from Jane Goodall, And More | The Tim Ferriss Show

Founder and Executive Director of the Fungi Foundation, Harvard University Associate, Dame of the Order of the Star of Italy, co-chair of the IUCN Fungal Conservation Committee, and author of several field guides to Chilean fungi.

An important Latin American author who has influenced Giuliana Furci.

One of the four extraordinary men who founded the Telluride Mushroom Festival.

A notable figure in the field of psychedelic fungi, who has participated in panels moderated by Giuliana at the Telluride Mushroom Festival.

A professor who studies foxes and other animals, with whom Giuliana volunteered to track foxes in Chiloé Island.

Co-founder of Rewild, a conservation organization that has adopted fungi-inclusive language.

An important Latin American author who has influenced Giuliana Furci.

One of the four extraordinary men who founded the Telluride Mushroom Festival.

One of the four extraordinary men who founded the Telluride Mushroom Festival.

A notable figure in the field of psychedelic fungi, who has participated in panels moderated by Giuliana at the Telluride Mushroom Festival.

Author of the book 'Entangled Life', which Giuliana Furci highly recommends.

A mycologist from Kew Gardens who was with Giuliana when she discovered Cortinarius chlorosplendidus.

A Chilean author whose short stories and novels, such as 'The Old Man Who Read Love Novels' and 'The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly', inspire Giuliana by finding simplicity in complexity.

A renowned mycologist whose books were among the first Giuliana found, a huge fan of hers, and a member of the Fungi Foundation board.

Author of 'The Triumph of the Fungi' and 'The Rise of the Yeast', recommended for learning about fungi's impact on humanity and the planet.

The country where Giuliana's mother met her father and which had a policy of welcoming Chilean refugees.

An island in southern Chile where Giuliana conducted her first field research on foxes, leading to her discovery of mycology.

The Royal Botanic Gardens in England, housing the world's largest fungarium and collection of holotypes.

A country in South America briefly stayed in by Giuliana's mother after fleeing Chile, and where Tim Ferriss lived for nine months and learned tango.

The city in the UK where Giuliana Furci was born and grew up.

A beautiful green mushroom species discovered by Giuliana during a pee break in the forest, which was new to science.

An ancient supercontinent from which Southern Hemisphere landmasses originated, relevant to the age of Amanita galactica.

Also known as the fly agaric, smurf mushroom, or Santa Claus mushroom, it is the oldest known hallucinogen to humanity and a very divine fungus in Vedic cultures.

A new species of Amanita fungus discovered and named by Giuliana, characterized by a black cap with white scales, found in mixed monkey puzzle and southern beech trees.

A supercontinent that first split into Laurasia and Gondwana, clarifying the geological context for the age of fungal species.

A book by Merlin Sheldrake that Giuliana Furci highly recommends and has been greatly inspired by.

A book by Nicholas P. Money recommended for those wanting to learn about fungi in an accessible, well-informed way.

An extraordinary novel by Luis Sepúlveda from 1989, discussing the southern cone and offering life lessons.

A highly recommended short novel by Luis Sepúlveda, published in 1996.

A publication on the environment to which Giuliana Furci contributed.

The first novel by Luis Sepúlveda, which conquered the literary scene in the late 1980s.

A book by Nicholas P. Money about how yeast has shaped humanity.

Defined as a non-profit organization representing civil society, measuring success by durable change rather than revenue, exemplified by Oceana and the Fungi Foundation.

The world's first non-profit dedicated solely to fungi, established in 2012, focused on fungal conservation, research, education, and policy change.

An international organization focused on fungal conservation, of which Giuliana Furci is a co-chair.

Giuliana's mother's homeland, where she was a political prisoner in 1973, and where Giuliana eventually moved and established the Fungi Foundation.

A conservation organization co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio, which has adopted mycologically inclusive language in its communication about nature, reflecting the Fungi Foundation's advocacy.

A US-based marine conservation organization where Giuliana worked in its Chilean office, learning how to achieve policy change for environmental issues.

An online bookstore Giuliana used to purchase books on fungi when she first started her research, due to the lack of local resources.

An online retailer Giuliana used to purchase books on fungi.

A hallucinogenic compound found in species like Psilocybe and associated with very old fungal origins, not directly related to propagation but rather reactions with animal vectors.

An award-winning book and film about fungi that Giuliana Furci contributed to and co-created curriculum with.

An antibiotic produced by fungi to protect themselves from bacteria, which also works for humans due to our close evolutionary relationship with fungi.