KQED's Deep Look Explores the Fantastical, Functional and Fun World of Fungi

What organisms are neither animals nor plants and belong in a kingdom all their own? Mushrooms!

Discover the fascinating world of fungi in this special event in collaboration between KQED Live and PBS Digital Studios wildlife video series "Deep Look." Host Laura Klivans brings together naturalists and scientists, a psychedelics innovator and renowned Bay Area mushroom chefs to explore some mycological magic. Series producer Gabriela Quirós reveals the challenges of filming these unusual organisms and their survival strategies with a showcase of videos about lesser-known bird’s nest fungi and cage fungi, as well as the notorious death cap.

Special guests include:

-Reggie Harris, psychedelics thought leader and innovator
-Chad Hyatt, mushroom hunter and author of The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen
-Eleanor Raab, naturalist
-Grace Stark, Ph.D. candidate in mycology, UC Berkeley
-Damon Tighe, biotechnologist and naturalist
-Dr. Gordon Walker, naturalist, scientist and board member of the Sonoma Mycology Association