One should not be more afraid of mushrooms than plants as mushrooms are safe to touch, even when deadly.

“A lot of people are more afraid of mushrooms than they are of plants, but that's not a good perspective to have because, like I said, you can touch all of these deadly mushrooms.”

Mushrooms are difficult to grow in artificial environments because they must compete with other organisms that thrive in the same resources, requiring sterile conditions.

“when you're growing a plant you're not going to grow it in the shade of another plant right you're gonna you're gonna manipulate its environment to make it Thrive but to do that with a fungus the only way you can manipulate the environment is to make sure there's no other organisms present that can ”