I checked Stamets' website at http://www.fungiperfecti.com , and didn't see anything about that. So far I haven't run across anything about that in Mycelium Running. I think his focus is on forestry. Maybe the area is to large or too steep in most quarries. It's probably applicable to some areas though.
There's an interesting anecdote that goes along with how he became a botanist, forest preservationist, and mycologist.
He made his start in life working as a clear-cutter/logger for a lumber company. One day after a particularly profitable run, there was an explosion involving a tree that apparently was rotten in its core, and the pressure of felling it caused the stump to burst out with a bunch of 800-pound wood shrapnel in all directions. To escape death, he and two other guys ran for it, only to find out that the trunk fell in the exact direction of their panicked running.
To further escape death, they hid behind... a tree, which proceeded to save their lives. After that he quit logging and went to botany school...
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Date: 2006-03-06 10:13 pm (UTC)There's an interesting anecdote that goes along with how he became a botanist, forest preservationist, and mycologist.
He made his start in life working as a clear-cutter/logger for a lumber company. One day after a particularly profitable run, there was an explosion involving a tree that apparently was rotten in its core, and the pressure of felling it caused the stump to burst out with a bunch of 800-pound wood shrapnel in all directions. To escape death, he and two other guys ran for it, only to find out that the trunk fell in the exact direction of their panicked running.
To further escape death, they hid behind... a tree, which proceeded to save their lives. After that he quit logging and went to botany school...