Colin Domnauer
Colin Domnauer is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at the University of Utah and the Natural History Museum of Utah, where he studies mushroom diversity and evolution. With a lifelong interest in Astronomy before turning to Mycology, he is most passionate about research and storytelling that inspires a greater sense of wonder and connection to the living world.His current work focuses on unravelling the longstanding mystery of psychoactive bolete mushrooms said to cause vivid hallucinations of little people. The project has taken him across the world, from the forests of southern China to the mountains of the northern Philippines, and has been featured in international headlines including The Guardian, The Washington Post, and the BBC.
PRESS & Interviews
BBC
BBC World Service
The Washington Post
CNN Travel
The Guardian
Discover Magazine
Nautilus Magazine
Science Friday Radio
Live Science
Additional Interviews
KRCL Radio
Cool Science Radio
Psychedelics.co.uk
Daily Mail
@TheU
The Microdose
The Salt Lake Tribune
Writings
NHMU SCIENCE STORIES
VIDEOS & PODCASTS
Fungalore
YourMateTom
Brainforest Café
Adventures Through the Mind
SYLART
Cedar Falls Mycology
Photos & fieldwork
Searching for Psilocybe weraroa, a tiny, brilliant blue orb-shaped psychoactive fungus endemic to New Zealand
Photo © Camas Lindbeck
Embracing the breathtaking beauty in one of New Zealand's last primeval forests
Photo © Camas Lindbeck
In the largest mushroom market in the world, thousands of locals flock for fungi, where over 500 tons of edible mushrooms may be exchanged in a single day
Kunming, China
The streets of Kunming are lined with endless baskets of wild mushrooms
Kunming, China
Sorting through a dizzying diversity after a mushroom foray
Sagada, Philippines
Locals venture into forests hours before dawn in search of mushrooms, to deliver the freshest fungal delicacies to city markets each morning
Yunnan, China
Jian shou qing is a favorite amongst locals
Kunming, China
China is the largest global exporter of wild mushrooms. Within this immensity lies much obscurity and danger. Over the past 10 years, Yunnan had over 10,000 mushroom poisonings
Finding Psilocybe weraroa, the psychoactive mushrooms endemic to New Zealand
ONLINE teaching
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Talks
| Event | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Drugs and Toxins Symposium | Online | 2026 |
| The Ohio State University | Online | 2026 |
| Mycological Society of Utah Fall Foray | Utah | 2026 |
| Northeast Mycological Federation Foray | Pennsylvania | 2026 |
| Mycological Society of America | Oregon | 2023 |
| Western Pennsylvania Mycological Club | Online | 2026 |
| New Jersey Mycological Association | Online | 2026 |
| Illinois Mycological Association | Online | 2026 |
| 12th International Mycological Congress | Netherlands | 2024 |
| Mycological Society of Utah | Utah | 2024 |
| University of Waikato | New Zealand | 2023 |
| Mycological Society of America | Arizona | 2023 |
| Psychedemia | Ohio | 2022 |
| Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs 55 | England | 2022 |
Contact
Talks, Interviews, press
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