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.
Contact:
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Writings
NHMU SCIENCE STORIES
PRESS & Interviews
BBC World Service
Nautilus Magazine
Discover Magazine
BBC
Live Science
The Guardian
Science Friday Radio
@TheU
The Salt Lake Tribune
Daily Mail
Psychedelics.co.uk
The Microdose
Cool Science Radio
KRCL Radio
The Washington Post
VIDEOS & PODCASTS
Fungalore
YourMateTom
Brainforest Café
Adventures Through the Mind
SYLART
Cedar Falls Mycology
ONLINE teaching
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mckenna academy
Photos & fieldwork
Searching for Psilocybe weraroa, a tiny, brilliant blue orb-shaped psychoactive fungus endemic to New Zealand
Photo © Camas Lindbeck
Jian shou qing is a favorite amongst locals
Kunming, China
In the largest mushroom market in the world, thousands of locals exchange over 200 tons of edible mushrooms each day
Kunming, China
Embracing the breathtaking beauty in one of New Zealand's last primeval forests
Photo © Camas Lindbeck
The streets of Kunming are lined with endless baskets of wild mushrooms
Kunming, China
Locals venture into forests hours before dawn in search of mushrooms, to deliver the freshest fungal delicacies to city markets each morning
Yunnan, China
Sorting through a dizzying diversity after a mushroom foray
Sagada, Philippines
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
presentations
| 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 |
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