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Episode #20 "There's A Mushroom For That" Book Review Featuring Dr. Rob Silver
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- Cedar Falls Mycology Podcast
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Summary
All right, good people. Welcome to episode #20 where we are going to talk with Dr. Rob Silver about his new book “There is a Mushroom for that” Learn How Mushrooms, Cannabis and Integrative Medicine Help Your Pets Live Long and Healthy lives. This book is a guide to managing your pets' health. We love to talk about mycozooism on this show, that is the interconnectedness of fungi and animals. We have mentioned on this show several times that animals and Fungi share a common ancestor and that Animals and Fungi are much more closely related to Animals than plants. Knowing this it seems pretty reasonable to assume that many of the medicinal properties of functional medicinal mushrooms would apply to animals, in a similar way that they apply to humans. When it comes to medicinal mushrooms the old saying “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of Cure” is definitely true, historically mushrooms have been included in diets as a defense as much as a cure but they are also used to boost one's immune system therefore encouraging your body to fight off disease. Like most mushroom books this book starts with a mandatory introduction to Mushrooms and Mushroom physiology. I have obviously read a lot of these books and Dr. Rob's take on the subject is exceptional. Then the book moves into a discussion of Medicinal mushrooms and Dr Silver's experience and expertise really shines through and grabs your attention as he makes this complex subject easy to understand. Dr. Rob explains what the active compounds like Beta glucans, Ergosterol and Cholesterol Statins are actually doing. He then describes the benefits of 11 commonly used medicinal mushrooms and tells you how to give them to your pets. In the second half of the book Dr. Silver draws on his 40 years of experience in veteri…