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What sounds make you think of summer? For me, the sound of cicadas is a big one. These are fascinating insects on their own, but my guest, Dr. Matt Kasson from the University of West Virginia, has discovered something even more fascinating about the fungi that infect them.

If you want to learn more about this episode's topics, here are some links:

Dr. Matt Kasson’s paper in Fungal Ecology

Protea Bioscience

What is Khat? (LiveScience.com)

Thank you to Dr. Matt Kasson for his time and past guest Kristin Wickert for suggesting our topic. Also, thanks go to Fungi Town's patrons for their support! You can access a transcript of this episode soon, on the transcript page.

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Fungi Town is written, directed and produced by Jen Parrilli and hosted on Podbean. Theme music is by the awesome Athens, GA band Shehehe. Sound effects: ice cream truck by ciccarelli, skateboard by situational, and ocean waves by Eelke were all found on Freesound.com. The cicada sounds are via Wikipedia Commons.

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