Faerie Mushroom Connection_The Light-Hearted Fairy

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--Author,Unknown

Oh, who is so merry, so merry heigh ho!
As the light-hearted fairy? heigh ho, Heigh ho!
He dances and sings
To the sound of his wings
With a hey and a heigh and a ho!
Oh, who is so merry, so airy, heigh ho!
As the light-headed fairy? heigh ho, Heigh ho!
His nectar he sips
From the primrose's' lips
With a hey and a heigh and a ho!
Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
As the light-footed fairy? heigh ho!
Heigh ho!
The night is his noon
And the sun is his moon
With a hey and a heigh and a ho!

FAERIES AND MUSHROOMS
WHAT’S THE CONNECTION?
WELL, WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…
...His nectar he sips

THIS REMINDS ME…

Extracts
from polypore
mushrooms can help
bees fight off viruses
that contribute to
Colony Collapse Disorder.

Paul Stamets pioneered
this research by showing
that bees naturally forage
on certain mushroom
mycelium.

Amadou extracts
reduced Deformed Wing Virus
(DWV) by over 1,000 times.

Reishi extracts
reduced Lake Sinai Virus (LSV)
by 45,000 times in field trials.

Immune Up-regulation:
Fungal compounds
like p-coumaric acid,
found in decomposing wood
and mycelium, help bees
"switch on"
detoxifying genes.

This helps them
to process pesticides
and fight pathogens.

Feeding worker bees
these extracts
can help them
to live 50% longer
than those fed
only sugar water.

Mr. Stamets proposes
that using
Metarhizium
(a fungus)
acts as a biocontrol
to kill parasitic
without harming
the bees.

All makes me want
to dance and sing,
for then more bees
may bring pollination
to flowers and crops.

WHEN THE POEM MENTIONS…
...light-footed fairy

THIS REMINDS ME…
of how delicate
some mushrooms
can be, where a slight
brush of hand or foot
may cause it to be
broken, often in more
than one place upon
this fruit body.

Meanwhile, just so you know, all of the fairy poems
shared were gathered (some written by me) a few years prior
to discovering Paul Stamets and his mushroom work. At the time
I was trying to connect, especially children, to nature with
a bit of fun by incorporating fairies, along with nature activities.

Then, when I discovered Paul Stamets and his work with mushrooms,
I thought in a way, I had discovered a holy grail to many of our environmental
problems, which has always been a core interest of mine.

This influence from Paul Stamets began around 2010 to the present.
However, because of one interview which I thought was not
in his usual style of being straight upfront, in fact, appeared to be
over-acting, I began to question the ground upon which he stood.

The following link I think gives a fair assessment and balance to all
in his regard, so perhaps, in the end, we may not throw out the baby
with the bathwater.

https://seismicspore.com/paul-stamets-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/