Maria Higelin

Hi! I am SPORADIC's president, a french-romanian champignologue based in central France. I prefer the title champignologue to mycologist given I do not work on taxons (aka phylogenetic analysis). Plus, it sounds as a novel evocation in people's mind which I believe to be resonant with all the innovations happening in mycology nowadays.

I have been trained in an old regenerative farm in Serbia, Beograd in the production of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms from agricultural waste, and the production of mycomaterials and compost from spent substrate.

Before I became so passionate about mushrooms, in the last couple of years, I have been working in video-mapping and sound-design. I also have an educational background in philosophy of sciences and comparative philosophy.

November 2022