Tradd Cotter and Irene Dubin Present:
Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycorrhizae: The Amazing World of Fungi
Join best selling author Tradd Cotter and psychotherapist Irene Dubin for this exclusive night that unravels the mysteries and excitement around the role mushrooms and other fungi play in our ecosystems, minds, and beyond.
Tradd will cover a variety of topics including, antibiotics, mycoremediation, psychedelics, and other incredible uses for Kingdom Fungi in this fun and provocative lecture. Joining Tradd will be Irene Dubin, psychotherapist and Co-Owner of Blue Portal, a Psilocybin-assisted meditation and treatment center, to field questions and give information surrounding mental health and functional fungi, such as Amanita muscaria and Psilocybe species.
This event will be at the Fountain Valley Nature Center from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. The address is 320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain, CO 80817.
This event is free and open to the public, though space is limited.
About Irene Dubin
Born and raised in Eastern Europe and Siberia, Irene completed BS/MS study in Pharmacology and received her Master’s in psychology with emphasis in addiction counseling. During Irene’s academic and professional studies, she gravitated towards Somatic therapeutic modalities, Mindfulness, Cognitive-Behavioral therapy, Art therapy, Depth Psychology. Her non-traditional studies include entheogenic research from a variety of sources, apprenticeship with a Shaman in Druid College, Sound therapy, Breath work, and Psychedelic integration practicum for clinicians. Irene has lived in the United States since 1998, owns a private psychotherapy practice, and is the lead psychotherapist at Blue Portal, facilitating psilocybin-assisted retreats overseas. She is an affiliate of MAPS, and a graduate of Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy at JKFU in California.
About Tradd Cotter
Tradd Cotter is a microbiologist, professional mycologist, and retired landscaping professional, who has been tissue culturing, collecting native fungi in the Southeast, and cultivating both commercially and experimentally for more than thirty years. In 1996 he founded Mushroom Mountain (sold in 2021) to explore applications for mushrooms in various industries, and currently maintains over 300 species of fungi for food production, mycoremediation of environmental pollutants, and natural alternatives to chemical pesticides.
In 2014, Cotter completed and published the best-selling book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation (2014), which is still one of the top ten releases with the publisher, Chelsea Green. Tradd has won numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious Clemson University Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2013), the EPA GRO-U Fellowship Award (2011), and is an expert lecturer on all topics related to fungi in agriculture and medicine.
Mr. Cotter’s current research projects include running the Blue Portal, a Psilocybin-assisted facility and research center, bacterial interactions with fungi, mycopesticides, novel antibiotic discovery, and isolating native mycorrhizal species for bioregional specific inoculants for plants.