Jackson is a biologist. He worked as a consultant, but the well-trodden path of career science wasn't his to walk. Mushrooms have punctuated every significant event in his life. In 5th grade, he even made his first spore syringe from an Agaricus mushroom growing on his lawn. He tried to grow it, but instead he grew mold. What a surprise. Now he's doing the same thing, just growing less mold and more mushroom.