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Paul Edward Stamets (born July 17, 1955) [3] is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells various mushroom products through his company. He is an author and advocate of medicinal fungi and mycoremediation .
Edible oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus sp.) fruiting from a stumpThe second principle is to promote saprotrophic fungi in the environment. [2] Saprophytic fungi are crucial to mycoforestry systems because these are the primary composers breaking down wood and returning nutrients to the soil for use by the rest of the forest ecosystem.
Fantastic Fungi is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Louie Schwartzberg. [2] The film combines time-lapse cinematography, CGI, and interviews in an overview of the biology, environmental roles, and various uses of fungi. [3] The film features interview segments with Paul Stamets and Michael Pollan, and is narrated by Brie Larson.
As of 2023, Birmingham has two Fortune 500 public companies: Regions Financial Corporation and Vulcan Materials Company. [1] Multiple other Birmingham companies rank in the top 1000. Private companies with revenue over one billion
Paul Stamets Steven Hayden Pollock (August 12, 1947 – February 1, 1981) was an American mycologist who studied psychoactive mushrooms and published many articles on the potential of mushrooms to treat illness and improve quality of life.
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780525510314. Stamets, Paul (2005). Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-1-58008-579-3. Varma, Ajit (2013). Symbiotic Fungi: Principles and Practice. Berlin: Springer Berlin.
The pioneering North American mycologist Job Bicknell Ellis described over 4000 species of fungi, and collected over 100,000 specimens. Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878) was the founding father of the modern taxonomy of mushrooms .
Tremella fuciformis is a species of fungus; it produces white, frond-like, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruiting bodies). It is widespread, especially in the tropics, where it can be found on the dead branches of broadleaf trees.