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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 .
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World is the sixth book written by American mycologist Paul Stamets. In Mycelium Running (Ten Speed Press 2005), Stamets explores the use and applications of fungi in bioremediation —a practice called 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.
Stamets, Paul (2000). Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms: Shokuyō Oyobi Yakuyō Kinoko No Saibai. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 1-58008-175-4. Stamets, Paul (1983). The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home.
Fomes fomentarius (commonly known as the tinder fungus, [3] false tinder fungus, hoof fungus, [3] tinder conk, tinder polypore or ice man fungus) is a species of fungal plant pathogen found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.
Psilocybe caerulescens, found in the US and Venezuela, is also somewhat similar, but has a collybioid habit (small to medium-sized mushrooms with a convex cap), with spores measuring 6.7–8 by 5.2–6.5 by 3.3–5.2 μm, and cheilocystidia that are 15–22 by 4.4–5.5 μm.
Stamets, Paul (1996). Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0-9610798-0-0. Guzmán, G. The Genus Psilocybe: A Systematic Revision of the Known Species Including the History, Distribution and Chemistry of the Hallucinogenic Species. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia Heft 74. J. Cramer, Vaduz, Germany (1983) [now out of print].