Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets, D.Sc. (Honaris causa), speaker, author,  mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, is  considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi:  habitat, medicinal use, and production. He lectures  extensively to deepen the understanding and respect for the  organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on  this path of life. His presentations cover a range of mushroom species and research showing how mushrooms  can help the health of people and planet. His central premise  is that habitats have immune systems, just like people, and  mushrooms are cellular bridges between the two. Our close  evolutionary relationship to fungi can be the basis for novel  pairings in the microbiome that lead to greater  sustainability and immune enhancement. 

Paul Stamets is the author of seven books, including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save  The World, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World), he  has discovered and named numerous…