Paul Stamets- Stories and bio

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Earthscope has been hard at work, finding stories about environmental causes to share with you! Today I will be posting a series of stories made from interviewing Paul Stamets, a mycologist who studies the medical effects of mushrooms and fungi. Below is included a brief bio of Stamets, as well as three short stories.

Paul Stamets Bio:

Paul Stamets is a long-time mycologist and author. He developed an interest in science at a young age, and always hoped to own his own laboratory. Today, he runs Fungi Perfecti, a family-owned company that sells mushroom kits and supplies. He is also very involved with the research of the medicinal properties of mushrooms, including turkey-tail mushrooms. Author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World, Stamets is an active environmental and fungi advocate. Stamets has filed multiple patents on the antiviral, pesticidal, and remediative properties of mushroom mycelia. His work with mushrooms in studying cancer has made him known as a pioneer in the field of science, and led him to receive an honorary Doctorate of Science degree from the National College for Natural Medicine, Portland, Oregon. Among the many awards Stamets has won for his outstanding work and visionary research are the Bioneers Award from The Collective Heritage Institute in 1998, as well as the Founder of a New Northwest Award from the Pacific Rim Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils in 1999. He has given TED and TEDMED talks and interviews, and has been featured in several documentaries, including 2012, Time for a Change. Stamets has discovered four new species of mushrooms, and is the author of at least 6 books.

Below are 3 Earthscope stories with Stamets. Hit play to listen, and enjoy:




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-Katherine Hafner, Earthscope reporter