Paul Stamets
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Paul Edward Stamets (born July 17, 1955)
Early and personal life
Stamets was born in
Mycological interest
Stamets credits his late brother, John, with stimulating his interest in mycology,[5] and studied mycology as an undergraduate student.[4] Having no academic training higher than a bachelor's degree, Stamets is largely self-taught in the field of mycology.[8][9]
Stamets received Bioneers Award from The Collective Heritage Institute in 1998 and the Award for Contributions to Amateur Mycology from The North American Mycological Association in 2013.[10] He also received an Invention Ambassador (2014–2015) award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[11][12]
In popular culture
Stamets plays a significant part in the 2019 documentary film Fantastic Fungi, and edited the film’s official companion book, Fantastic Fungi: Expanding Consciousness, Alternative Healing, Environmental Impact [13]
The character Lieutenant Commander Paul Stamets on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery was named after the real Stamets. The fictional version is an astromycologist and engineer aboard the USS Discovery, and is credited with discovering how to navigate a mycelial network in space using a "spore drive".[14]
Books
- Psilocybe Mushrooms & Their Allies (1978), ISBN 978-0-930180-03-4
- The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (1983), Paul Stamets and J. S. Chilton, Agarikon Press, ISBN 9780961079802
- Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms (1993; 3rd edition: 2000), ISBN 978-1-58008-175-7
- Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World (1996), Ten Speed Press, ISBN 978-0-89815-839-7
- ISBN 978-1-58008-579-3)
- Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness & Save the Planet (2019), Earth Aware Editions,
References
- ^ Myers, Jim (May 26, 2015). "The fungus among us". The Tennessean. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
Paul Stamets, widely regarded an expert in the fungal world...
- ^ Shea, Carolyn (2014). "Following the Mycelial Path to Discovery and Saving the World". Evergreen Magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
... as an Evergreen student in the 1970s ... [he entered] into the study of mycology with faculty member Michael Beug ...
- ^ Stamets, Paul [@PaulStamets] (July 18, 2020). "Yesterday, I turned 65 years of age" (Tweet). Retrieved February 4, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c Miller, Kenneth (May 31, 2013). "How Mushrooms Can Save the World". Discover. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Seattle Times. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
He inspired me on my path into the field of mycology, after his travels to Mexico and Colombia in pursuit of magic mushrooms
- ^ a b Isaacson, Andy (November 2009). "Return of the Fungi". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ Gilmore, Molly (December 6, 2019). "Paul Stamets becomes fungi phenom with acclaimed documentary and Star Trek character". Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ O'Hagan, Maureen (December 3, 2010). "Meet Washington's spirited mushroom man". The Seattle Times. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- ^ Trimarco, James (October 1, 2010). "Can Mushrooms Rescue the Gulf?". Yes!. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
He began his career in the forest as a logger, not as a scientist, and holds no degree higher than a bachelor's from the Evergreen State College.
- ^ "NAMA Awards". North American Mycological Association. Archived from the original on September 6, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ "Paul Stamets. Founder, Fungi Perfecti and Host Defense Organic Mushrooms". AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassadors. Archived from the original on February 8, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Inaugural Class of Invention Ambassadors Highlights Need for Innovation". American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). July 18, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (October 10, 2019). "'Fantastic Fungi' Review: The Magic of Mushrooms". New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ^ "Star Trek's secret weapon: a scientist with a mushroom fetish bent on saving the planet". CBC Investigates. CBC. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Stamets.
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