Paul Stamets

Paul Stamets is one of the foremost experts in medicinal mushrooms in the U.S. He has written six popular mushroom-related books including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World and is the founder of Fungi Perfecti, a medicinal and gourmet mushroom business.

Paul is an advisor to the Program of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical School, Tucson; on the Editorial Board of The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, and was appointed to the G.A.P./G.M.P. Board of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia. He is the sole source supplier and co-investigator for the first two NIH funded clinical studies using medicinal mushrooms in the United States. In addition he has also been working with the NIH governed BioShield BioDefense Program since 2005 to develop new defenses against bioterrorism. Paul has received several environmental awards including the National Geographic Adventure’s Magazine’s Green-O-vator, and the Argosy Foundation’s E-chievement Awards, Utne Reader recognized Paul as one of the 50 Visionaries of the Year (2008) and in 2010, Paul received the President’s Award from the Society of Ecological Restoration. He is married to C. Dusty Yao, a fellow plant fanatic, who shares a passion for fungi and their love of the Old Growth forests. Together they believe that people properly armed with fungal wisdom can help save the planet. (www.fungi.com.).

Workshops: (1) Key Note Address: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World; (2) Mycoremediation, Mycofiltration and Mycoremedies: the use of mycelial membranes to heal ecosystems