Paul Stamets
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Paul Stamets holding Fomitopsis officinalis
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| Born | 1955 (age 61–62) |
| Residence | Shelton, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mycology |
| Institutions | Fungi Perfecti Host Defense |
| Education | Mercersburg Academy |
| Alma mater | The Evergreen State College |
| Known for | Mushroom expert |
| Notable awards | Bioneers Award from The Collective Heritage Institute (1998) |
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Paul Edward Stamets (born July 17, 1955) is an American mycologist, author and advocate of bioremediation and medicinal mushrooms.
Stamets was born in Columbiana, Ohio a small town near Youngstown in Ohio, a town he describes as bible belt and ultra conservative, with an older brother John and siblings Bill, Lilly and North. He attended Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania from 1969 to 1973, Kenyon College in 1974 when he was 19, and graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington with a bachelor's degree in 1979. Training in the martial arts since a child, he received a black belt in Taekwon Do in 1979. In 1994, he received a black belt in HwaRang Do.
Paul Stamets credits his late brother John, a professional photographer and lecturer, with being his mycology influence. Paul states, "He inspired me on my path into the field of mycology, after his travels to Mexico and Colombia in pursuit of magic mushrooms” in the 1970s.
Stamets is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms (Begell House). He is an advisor to the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He is involved in two National Institutes of Health-funded clinical studies on cancer and HIV treatments using mushrooms as adjunct therapies. He earned nine patents on the antiviral, pesticidal, and remedial properties of mushroom mycelia. A strong advocate of preserving biodiversity, Stamets supports research into the role of mushrooms for ecological restoration.
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