Lion's mane mushrooms are not your classic-looking cap-and-stem variety. These globular-shaped mushrooms sport cascading teeth-like spines rather than the more common gills. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Chaga is one of the weirdest mushrooms you may ever see. A fungal parasite found on birch trees, Chaga is a hardened,… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Enoki mushrooms, a tasty variety commonly sold in grocery stores, were one of the first mushrooms studied for preventing cancer. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Growing the mycelium of the Chaga mushroom under laboratory conditions provides an ecologically friendly alternative supply of this unique medicinal mushroom. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Traditionally, our ancestors boiled mushrooms in water to make a soothing tea. Boiling served several purposes: killing contaminants, softening the flesh, and… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
For many years, I have sought and studied Agarikon, an unusual mushroom native to the old growth conifer forests of North America… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Although the trends are promising and reishi mushrooms exhibit a number of interesting medicinal properties, modern scientific techniques have yet to affirm… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Although oyster mushrooms have been studied extensively and support health in a number of ways, it is also extremely important to always… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
My team and I have discovered, over decades of study, that mushroom mycelium is a rich resource of new antimicrobial compounds, which… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Agarikon contains antiviral molecules new to science. Researchers for pharmaceutical companies may have missed its potent antiviral properties. Our analyses show that… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Today, reishi stands out as one the most valuable of all polypore mushrooms in nature for the benefit of our health. Many… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Nitric oxide production by immune cells is one of the key mechanisms that our bodies use to destroy diseased cells. Enhancement of… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
In the wild, an enoki mushroom is often squat-looking and its stem is rarely more than twice as long as the cap… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Turkey tail mushrooms have been used to treat various maladies for hundreds of years in Asia, Europe, and by indigenous peoples in… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
In the past, mushrooms were maligned as nutritionally poor. Since they are about 80 to 90 percent water when fresh, their net… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Known colloquially as 'winter,' 'golden needle,' and 'velvet foot' mushrooms, enoki mushrooms grow across much of the world, inhabiting dead conifer trees… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
While reishi mushrooms have historically been prepared as teas or infusions, other modern preparations include capsules, tinctures, and fractionated extracts of mushrooms,… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
The virus-to-cancer connection is where medicinal mushrooms offer unique opportunities for medical research. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
From dead plant matter to nematodes to bacteria, never underestimate the cleverness of mushrooms to find new food! — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Lions mane may be our first smart mushroom. It is a safe, edible fungus that appears to confer cognitive benefits on our… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as 'the dancing mushroom.' According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune enhancement, ergothioneines for antioxidative potentiation, nerve growth stimulators for helping brain function,… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Vitamin D from mushrooms is not only vegan and vegetarian friendly, but you can prepare your own by exposing mushrooms to the… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health.… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
The majority of modern medicines originate in nature. Although some mushrooms have been used in therapies for thousands of years, we are… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Mushrooms provide a vast array of potential medicinal compounds. Many mushrooms - such as portobello, oyster, reishi and maitake - are well-known… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
My team and I have discovered, over decades of study, that mushroom mycelium is a rich resource of new antimicrobial compounds, which work in… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Chaga is one of the weirdest mushrooms you may ever see. A fungal parasite found on birch trees, Chaga is a hardened, blackened, crusty… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Agarikon contains antiviral molecules new to science. Researchers for pharmaceutical companies may have missed its potent antiviral properties. Our analyses show that the mycelial… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
I believe that mycelium is the neurological network of nature. Interlacing mosaics of mycelium infuse habitats with information-sharing membranes. These membranes are aware, react… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
I believe nature is a force of good. Good is not only a concept, it is a spirit — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Growing the mycelium of the Chaga mushroom under laboratory conditions provides an ecologically friendly alternative supply of this unique medicinal mushroom. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as 'the dancing mushroom.' According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters met on… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
Life exists throughout the cosmos and is a consequence of matter in the universe. — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
While reishi mushrooms have historically been prepared as teas or infusions, other modern preparations include capsules, tinctures, and fractionated extracts of mushrooms, mycelium, and… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
