All Paul Stamets Quotes
- Known colloquially as 'winter,' 'golden needle,' and 'velvet foot' mushrooms, enoki mushrooms grow across much of the world, inhabiting dead conifer trees and stumps, and… Across
- Mycologists are few and far between. We are under-funded, poorly represented in the context of other sciences - ironic, as the very foundation of our… Context
- My team and I have discovered, over decades of study, that mushroom mycelium is a rich resource of new antimicrobial compounds, which work in concert,… Antimicrobial
- If you look on the fungal genome as being soldier candidates protecting the U.S. as our host defense, not only for the ecosystem but for… Candidates
- Life exists throughout the cosmos and is a consequence of matter in the universe. Consequence
- Turkey tail mushrooms have been used to treat various maladies for hundreds of years in Asia, Europe, and by indigenous peoples in North America. Records… America
- Traditionally, our ancestors boiled mushrooms in water to make a soothing tea. Boiling served several purposes: killing contaminants, softening the flesh, and extracting the rich… Ancestors
- If you do not know where the mushroom products you are consuming are grown, think twice before eating them. Consuming
- Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune enhancement, ergothioneines for antioxidative potentiation, nerve growth stimulators for helping brain function, and antimicrobial compounds… Antimicrobial
- We evolved living in more sunlight than today. We make our own vitamin D when sunlight hits our skin cells. Many people living in the… Cells
- Nitric oxide production by immune cells is one of the key mechanisms that our bodies use to destroy diseased cells. Enhancement of these types of… Been
- Maitake can achieve humongous sizes, sometimes up to 50 pounds per specimen! Massive maitake can form annually from dying dendritic tree roots for many years,… Achieve
- My family is delighted every time I cook maitake. Our taste buds awaken in anticipation of its rich, deep and nuanced flavors. Anticipation
- In the past, mushrooms were maligned as nutritionally poor. Since they are about 80 to 90 percent water when fresh, their net concentrations of nutrients… Concentrations
- While reishi mushrooms have historically been prepared as teas or infusions, other modern preparations include capsules, tinctures, and fractionated extracts of mushrooms, mycelium, and spores. Been
- Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties. Ancestors
- Chaga mycelium is relatively easy to grow by using methods already practiced elsewhere in the mushroom industry. Its mycelium is initially an off-whitish color, deepening… Age
- Chaga is significant in ethnomycology, forest ecology, and increasingly in pharmacognosy. Its long-term human use and cultural eastern European and Russian acceptance should awaken serious… Acceptance
- The majority of modern medicines originate in nature. Although some mushrooms have been used in therapies for thousands of years, we are still discovering new… Been