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Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms…

— Paul Stamets

“Thousands of edible mushrooms grow naturally, with worldwide annual commercial production in the millions of tons.71 But check the nutrition label on a carton…

— Michael Greger

Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune enhancement, ergothioneines for antioxidative potentiation, nerve growth stimulators for helping brain function, and antimicrobial…

— Paul Stamets

“White, cremini, portobello, oyster, maitake, and reishi mushrooms have all been shown to have anticancer effects”

— Joel Fuhrman

Consuming mushrooms regularly has been associated with decreased risk of breast, stomach and colorectal cancers.

— Joel Fuhrman

Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that…

— Paul Stamets

Any good kitchen should be stocked up in oysters, shouldn't they?

— Michael Fassbender

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.

— Paul Stamets

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

“The most common and least expensive mushrooms—white button mushrooms—showed these strong benefits. If that’s not enough great news about mushrooms, there’s more.”

— Joel Fuhrman

I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.

— Katie Aselton

In the past, mushrooms were maligned as nutritionally poor. Since they are about 80 to 90 percent water when fresh, their net concentrations of…

— Paul Stamets