Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world
Sei modi per salvare il mondo coi funghi: Paul Stamets
Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds. Full bio
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paul Stamets - MycologistPaul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds.
Why you should listen
Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets' research is the Northwest's native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.
There are cosmic implications as well. Stamets believes we could terraform other worlds in our galaxy by sowing a mix of fungal spores and other seeds to create an ecological footprint on a new planet.
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