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Mycotopia
Paul Stamets next to the second largest mushroom in the world. Email to friend
Get ready to meet world's the next superhero: Fungus Man. He's a super-sized Portobello capable of gobbling up toxic oil spills, neutralizing chemical weapons, and curing deadly diseases. Ok, you won't see him in theaters, but according to mycologist Paul Stamets, ordinary mushrooms already possess those super powers.
This mycophile has spent a lifetime in damp forests, turning over logs and culturing spores, harnessing the power of the mycelial networks that he says link the earth's ecosystems. In addition to their environmental and medicinal applications, he says the practical possibilities of these super spores are endless.
Tapping into the macrocosm of microorganisms, exploring the fungus among us with Paul Stamets.
