About Paul Stamets
Paul Edward Stamets (born July 17, 1955) is an American mycologist and entrepreneur who sells various mushroom products through his company. He is an author and an advocate of medicinal fungi and mycoremediation. == Early and personal life == Stamets was born in Salem, Ohio. He grew up in Columbiana, Ohio, with older and younger siblings. He graduated from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, with a bachelor's degree in 1979. He worked as a logger. As of 2013, Stamets was married to Carolyn "Dusty" Yao. He has an honorary doctorate from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland. == Mycological interest == Stamets credits his late brother, John, with stimulating his interest in mycology, and studied mycology as an undergraduate student. Having no academic training higher than a bachelor's degree, Stamets is largely self-taught in the field of mycology.
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