Mana Mushrooms

I have admired Paul Stamets, the founder of Fungi Perfecti, ever since I heard about his work from Gunter Pauli during my ZERI seminar. Pursuant to taking the ZERI course, I took two seminars with Paul and came to have a deep respect for him and his work. This was furthered by watching him at Bioneers a few years ago. He is a brilliant and hard-working man with a tremendous and widely varied background.

I found the second course, on projection of mycelia outdoors, to be over-priced, and disagree with some of the principles and responses Paul has given to some of my questions (particularly his response to a question I posed about open patenting during Bioneers). Still, I have a great deal of respect for him and his company, I use his work in my research, rely on some of his findings, highly recommend his books and seminars, and continue to do business with his company.

I have also come to know some of his staff through Mycological events like the Telluride Mushroom Festival, and admire and respect them, as well.

Fungi Perfecti

The Department of Plant Sciences, the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, and the University of Tennesee collaboratively provide the Mycorrhizal Literature Exchange

Berkeley put together this useful guide to Fungi -- very accessible, yet plenty of detail for the more advanced mycologist/mycophile. I really like that the site is concisely organized.

Introduction to the Fungi

Killbuck Valley Mushrooms, run by husband and wife Thomas & Wendy Wiandt are featured in this article about foraging and cultivation.

Killbuck Valley Mushrooms

This handbook looks like a potentially helpful resource.

NIIR Handbook on Mushroom Cultivation and Processing