Пол Стаметс, (Paul Stamets) (родился 17-го июля 1955) Миколог, член совета редакторов The International Journal Of Medicinal Mushrooms, консультант программы по Интегративной медицине в Аризонском университете медицинского образования (Tucson, Arizona). Является активным исследователем медицинских свойств грибов и участвует в двух клинических исследованиях
He is active in researching the medicinal properties of mushrooms, and is involved in two NIH funded clinical studies on cancer and HIV treatments using mushrooms as adjunct therapies. Having filed numerous patents on the antiviral, mycopesticidal, and mycoremediative properties of mushroom mycelia, his work has been called pioneering and visionary. A strong advocate of preserving biodiversity (mycodiversity), he supports research into the role of mushrooms for ecological restoration. He has written numerous books and papers on the subject of mushroom identification and cultivation. He has a particular interest in the psychoactive mushrooms, and has produced the book, Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Aside from psilocybin mushrooms, he has also written about the cultivation and use of many edible and medicinal fungi. He has also discovered four new species of mushrooms.
Stamets is an advocate of the permaculture system of growing, and considers fungiculture a valuable but underutilised aspect of permaculture. He is also a leading researcher into the use of mushrooms in bioremediation, processes he terms mycoremediation and mycofiltration.
He has two children, Azureus and LaDena Staments, and is currently married to Dusty Yao.