Paul Stamets is a self-taught mushroom hunter and not a chemist, nutritionist, or doctor. I'm sure he's a nice guy. I've listened to his TED talks, interviews with Rogan, and other videos and I trust him on foraging and such. At the same time I think he could easily be bamboozled by manufacturers. MYASD is an accomplished chemist and you can take a virtual tour of Nootropics Depot's lab on the website. I don't think you can tour Stamets' lab, or should I say lab(s) he contracts.
"or selling mushroom mycelium instead of fruiting body."
Paul Stamets openly uses mycelium in his supplements and argues that this is better for health benefits.
https://hostdefense.com/blogs/host-defense-blog/mycelium-explained
Paul Stamets is a self-taught mushroom hunter and not a chemist, nutritionist, or doctor. I'm sure he's a nice guy. I've listened to his TED talks, interviews with Rogan, and other videos and I trust him on foraging and such. At the same time I think he could easily be bamboozled by manufacturers. MYASD is an accomplished chemist and you can take a virtual tour of Nootropics Depot's lab on the website. I don't think you can tour Stamets' lab, or should I say lab(s) he contracts.
Stamet's company has multiple Ph.D. chemists and botanists working for it.
https://fungi.com/pages/research-and-development
The company grows and packages the mycelium itself. There are no 3rd-party manufacturers or labs involved.
https://fungi.com/blogs/articles/growing-mycelium
He has participated in peer-reviewed studies of the efficacy of mycelium.
https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12906-019-2681-7