Paul Stamets is the author of 6 books, has discovered and named numerous new species of mushrooms and is the founder of Fungi Perfecti, LLC (www.fungi.com) and Host Defense Mushrooms. He has received many awards, recently as an Invention Ambassador (2015) from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Other awards include the National Award (2014) from the North American Mycological Association Award (NAMA) The Gordon & Tina Wasson Award (2015) from the Mycological Society of America (MSA).