There are medicines to be derived from fungi, probably more than we can yet imagine. Fungi for insect pest control. Fungi can absorb and often digest toxics from their environments---toxics as diverse as heavy metals, PCB's, oil spills, and radioactivity. Fungal partnerships can revolutionize our farming methods. And we can heal the ecosystems of damaged forest lands by introducing selected fungal species into those environments.
Paul Stamets is one of the visionaries of our time. He is revolutionizing the ways we look at fungi.
Also worth checking his book Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World and his DVD Mushrooms as Planetary Healers: From Toxic Waste Sites to Old Growth Forests
In this inspirational presentation he will wax eloquent on way more than simply psychedelic fungi. Prepare to have your mind blown; you might never look at fungi or even nature the same after this.
Also worth checking his book Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World and his DVD Mushrooms as Planetary Healers: From Toxic Waste Sites to Old Growth Forests
