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magic beneath the forests (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

People should look up Paul Stamets. Dude is doing amazing things in the field of mycology and showing the power of mushrooms!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Thought this was a Star Trek Discovery joke

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

No, this guy’s who they named the character in Discovery after. Legit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks to this, I just went down a rabbit hole learning about the real Paul Stamets and the fictional but fascinating S-drive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh my gosh I'm so dumb I never even put that together. That's so cool. He does have interesting theories but he's also saving old growth forests well trying and he's doing breakthrough research in the medical attributes of mushrooms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Someone should help him with the page. At least to do a proper one (I've just looked the code).