Fungi Perfecti® is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people. Founded by mycologist and author Paul Stamets, we are leaders in a new wave of technologies harnessing the inherent power of mushrooms and fungal mycelium worldwide. Fungi Perfecti is Certified Organic by the Washington State Department of Agriculture. In business since 1980, we offer an ever-expanding family of mushroom supplements for Supporting Natural Immunity™.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Paul Stamets is a mycologist and author of six mushroom-related books. His latest book, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, has been heralded as a
milestone for healing the planet. Two of his other books, Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushroomsand The Mushroom Cultivator (co-author), are used as textbooks around the world by the
gourmet and medicinal mushroom industries. he is also the author of many
scholarly papers in peer-reviewed journals such as The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms; Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine; Herbalgram, and others. He has written more than twenty patents.
Paul started a mushroom wholesale and retail sales business, Fungi Perfecti, LLC, in
1980. He is an advisor to the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson, on the Editorial
Board of The International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, and was appointed
to the G.A.P. / G.M.P. Board of the U.S. Pharmacopeia. Paul is the supplier and co-investigator for the first two National Institutes of Health funded clinical studies using medicinal mushrooms in the United States. His strain
collection is extensive and unique, with many of the strains coming from old
growth forests. He is involved in several other ongoing and pending research trials.
In November of 2008, Utne Reader recognized Paul as one of the 50 Visionaries of the Year.
Paul Stamets believes in the power of Mycelium, the network of thread-like cells that produces mushrooms. Paul wants every person to share in the benefits from the Host Defense® line of products. Mentored by the greatest mycologists of our time, he integrates and expands upon the knowledge of our ancestors.
Mycelial Magic Following is a video of a presentation, "6 Ways That Mushrooms Can Save The World", given by Paul Stamets at the 2008 TED Conference.
To explore, study, preserve and spread knowledge about the use of fungi for helping people and planet.
Each mushroom species collected by Paul from the old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest is sustainably harvested. The ecosystem remains intact and unharmed. We carefully culture the mycelium for the Host Defense products on the Fungi Perfecti Farm in a way that maintains the lowest P Value® possible. The proprietary P Value® system creates identical genetic matches to the mycelium found in their native habitats, ensuring the provenance and genetic vitality of each mushroom strain we use. Our chain-of-custody guarantees the efficacy and viability of the species in the Host Defense line: from the Forest, to our Farm, to You™.
COMPANY PHILOSOPHY
We have all had the thought, “The Earth is in trouble – what can I do?” In response to this call, I wrote Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, unveiling mycological remedies that we all can use to help heal the Earth. We live not only in a biosphere, but also within a mycosphere, aided by often-invisible fungal allies who protect and nurture us. Life is based upon symbiosis and mutualism. Fungi produce the mycelial networks that connect us all. Fungi create soils, the cradle of life. Since human and ecological health are interdependent, the wise use of fungi can protect biodiversity, the lives of our descendants, and the planet that hosts us. We are part of one global community. MyCommunity™, Supporting Natural Immunity™ and Host Defense® are more than slogans to promote products—they reflect our deep-rooted belief that, with our fungal allies, and you, as citizens of Earth, we can live on this planet more sustainably.
Host Defense® capsules are packaged in 100% post-consumer-waste recycled tORT plastic bottles and boxed in 100% recycled (50% post-consumer-waste) fiberboard, printed with vegetable inks. When you purchase Host Defense® products for resale, your order is shipped in a Life Box™. In March of 2010, Host Defense was awarded the Green Packy Award for Responsible Packaging from the Sutainable Business Coalition and Whole Foods Market’s Green Coalition. The award recognized the Life Box as an embodiment of the three principles of Responsible Packaging Standards: Transparency, Ecological Principles and Extended Producer Responsibility.
All of this is part of our continuing effort to "walk our talk", and help do our part.
A portion of the proceeds from your purchase is invested in Fungi Perfecti’s research to save rare strains of mushrooms that dwell within the old growth forests.
PO BOX 7634 • OLYMPIA, WA 98507 • USA Toll-Free: (877) 504-MYCO (6926) • Phone: (360) 427-4561
Fax: (360) 426-6584 • email: order@hostdefense.com
Please Note: the contact information lised above is for wholesale customers only.
For retail orders and information, please contact Fungi Perfecti.
