Event Title:

Organization:

  Health & Wellness

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  11/19/2026

End Date:

  11/19/2026

Start Time:

  7:00 PM

End Time:

  8:30 PM

Event Info: 

  CIIS Public Programs presents renowned mycologist and medical researcher Paul Stamets for an illuminating talk on the history of psilocybin mushrooms exploring their past, present, and future uses. In this presentation, Paul takes you on a journey into the psilocybin mycosphere as he chronicles milestones that further substantiate that psilocybin, and more so psilocybin mushrooms, can help us evolve into the best of what we can be.

The collection and cultivation of psilocybin mushrooms, Paul argues, is central to our practices for freedom of consciousness. Paul shares how psilocybin mushrooms might fundamentally change the many challenges we face as a society. He believes we are at an evolutionary crossroads. Could psilocybin mushrooms help propel us as we emerge into a new version of ourselves, Homo sapiens 3.0?

Paul Stamets, D.Sc. (Honoris causa) is a speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher, and entrepreneur, who is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi. He is the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti, LLC, and Host Defense Mushrooms supplement line. Paul Stamets is the author of eight books. He named numerous new species of psilocybin mushrooms. In 2023, a new psilocybin mushroom species was named after him to honor his lifelong work: "Psilocybe stametsii." He is an invention ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was inducted into The Explorer's Club in 2020. He has received numerous awards, including the National Mycologist Award (2013) from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA), the Gordon & Tina Wasson Award (2015) from the Mycological Society of America (MSA), The Disruptor Award from NextMed (2023), and the SynBioBeta Lifetime Achievement Award (2024). He was acknowledged at the United Nations as one of the 100 Disruptors for positive change. He served as the primary guide to the mushroom documentary "Fantastic Fungi," released in fall 2019 on Netflix.

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Location:

  The Sydney Goldstein Theater

Room:

Address:

  275 Hayes Street

Phone:

  415-575-6175

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA