Section
Sources
Key scientific publication databases, authors and journals we rely on when preparing material. The main entry point for readers is the catalog of specific peer-reviewed studies of medicinal and culinary mushrooms.
Research catalog
Fresh peer-reviewed material is collected in a dedicated section — “Mushroom research”. It holds entries across thematic categories with direct links to PubMed, Cochrane, NCI, Frontiers and other academic sources.
Academic databases
- PubMed — the largest biomedical publication database (over 36 million records). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- PubMed Central (PMC) — open-access full-text archive of biomedical journals. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
- Cochrane Library — systematic reviews prepared to Cochrane methodology. cochranelibrary.com
- National Cancer Institute (PDQ) — official NCI information on complementary approaches in oncology. cancer.gov
- Frontiers — a family of open-access peer-reviewed journals. frontiersin.org
- MDPI — publisher of open-access peer-reviewed journals (quality varies by journal). mdpi.com
- ResearchGate — a network where authors publish preprints and discussion. researchgate.net
Authors and organizations
- Paul Stamets — American mycologist, author of “Mycelium Running” and “Fantastic Fungi”, co-founder of Fungi Perfecti. We use only the peer-reviewed section of publications from paulstamets.com; sections unrelated to scientific work are not used.
- Fungi Perfecti — Stamets’ mycelium and supplement company (fungi.com). Used only as a source of patent data and publications.
- Robert Beelman and the Penn State Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health — authors of the hypothesis of ergothioneine as a “longevity vitamin”.
- Wikimedia Commons — the source of openly licensed mushroom illustrations (commons.wikimedia.org). Each species page lists the author, license and a link to the original.
Selection principles
When preparing material we follow simple rules:
- we use only peer-reviewed sources or preprints with an explicit status label;
- in research entries we separate the authors’ hypotheses from confirmed facts;
- we do not publish close paraphrases — only independent retellings;
- every entry links directly to the original so the reader can verify it.