After having become hooked on mycology, I picked through Paul’s book “Mycelium Running” and became completely addicted to mycology. I signed up for Paul Stamets classes on general cultivation and Mycoremediation in the spring/summer of 2009. I had never been outside of the city of Seattle in WA and I was just blown away. I grew up in the temperate forests of Connecticut and traveled much of the country but I have never seen a FORREST before till I got up to Paul’s place. The seminars were incredible. I knew his material cold and have a lot of lab experience so it wasn’t so much of an educational thing for me. What was incredible was the interaction with other likeminded people, the location/lab/staff and of course Paul is an incredibly passionate and personable speaker. I highly recommend the courses if you have the time and money to attend. There were two things that I picked up there that made the trip worthwhile just as standalones (from a purely educational viewpoint.)