Been studying plant-fungal interactions for about 10 years, including a master's degree I dropped out of and never actually finished* so I'm full of fungus facts i don't really get to use ever.
*Actually did all the course work and lab work but didn't finish my thesis in time
What is scientifically the tastiest mushroom?
Also is paul stamets like a grifter or something?
Yes. Actually I see it as more of the thing where hippies run up against the reality of capitalism, and also have kids and shit they have to support, so they take the thing they love and exploit it for money. I think he is a True Believer in the power of fungi to heal the world, but you gotta fund that somehow so buy my supplements, please.
Scientifically white truffles are supposed to hit some brain receptors that are like orgasming so I guess that's pretty scientifically delicious. I've only tried truffle oil and I'm not sure which truffle it was made from, it was pretty tasty. And according to some professor I had, the chanterelles in Europe taste different and more delicious than the chanterelles on the US west coast but I never got to test that hypothesis myself.