When I heard "Paul Stamets" and "Fungus" together, my mind went to star trek, I find that Stamets is inspired by a real-life mycologist of the same name is very cool reference by the ST writers.
Sci Fi is always about the present, but the dude certainly sounds like he is from another planet at times. It is good people are more aware of his work , even if fiction greatly underestimates how odd it is in real life =)
