Custom image of Anthony Rapp smiling as Paul Stamets in Star Trek Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery's spore drive may be a work of science-fiction, but the name of Anthony Rapp's character reveals more thought has gone into the bizarre form of propulsion than it seems. Rapp's presence in the Star Trek: Discovery season 5 cast may very well have resulted in him playing Paul Stamets for the final time, although the franchise does have a long history of bringing characters back via time travel and other overused sci-fi TV tropes.
Anthony Rapp's Star Trek: Discovery Character Shares A Name With A Real Mycologist The Real Paul Stamets is also a mushroom specialist Close ✕ Remove Ads Mushrooms feature unusually heavily in Star Trek: Discovery, which can take some getting used to. The role of Anthony Rapp's character on board the USS Discovery is as the ship's mycologist.
✕ Remove Ads The real Stamets is an amateur mycologist, so his fictional Star Trek: Discovery counterpart is far more qualified. That being said, the real Stamets is respected in his field, very well-versed in various types of mushrooms, and a major proponent of their use in a medicinal manner. His entrepreneurial spirit combined with his love of mycology led to Stamets founding a company named Fungi Perfecti in 1980 - which is still active today.
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