diff --git a/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/DSL/StreamT.DSL.Main.cs b/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/DSL/StreamT.DSL.Main.cs
index 7f1298b7b..16abcbe90 100644
--- a/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/DSL/StreamT.DSL.Main.cs
+++ b/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/DSL/StreamT.DSL.Main.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ml in runListT
                            MNil<A> => 
                                Empty.runListT,
 
-                           MCons<M, A>(var h, var t) =>
+                           MCons<M, A>(_, var t) =>
                                new StreamMainT<M, A>(t).runListT,
 
                            MIter<M, A> iter  =>
diff --git a/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.Module.cs b/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.Module.cs
index 69e2e5334..b6fc139e8 100644
--- a/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.Module.cs
+++ b/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.Module.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ public static StreamT<M, A> lift<M, A>(IAsyncEnumerable<A> items)
         where M : Monad<M> =>
         StreamT<M, A>.Lift(items);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lift an async-enumerable into the stream
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
+    public static StreamT<M, A> liftM<M, A>(IAsyncEnumerable<K<M, A>> items)
+        where M : Monad<M> =>
+        StreamT<M, A>.LiftM(items);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Lift an enumerable into the stream
     /// </summary>
@@ -46,6 +55,15 @@ public static StreamT<M, A> lift<M, A>(IEnumerable<A> items)
         where M : Monad<M> =>
         StreamT<M, A>.Lift(items);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lift an enumerable into the stream
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
+    public static StreamT<M, A> liftM<M, A>(IEnumerable<K<M, A>> items)
+        where M : Monad<M> =>
+        StreamT<M, A>.LiftM(items);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Lift a (possibly lazy) sequence into the stream
     /// </summary>
@@ -55,6 +73,15 @@ public static StreamT<M, A> lift<M, A>(Seq<A> items)
         where M : Monad<M> =>
         StreamT<M, A>.Lift(items);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lift a (possibly lazy) sequence into the stream
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="list">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
+    public static StreamT<M, A> liftM<M, A>(Seq<K<M, A>> items)
+        where M : Monad<M> =>
+        StreamT<M, A>.LiftM(items);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Lift an effect into the stream
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.cs b/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.cs
index 6b0852424..75cb7b784 100644
--- a/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.cs
+++ b/LanguageExt.Core/Effects/StreamT/StreamT.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ public static StreamT<M, A> LiftF<F>(K<F, A> foldable)
     public static StreamT<M, A> Lift(IAsyncEnumerable<A> stream) =>
         new StreamAsyncEnumerableT<M, A>(stream);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lift an async-enumerable into the stream
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
+    public static StreamT<M, A> LiftM(IAsyncEnumerable<K<M, A>> stream) =>
+       (from ma in StreamT<M, K<M, A>>.Lift(stream)
+        from a in Lift(ma)
+        where true
+        select a).As();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Lift an enumerable into the stream
     /// </summary>
@@ -78,18 +89,40 @@ public static StreamT<M, A> Lift(IEnumerable<A> stream) =>
         StreamT.pure<M, Unit>(default) // HACK: forces re-evaluation of the enumerable
                .Bind(_ => new StreamEnumerableT<M, A>(stream));
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lift an enumerable into the stream
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
+    public static StreamT<M, A> LiftM(IEnumerable<K<M, A>> stream) =>
+       (from ma in StreamT<M, K<M, A>>.Lift(stream)
+        from a in Lift(ma)
+        where true
+        select a).As();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Lift a (possibly lazy) sequence into the stream
     /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="list">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <param name="stream">Sequence to lift</param>
     /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
-    public static StreamT<M, A> Lift(Seq<A> list) =>
-        list switch
+    public static StreamT<M, A> Lift(Seq<A> stream) =>
+        stream switch
         {
             []          => Empty,
             var (x, xs) => new StreamMainT<M, A>(M.Pure<MList<A>>(new MCons<M, A>(x, Lift(xs).runListT)))
         };
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lift a (possibly lazy) sequence into the stream
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stream">Sequence to lift</param>
+    /// <returns>Stream transformer</returns>
+    public static StreamT<M, A> LiftM(Seq<K<M, A>> stream) =>
+       (from ma in StreamT<M, K<M, A>>.Lift(stream)
+        from a in Lift(ma)
+        where true
+        select a).As();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Lift an effect into the stream
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Samples/Streams/Menu.cs b/Samples/Streams/Menu.cs
index 96f4f47dc..ea698803f 100644
--- a/Samples/Streams/Menu.cs
+++ b/Samples/Streams/Menu.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from ky in readKey >> green
                        ConsoleKey.D6 => Folding.run,
                        ConsoleKey.D7 => Merging.run,
                        ConsoleKey.D8 => Zipping.run,
+                       ConsoleKey.D9 => OptionalItems.run,
                        ConsoleKey.X  => RecursionIO.run,
                        _             => unitIO
                    }
@@ -36,5 +37,6 @@ from _1 in run
         writeLine("6. Folding")                                       >>
         writeLine("7. Merging")                                       >>
         writeLine("8. Zipping")                                       >>
+        writeLine("9. Optional items")                                >>
         writeLine("Enter a number for the example you wish to run");
 }
diff --git a/Samples/Streams/OptionalItems.cs b/Samples/Streams/OptionalItems.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..537e055e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Samples/Streams/OptionalItems.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using LanguageExt;
+using static LanguageExt.Prelude;
+
+namespace Streams;
+
+public static class OptionalItems
+{
+    public static IO<Unit> run =>
+        from _1 in example(100).Iter().Run()
+        from _2 in Console.writeLine("done")
+        select unit;
+
+    static StreamT<OptionT<IO>, Unit> example(int n) =>
+        from x in StreamT.liftM(getOptionsAsync(n))
+        from _ in Console.write($"{x} ")
+        where true
+        select unit;    
+
+    static bool isAllowed(int x) =>
+        x != 20;
+    
+    static async IAsyncEnumerable<OptionT<IO ,int>> getOptionsAsync(int n) 
+    {
+        foreach (var x in Range(1, n))
+        {
+            var option = isAllowed(x)
+                             ? OptionT.lift(IO.pure(x))
+                             : OptionT<IO, int>.None;
+
+            var r = await Task.FromResult(option);
+            yield return r;
+        }
+    }
+}