HEALTH &
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Five of the Best Books to Read About Mushrooms
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Mushrooms are the wave of the future. What we are now witnessing is just the beginning of many more new discoveries. By keeping an open mind we can learn about numerous health benefits these magical, mystical mushrooms have to offer. Here are a few books to explore:
MYCELIUM RUNNING: HOW MUSHROOMS CAN HELP SAVE THE WORLD, BY PAUL STAMETS “Mycelium Running” is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. Growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll find chapters detailing each of these four exciting branches of what Stamets has coined “mycorestoration.” The book includes chapters on the medicinal and nutritional properties of mushrooms, inoculation methods, log and stump culture, and species selection for various environmental purposes. Heavily referenced and beautifully illustrated, this book is destined to be a classic reference for “be mushroomed” generations to come.
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FANTASTIC FUNGI WITH PAUL STAMETS This book is the companion to the film “Fantastic Fungi.” Paul Stamets is the world’s preeminent expert of mushrooms and fungi. Stamets is joined by leading ecologists, doctors and explorers such as Michael Pollan, Dr. Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg and others. Together these luminaries show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature. MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED BY DAVID ARORA Simply the best and most complete mushroom field guide and reference book, “Mushrooms Demystified,” includes descriptions and keys to more than 2,000 species of mushrooms with more than 950 photographs. Mushroom authority David Arora provides a beginner's
