Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets

Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That's right- 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.

The basic science goes like this- Microscopic cells called "mycelium"--the fruit of which are mushrooms--recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil. What Stamets has discovered is that we can capitalize on mycelium's digestive power and target it to decompose toxic wastes and pollutants (mycoremediation), catch and reduce silt from streambeds and pathogens from agricultural watersheds (mycofiltration), control insect populations (mycopesticides), and generally enhance the health of our forests and gardens (mycoforestry and myco-gardening).

In this comprehensive guide, you'll find chapters detailing each of these four exciting branches of what Stamets has coined "mycorestoration," as well as 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 bemushroomed generations to come.

PAUL STAMETS is the codirector and founder of the Rainforest Mushroom Genome and Mycodiversity Preservation Project, as well as the founder of Fungi Perfecti. He is the author of two fundamental textbooks, The Mushroom Cultivator and GROWING GOURMET AND MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS, and has been published in a variety of periodicals. He also gives more mycology talks than he can keep count of. Stamets, an advisor and consultant to the University of Arizona Medical School's Department for Integrative Medicine and the recipient of the Collective Heritage Institute's Bioneers Award in 1998, lives in Kamilche Point, Washington, with his collection of over 250 medicinal mushroom cultures.

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ISBN 13	9781580085793
ISBN 10	1580085792
Title	Mycelium Running
Author	Paul Stamets
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2005-10-01
Number of pages	356
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