Mycelium Running Mycelium Running

Mycelium Running

How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2005
October 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
356
Pages
PUBLISHER
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
84.4
MB

Customer Reviews

Crskub007 ,

I rented this book

I rented this book from my local library and It is so informative. There are so many interesting finds and facts that it gets your mind racing about how to change the world for the better. Paul Stamets is the best mycologist I know and is still actively finding new discoveries every day

MOOOSECZAR ,

Very informative

This book shares some interesting insights and ideas into the world of fungi.

MBVX999 ,

BUY THIS BOOK

THIS BOOK IS VERY IMPORTANT...VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. IT WILL OPEN YOU UP TO MANY NEW POSSIBILITIES AND CONTAINS MUCH LIGHT. -NO-SIGN

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