Mycophilia : revelations from the weird world of mushrooms / Eugenia Bone.

A scientific and cultural exploration of one of one of the most provocative and sought-after foods on Earth examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bone, Eugenia
Language:English
Published: New York : Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Mushrooms > United States.
Fungi > United States.
Physical Description:xix, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Revelations from the weird world of mushrooms.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Forays and festivals
  • Conferences and collectors
  • Mutualists, decomposers, and parasites
  • Hunters, gatherers, and thieves
  • The exotics
  • Truffles
  • All about buttons
  • The new superfood
  • Fungi that make you well and fungi that make you sick
  • Shrooms
  • Mycotechnologies
  • The superorganism.