Mushroom / Nicholas P. Money.

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"Nicholas Money offers a vibrant tour of the world of mushrooms, investigating the science behind these organisms as well as their enduring cultural and imaginative appeal."--Jacket.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Money, Nicholas P.
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Mushrooms.
Physical Description:xv, 201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Angels on the lawn : how mushrooms develop
  • Gill gymnastics : the beautiful mechanism of mushroom spore release
  • Triumph of the fungi : the diversity and functions of mushroom-forming fungi
  • Satan's gourmand : harvesting wild mushrooms
  • Snow white and baby bella : the global industry of mushroom cultivation
  • Death caps and muscle wasters : poisonous mushrooms and mushroom poisoning
  • The victorian hippie : Mordecai Cooke and the science of mushroom intoxication
  • Cures for mortality? : the medicinal mushroom fraud.