Ok, I read this book many months ago, but nevertheless realized that I should recommend it widely. Mushrooms and fungi are of a world so piteously under-researched and misunderstood that many actually have a phobia of them, especially in America. But fungus might just be the most important lifeform for the creation and sustenance of life in this world. Beyond its gastronomical use, mushrooms have applications across the board, as the connecting tissue of the forest, siphoning nutrients from root to root, as a filtration system for nasty man-made toxins, as a medicine, and as an eco-regeneration tool. This book by the foremost mycologist details these many applications, and how they have the ability to save the world from our own destructive tendencies. Great! So, before you pass them off as merely shamanistic voodoo plants or rich-person grub, read this book. I loved it.
MYCELIUM RUNNING
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