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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 579.5163
EAN: 9781580085793
ISBN: 1580085792
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 339
Publication Date: October 15, 2005
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press
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Editorial Review:
More mushrooms, less pollution! Yes, you heard right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment. 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 fungi expert Paul Stamets has discovered is that mycelium also breaks down hydrocarbons —the base structure in many pollutants. So, for instance, when soil contaminated with diesel oil is inoculated with strains of oyster mushroom mycelia, the soil loses its toxicity in just eight weeks. In MYCELIUM RUNNING, Stamets discusses this revolutionary trend in mushroom cultivation and provides tips for choosing the appropriate species of fungi for various environmental purposes.
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Rating:  - Stamets ignores environmental complexity & societal "mycelium"
Stamets is to be commended for some of his discoveries (even if done in conjunction with the US War Department & other unsavory institutions), but the fact is that even investing hundreds of millions of dollars, top scientists failed, in recent years (1990s), to recreate a self-sustaining life support eco-system for only 8 people (so-called "Biosphere 2" near Tucson, Arizona).
We simply do not fully understand the enormous complexity of our ecosystem and interactions of countless different ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic
I didn't get to read all of this book because it was a gift for someone but what I did read was very good. It's very informative in all aspects of mushrooms. The book includes the science behind mushrooms, how they can be used for ecological benefits, and best of all how to grow and harvest them yourself. The index of mushrooms, their uses and other information was short but very good. I highly recommend this book and will probably get it for myself soon.
Rating: - Great Book!
I purchased this book as a gift for a fellow graduate student who is studying the relationship between vascular plant roots and fungi. He and our professor/advisor oohhed and aahhed over it. I should have gotten one for our advisor too!
A quality book with great photos through-out and it is very readable! I have come to the conclusion that mycologists aren't pretentious wordy folks! They enjoy their work, enjoy spreading their knowledge and it is obvious in this book! I agree with the ... Read More
Rating: - who knew???
Stamets' Mycelium Running has way more mushroom lore than I'll ever remember - or even want to know - yet it's a fascinating read and inspiring too!
Rating: - Mycelium Running
This book is the premier source for a critical knowledge of the mechanics of the only environment we have in which we live
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