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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164905903321

Autore

Bone Eugenia

Titolo

Mycophilia : Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Emmaus, PA : , : Rodale Inc, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-60961-324-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 pages)

Disciplina

579.60973

Soggetti

Fungi - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Forays and Festivals -- Chapter 2: Conferences and Collectors -- Chapter 3: Mutualists, Decomposers, and Parasites -- Chapter 4: Hunters, Gatherers, and Thieves -- Chapter 5: The Exotics -- Chapter 6: Truffles -- Chapter 7: All about Buttons -- Chapter 8: The New Superfood -- Chapter 9: Fungi That Make You Well and Fungi That Make You Sick -- Chapter 10: Shrooms -- Chapter 11: Mycotechnologies -- Chapter 12: The Superorganism -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Photography and Artwork Credits -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

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.