Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

Description

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s
right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the
environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul
Stamets, you’ll find out how. The basic science goes like this: 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 Stamets has discovered is that
we can capitalize on mycelium’s digestive power and target it to decompose
toxic wastes and pollutants (mycoremediation), catch and reduce silt from
streambeds and pathogens from agricultural watersheds (mycofiltration),
control insect populations (mycopesticides), and generally enhance the health
of our forests and gardens (mycoforestry and myco-gardening). In this
comprehensive guide, you’ll find chapters detailing each of these four
exciting branches of what Stamets has coined “mycorestoration,” as well as
chapters on the medicinal and nutritional properties of mushrooms, inoculation
methods, log and stump culture, and species selection for various
environmental purposes. Heavily referenced and beautifully illustrated, this
book is destined to be a classic reference for bemushroomed generations to
come. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; NO-VALUE edition (October 1, 2005)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 356 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580085792
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 93
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.24 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 0.99 x 8.99 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #12,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture #16 in Ecology (Books) #16 in Mushrooms in Biological Sciences
• #6 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture
• #16 in Ecology (Books)