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Loading... Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World (original 2005; edition 2005)by Paul Stamets
Work InformationMycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets (2005)
   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) invisiblecityzen | Mar 13, 2022 |  ) invisiblecityzen | Mar 13, 2022 |  ) Beniaminus | Nov 1, 2017 | jhawn | Jul 31, 2017 | Four kinds of mushrooms: *Saprophytic - decomposers [primary, secondary, tertiary] *Parasitic - “blights of the forest or agents for habitat restoration?” *Mycorrhizal - “fungus and plant partnerships” *Endophytic - mutualistic, fungal partnerships Mycorestoration: *Mycofiltration - filtering out manure *Mycoforestry - preventing parasitic fungi with other fungi *Mycoremediation - restoring logging roads, digesting diesel fuel, collecting radiation and heavy metals *Mycopesticides - ant-proofing your house Growing Mycelia and Mushrooms: *Inoculation Methods: Spores, Spawn, and Stem Butts *Cultivating Mushrooms on Straw and Leached Cow Manure *Cultivating Mushrooms on Logs and Stumps *Gardening with Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms *Nutritional Properties of Mushrooms *Magnificent Mushrooms: The Cast of Species Reception I absolutely loved this book. It’s basically an overview of what a first grader should know about the fungal kingdom. Unfortunately, probably only about 1% of the US population have a rudimentary understanding of mushrooms. For people who like science: this is your book. Genus and species. Scientific papers. This book is full of science. For permaculturists: you should read this too. Restoration agriculture. Bioremediation. Ecology. And for herbalists and healers: mushrooms are your allies! Mushrooms can cure pretty much anything. Mushrooms are the Wild West right now. Compared to other sectors of the natural world, we know almost nothing about them. Join the pioneers and become a mycologist! In summary, the subtitle of this book is right on; mushrooms could save the world. ( )1  willszal | Jan 3, 2016 | no reviews | add a review
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. nbsp; 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). nbsp; 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. No library descriptions found. |
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