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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World: F
This book is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. Setting the stage for the mycorestoration revolution, ''Mycelium Running'' unveils new methods for growing mushrooms, generating mycelium, and implanting mushroom colonies into the environment. Capitalizing on the digestive power of mycelium, this pioneering book shows how to strengthen sustainability of habitats while providing a multitude of biological benefits. Based upon the premise that habitats and humans (animals) have immune systems, and that mushrooms are the beneficial bridges for both, ''Mycelium Running'' marks the dawn of a new era: the use of mycelial membranes for ecological health. Linking mushroom cultivation, permaculture, ecoforestry, bioremediation and soil enhancement, Stamets makes the case that mushroom farms can be reinvented as healing arts centers, steering ecological evolution for the benefit of humans living in harmony with its inhabitants. Four components of mycorestoration are described in detail: • Mycofiltration: the filtration of biological and chemical pathogens as well as controlling erosion. • Mycoforestry and mycogardening: the use of mycelium for companion cultivation for the benefit and protection of plants. • Mycoremediation: the use of mycelium for decomposing toxic wastes and pollutants. • Mycopesticides: the use of mycelium for attracting and controlling insect populations. Moreover, ''Mycelium Running'' has chapters on nutrition, medicinal properties, log and stump culture, natural culture, using easy to use and low-tech techniques, and much more. In total, 28 species are fully described. Heavily referenced and beautifully illustrated, this book is destined to be a classic reference for generations to come. Softcover, 352 pages, with over 350 color photographs. REVIEWS ''This is the first book to give the Kingdom of the Fungi its proper place in the scheme of things. It is the most important book on nature that I've seen in years.'' –Gary Lincoff, author of The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms and former president of the North American Mycological Association ''Passionate, visionary and bordering on the spiritual, this is a wonderful book.'' –Maddy Harland, Permaculture Magazine ''As a physician and practitioner of integrative medicine, I find this book exciting and optimistic because it suggests new, nonharmful possibilities for solving serious problems that affect our health and the health of our environment. Paul Stamets has come up with those possibilities by observing an area of the natural world most of us have ignored. He has directed his attention to mushrooms and mycelium and has used his unique intelligence and intuition to make discoveries of great practical import. I think you will find it hard not to share the enthusiasm and passion he brings to these pages.'' –From the foreword by Andrew Weil, MD, author of Eating Well for Optimum Health ''Stam
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