Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World | 
|  | | | Title: | Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World | | Author: | Paul Stamets | | Publisher: | Ten Speed Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 15 October, 2005 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1580085792 / 9781580085793 | | List Price: | $35.00 | | You Save: | $11.90 | | Amazon Price: | $23.10 | |
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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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Customer Reviews:
• Mycelium Running 05 April, 2008
This book is the premier source for a critical knowledge of the mechanics of the only environment we have in which we live
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1NJA0K5NIN8HO
• Who Knew??? 06 April, 2008
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!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A10BGAM7BIZ7SK
• Great Book! 06 April, 2008
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 previous reviews - this book should be recommended, if not required reading for any botany or mycology course.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1EH1MRSR6NIQ7
• More Than A Field Guide To Fungi 25 August, 2008
This book provides a wonderful look into the world of fungi and their properties. I bought the book after seeing the author in a video, and the book has fully lived up to my expectations.
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• Fantastic 18 April, 2008
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.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A23VQTMKM9V73W
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