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Mycelium Running

How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
By Paul Stamets
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Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets is a transformative guide illustrating how mushrooms can be utilised to save the world. It explores the ecological power of fungi, providing insights into their role in ecosystem health, and offers practical guidance on using mycelium for the restoration of environments, increased food production, and even ecological sustainability. The book serves as both an introduction to and a practical manual for the fascinating world of mycology.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by fungi and their extraordinary potential to help restore our ecosystems. It offers insightful guidance on how mushrooms can improve soil health, promote plant growth, and contribute to sustainable agriculture and gardening.

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Mycelium Running

This manual shows readers how to save the world through mushroom cultivation. Fine filaments of living cells called mycelium, the fruit of which are mushrooms, already cover large areas of land around the world. Mycelium breaks down plant and animal debris and recycles carbon, nitrogen and other essential elements.

HOW MUSHROOMS CAN HELP SAVE THE WORLD

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A groundbreaking manual for saving the world through mushroom cultivation!

The science goes like this: fine filaments of living cells called mycelium, the fruit of which are mushrooms, already cover large areas of land around the world. As the mycelium grows, it silently breaks down plant and animal debris, recycling carbon, nitrogen and other essential elements in the creation of new soil.

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Paul Stamets's Mycelium Running is highly praised for offering innovative insights into the role of fungi, particularly in environmental healing. Reviewers describe the book as visionary, highlighting its practical solutions and potential to reshape our understanding of ecosystems. Stamets's passionate exploration of the fungal kingdom is acknowledged for both its scientific depth and the spiritual dimension it brings to environmental stewardship.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781580085793

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: Ten Speed Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 189.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 1015g

Pages: 356

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Education & Reference Home & Garden Non-Fiction Paul Stamets Penguin Books Science & Nature

About the Author

PAUL STAMETS, founder of Fungi Perfecti (www.fungi.com), has been a dedicated mycologist for more than thirty years. He is the 1998 recipient of the Collective Heritage Institute's Bioneers Award and the 1999 recipient of the Founder of a New Northwest Award from the Pacific Rim Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils. Stamets has written five books on mushroom cultivation, use, and identification and numerous articles and scholarly papers on medicinal, culinary, and psycho-active mushrooms. His books Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms and The Mushroom Cultivator (co-author) have long been hailed as the definitive texts on mushroom cultivation.

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