MycoMedicinals: An Informational Treatise on Mushrooms - Softcover

Paul Stamets

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963797190 ISBN 13: 9780963797193

Publisher: MycoMedia, 2002

Synopsis

MycoMedicinals: an Informational Treatise on Mushrooms, 3rd Edition

By Paul Stamets. Written by a mycologist and mushroom cultivator with more than 20 years of experience in the field, this full-color resource guide describes and documents the health benefits of 17 different species of mushrooms:

Agaricus blazei: Royal Sun Agaricus or Himematsutake
Cordyceps sinensis: Cordyceps or Dong Chong Xia Cao
Flammulina velutipes: Enokitake
Fomes fomentarius: Ice Man Fungus or Amadou
Fomitopsis officinalis: Agarikon
Ganoderma applanatum: Artist Conk
Ganoderma lucidum: Reishi or Ling Chi
Grifola frondosa: Maitake
Hericium erinaceus: Lion’s Mane or Yamabushitake
Inonotus obliquus: Chaga
Lentinula edodes: Shiitake
Phellinus linteus: Meshima
Piptoporus betulinus: Birch Polypore
Pleurotus ostreatus: Oyster
Polyporus umbellatus: Zhu Ling
Schizophyllum commune: Split Gill Polypore or Suehirotake
Trametes versicolor: Turkey Tail or Yun Zhi

Newly updated and expanded, MycoMedicinals: an Informational Treatise on Mushrooms includes answers to frequently asked questions and an extensive bibliography. 96 pages, softcover.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Stamets has been a dedicated mycologist for over twenty years. Over this time, he has discovered and coauthored four new species of mushrooms, and pioneered countless techniques in the field of edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation. He received the 1998 "Bioneers Award" from The Collective Heritage Institute, and the 1999 "Founder of a New Northwest Award" from the Pacific Rim Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils.

He has written five books on mushroom cultivation, use and identification; his books Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms and The Mushroom Cultivator (coauthor) have long been hailed as the definitive texts of mushroom cultivation. Other works by Paul Stamets include Psilocybe Mushrooms and Their Allies (out of print), Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World, MycoMedicinals: an Informational Treatise on Mushrooms, and many articles and scholarly papers.

About this edition

• Publisher: MycoMedia
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0963797190
• ISBN 13: 9780963797193
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 46