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9781603582148

Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares

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    9781603582148

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    1603582142

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-09-09
  • Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
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Summary

To the uninitiated, finding and eating wild mushrooms can be a little scary, but also a fun and delicious experience. Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares journeys through the often-unexamined kingdom of fungi, revealing the remarkable beauty, bounty, and complexity of wild mushrooms.

Author Biography

For the past twenty years, dedicated amateur mycologist Greg A. Marley has led public walks, lectures, and classes on wild and medicinal mushrooms and has ignited the interest of hundreds of new mushroomers. He is the author of Mushrooms for Health; Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi (Down East Books, 2009). Marley lives in Rockland, Maine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introduction: Tales from the Forest Floorp. ix
Mushrooms and Culture
Passionate about Mushrooms: The Russian and Slavic Experiencep. 3
Overcoming Distrust: Mushrooming in Americap. 14
Mushrooms as Food
Introduction: Leading with Our Stomachsp. 25
The Foolproof Four: Updated for a New Millenniump. 31
Chanterellesp. 60
Boletus edulisp. 72
The Agaricus Brothersp. 80
Dangerously Toxic, Deadly Interesting
Introduction: Poisonous Mushrooms: Not as Bad as You Fearp. 91
Mushroom Poisoning: The Potential Risks and Ways to Avoid Themp. 94
Amanita Nightmares: The Death Cap and Destroying Angelp. 112
False Morels: The Finnish Fugup. 122
A Fallen Angelp. 132
The Poison Pax: A Deadly Mysteryp. 136
Mushrooms and the Mind: The Origin of Religion and the Pathway to Enlightenment
Introduction: Entheogens: A New Way to View Hallucinogenic Mushroomsp. 143
Amanita muscarica: Soma, religion, and Santap. 148
Psilocybin: Gateway to the Soul or Just a Good High?p. 163
Mushrooms within Living Ecosystems
Honey Mushrooms: The Race for the World's Largest Fungusp. 185
Fairy Rings and Fairy Tales?p. 192
Fungal Bioluminescence: Mushroom Nightlightsp. 200
Who's Eating the Truffles?p. 207
Woodpeckers, Wood Decay Fungi, and Forest Healthp. 217
Tools for a New World
Growing Mushrooms in the Garden: A How-to Storyp. 227
Appendix of Recommended and Supplemental Readingp. 241
Endnotesp. 247
Indexp. 257
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