Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares The Love, Lore, and Mystique of Mushrooms |
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| Author:
| Marley, Greg |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60358-280-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | Chelsea Green Publishing
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $24.95USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Throughout history, people have had a complex and confusing relationship with mushrooms. Are fungi food or medicine, beneficial decomposers or deadly "toadstools" ready to kill anyone foolhardy enough to eat them? In Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares, author Greg Marley reveals some of the wonders and mysteries of mushrooms, and our conflicting human reactions to them.
Throughout history, people have had a complex and confusing relationship with mushrooms. Are fungi food or medicine, beneficial decomposers or deadly "toadstools" ready to kill anyone foolhardy enough to eat them? In Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares, author Greg Marley reveals some of the wonders and mysteries of mushrooms, and our conflicting human reactions to them.