Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Kindle Edition

Not possible to exaggerate the importance of this book.Knowledge of mushrooms has hitherto been a closed book. However the author skilfully introduces us, and leads us into a fascinating world of remarkable diversity. Not only does the text capture interest and retain it to the end, but it prompts futher reading to learn more of the health possibilities.

Excellent for research. It's all in one place.

This book is fascinating, informative, thorough and easy to read and comprehend in it's coverage on the topic of mushrooms.

When one considers mushrooms, one often thinks of a salad topping or a hallucinogen, but rarely does one consider mushrooms as a means to save the world. In Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, mycologist Paul Stamets proposes that mushrooms can provide much more than a nutritious snack. Stamets is revered as a leader in the field of mushroom cultivation, having published five books on mushroom cultivation and use. By providing strategies by which mushrooms can improve both human and environmental health, cultivation techniques, and a species guide, Mycelium Running serves as an excellent addition to Stamets' other publications.Mycelium Running is divided into three parts: The Mycelial Mind, Mycorestoration, and Growing Mycelia and Mushrooms. The three different parts provide the reader with a better understanding of mycelial structure, four unique mycorestoration strategies, and a detailed guide on how to grow mushrooms. Information is provided on how one can implement some of the proposed restoration strategies.In the Mycelial Mind section, Stamets' passion for mushrooms shines through as he discusses the ubiquity of mushrooms, referred to as "mycomagicians," even claiming, "without fungi, all ecosystems would fail." The mycelium, which is a web of cells that fruits mushrooms, is "so pervasive that a single cubic inch of topsoil contains enough fungal cells to stretch more than 8 miles if placed end to end. I calculate that every footstep I take impacts more than 300 miles of mycelium." Stamets' introduction to fungi goes beyond standard textbook fare, while still providing introductory information on mycelia to any reader completely new to the topic. Stamets then goes on to discuss the medicinal applications of mycelium, including the role of mushrooms in fighting HIV. Other exciting mushroom applications presented in the text include mycorestoration and mycofiltration, where mycelium are used as a means to clean up contaminants, such as oil spills, and filter water.This book presents many exciting ideas to help clean the environment, prevent further contamination, and improve human health, and Stamets managed to convince me of the role mushrooms will play in saving the world. I would recommend Mycelium Running to anyone interested in mushrooms, biology, the environment, human health, or innovative scientific ideas.

Saw the "Fantastic Fungi" documentary on Netflix and decided to order the book. It's provided great information on mushrooms capability that I didn't know.

Masterpiece THIS BOOK ITS FOR HAVE IT , READ IT AND PRACTICE FOR ALL MANKIND. -- PURE KNOWLEDGE , PERFECT ADVICE TO LIVE AND KEEP THE MANKIND EXISTENCE.

Bought this book as a result of seeing a documentary on fungi, Fantastic Fungi. featuring the author Paul Stamets. amazing insights into the role of fungi in the world ecosystem.

Nice book

Mushrooms and mycelium can save the world, but people are not listening, and taking notice.Covid 19 originates from nature. Mother earth is telling us enough is enough, and its time to change.Humankind hasn't survived for thousands of years, before the multi national drug companies were formed, without the help of nature. The book explains how most things can be helped or cured using the resourses nature provides, why is this not happening?, its because the the fat cats can't make money out of something thats virtualy free.

An excellent handbook for everyone now taking an interest in a branch of life that has been shunned for far too long.Well-written, well-illustrated, and with many references for further reading, this is a book that takes readers way beyond the idea that mushrooms are merely useful as food. Introducing concepts of fungi as life-saving medicines, forestry protection (myco-forestry) and land reclamation (myco-remediation), it really gets you up out of your chair and experimenting at home or in your garden.Initially, I had bought this book as a guide to help me do a better job of growing-my-own. Now I have several species of mushrooms growing in various substrates, all ticking away nicely. And not all of them will be for food. Two are medicinal and one is for helping to restore part of my garden to health.Under the heading of myco-forestry, this book describes a better and far less exhausting way of handling problems with the Honey Fungus problem that affects so many trees & shrubs. (If you look up the RHS site for the way they propose you tackle this dreadful blight, you will see the outdated, potentially expensive, invasive, messy, and frankly body-wrecking technique of digging out a 2ft depth of soil in the area where an affected tree used to be - yeah, you try doing that here, with chunks of slate the size of paving slabs just a few inches under the soil surface!Paul Stamets' way of tackling this problem is much easier on the old joints, and all it takes is a bit of looking about either online or with a guide book when walking through the countryside.Myco-remediation is a real eye-opener of a chapter, where you can transform land that has been poisoned through anything from farm effluent run-off to industrial waste to oil spills. It also guides you through the process of restoring soil depth to exhausted and over-farmed land - his process taking a considerably shorter time than usual, as well as being cheaper and much more environmentally beneficial than buying in bags of compost. In fact, given the date this book was first written, I'm astonished that Forestry Authorities everywhere have not snapped up these common-sense concepts immediately to preserve the lands they have sadly depleted.(I live in an area surrounded by the aftermath of Forestry Commission activities, locals appalled by the condition the land is left in and the knowledge that it is only fit to be harvested 1 possibly 2 more times before it's completely useless for everything other than a little sheep farming. Hardly the legacy you want to leave to the next generation!)Mr Stamets includes a fair bit of science with the more practical side of things, but don't be afraid of that part. It's not beyond anyone's grasp and serves to give readers a better understanding of how the various types of fungi function and how you can better integrate it into your garden/ woodland /land/ smallholding/ farm.Although there is indepth instruction on how to raise mushrooms on a small or larger scale, there are many tempting mentions of Mr Stamets other book on Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, and I will probably purchase this on the strength of the quality of this book.I promise you, that after reading this one, you will not view your next wild-growing toadstool in the same way again.

I can't comment on the content of the book but only on my experiences trying to purchase the kindle version. I really wanted to read this having had it recommended, so bought kindle version. It wouldn't download despite repeated attempts and kindle hasn't worked since (was absolutely fine before that and only 6 months old). Thought it was just the device playing up so tried to download it on the kindle app on another device but again it wouldn't download and kept restarting the device, ended up deleting app and restoring factory settings. The book only cost a couple of quid but really wasn't worth it for the expensive of having to send kindle back and time wasted trying to download it. When I mentioned it to a friend they'd managed to download it on their kindle, but it only showed half of each page. Clearly an issue! I'd avoid the kindle version and go for a paper copy.

This comprehensive and well written book provides a vast amount of information about mycelium: what it is, how it relates to other plants and what it does for them and for itself. Well worth reading, particularly if you want to recover a brown-field site or improve your own soil. Once you've read this book, do some research into biochar, volcanic rock dust and composting. Once you've done that you can create a nutrient rich soil that will allow you to grow healthy, nutritious edible plants indefinitely.

Loved this book by Paul Stamets. I no longer simply think of white button mushrooms - there’s incredible variety. The various effects and cultural associations with mushrooms deeply impressed me. I tried growing Oyster mushrooms and succeeded and the second batch are growing now. I also take Lion Mane’s supplements and find them cognitively enhancing. Great book - it informs and enthuses.