How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World

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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World

Mycoremediation: the use of mycelium for decomposing toxic wastes and

pollutants.

Mycopesticides: the use of mycelium for attracting and controlling insect

populations.

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This book is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. Setting the

stage for the

mycorestoration revolution, Mycelium Running unveils new methods for growing

mushrooms, generating mycelium, and implanting mushroom colonies into the

environment. Capitalizing on the digestive power of mycelium, this pioneering

book shows

how to strengthen sustainability of habitats while providing a multitude of

biological

benefits. Based upon the premise that habitats and humans (animals) have immune

systems, and that mushrooms are the beneficial bridges for both, Mycelium

Running

marks the dawn of a new era: the use of mycelial membranes for ecological

health. Linking

mushroom cultivation, permaculture, ecoforestry, bioremediation and soil

enhancement,

Stamets makes the case that mushroom farms can be reinvented as healing arts

centers,

steering ecological evolution for the benefit of humans living in harmony with

its

inhabitants. Four components of mycorestoration are described in detail:

Mycofiltration: the filtration of biological and chemical pathogens as well as

controlling

erosion.

Mycoforestry and mycogardening: the use of mycelium for companion cultivation

for the

benefit and protection of plants.

Mycoremediation: the use of mycelium for decomposing toxic wastes and

pollutants.

Mycopesticides: the use of mycelium for attracting and controlling insect

populations.

Moreover, Mycelium Running has chapters on nutrition, medicinal properties, log

and

stump culture, natural culture, using easy to use and low-tech techniques, and

much

more. In total, 28 species are fully described. Heavily referenced and

beautifully

illustrated, this book is destined to be a classic reference for generations to

come.

Softcover, 352 pages, with over 350 color photographs. Release date: October 1.

MMR $35.00

 

Special offer: The first 100 copies ordered online before the release date will

be signed by

the author. Your credit card will not be charged until your order ships.

 

Mycelium Running Limited First Edition: hardbound and embossed, boxed, serially

numbered 1–200. Each copy is signed by the author.

MMR/LTD $195.00

 

 

June 24, 2005: Paul Stamets completes the final edits for Mycelium Running on

Shaman's

Bluff, Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Cynthia Miller)

 

 

REVIEWS

"This is the first book to give the Kingdom of the Fungi its proper place in the

scheme of

things. It is the most important book on nature that I've seen in years."

–Gary Lincoff, author of The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North

American

Mushrooms and former president of the North American Mycological Association

"Stamets is a visionary emissary from the fungus kingdom to our world, and the

message

he's brought back in this book, about the possibilities fungi hold for healing

the

environment, will fill you with wonder and hope."

–Michael Pollan, author of Botany of Desire

"Stamets has done a unique public service. This visionary and practical book

should be an

instant classic in the emerging science of how to use nature's wisdom and

fecundity to

rescue the earth and ourselves from the unwelcome consequences of human

cleverness."

–Amory B. Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute

"This is the kind of book I love: highly factual and practical and mixed with

the spiritual

content that sets the great writers apart from all the rest."

–John Norris, former deputy commissioner and COO of the US FDA, founder of The

Bioterrorism Institute and member of adjunct faculty Harvard School of Public

Health

"A paradigm-changing book. Stamets' visionary insights are leading to a whole

new

understanding of how mushrooms, scarcely seen and rarely appreciated, regulate

the

earth's ecosystems."

–John Ph.D., University of Vermont and John Todd Ecological Design

"The gospel of fungi containing crucial pragmatic solutions showing us how to

work with

nature in order to heal nature."

–Kenny Ausubel, founder and co-executive director of Bioneers

"In his respectful and casual way, Paul brings depth and clarity to the

complexity of fungi

and its place in the natural order, all the while engaging us in fungi knowledge

for healing

our planet."

–Guujaaw, President of the Haida Council, Haida Nation

"Stamets' best work to date, Mycelium Running provides a wealth of information

showing

how fungal mycelia and mushrooms can profoundly improve the quality of human

life.

Should be mandatory reading for government policy makers."

–S.T. Chang, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Chinese University of Hong Kong