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Six Must-Read Mushroom Books for Beginners and Experts
Six Must-Read Mushroom Books for Beginners and Experts
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Recommended reads include Tsing's The Mushroom at the End of the World, Arora's field guides, Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, Stamets' MycoMedicinals and Sheldrake's Entangled Life.
Recommended reads include Tsing's The Mushroom at the End of the World, Arora's field guides, Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass, Stamets' MycoMedicinals and Sheldrake's Entangled Life.
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6 Mushroom Books Worth Reading Over and Over
6 Mushroom Books Worth Reading Over and Over
Need some fun summer reading? Say no more Nature writing inspires each of us here at shroomer. This week, we’re highlighting six of the best mushroom reads for new shroomers and expert fungi fans alike — works of mycological excellence that continually deliver new perspectives on our relationship with nature. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Through a series of in-depth essays, Tsing explores globalization as represented by the matsutake mushroom. Look forward to topics as diverse as Japanese gourmet food and culture, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, and the massive scale of human destruction in the modern age. All That the Rain Promises and More: A Pocket Field Guide to Mushrooms by David Arora If you’re looking for a mushroom field guide filled with identification info, humor, and wit, this book is all that and more. Think of it as a tiny taste of David Arora’s more exhaustive work, Mushrooms Demystified. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer In this masterpiece, Kimmerer unravels Westernized understandings of plant medicine by probing the intersections of myth, history, science, and kindness. MycoMedicinals: An Informational Treatise on Mushrooms by Paul Stamets As one would expect from Paul Stamets, this book offers unparalleled insights into the health benefits, history, and cultural context behind 17 unique medicinal mushroom species. Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora Here it is — the ultimate tried-and-true resource for fungal fact-checking. Mushrooms Demystified belongs on the shelves of beginners and experts alike thanks to its thorough taxonomic detail and bright spots of humor. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Like Tsing, Sheldrake connects the mushroom world to the modern age, daily life, and the future of human wellness. If you want to dive headfirst into the wondrous side of mushrooms, Entangled Life is a mighty fine place to start!
Need some fun summer reading? Say no more Nature writing inspires each of us here at shroomer. This week, we’re highlighting six of the best mushroom reads for new shroomers and expert fungi fans alike — works of mycological excellence that continually deliver new perspectives on our relationship with nature. The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing Through a series of in-depth essays, Tsing explores globalization as represented by the matsutake mushroom. Look forward to topics as diverse as Japanese gourmet food and culture, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, and the massive scale of human destruction in the modern age. All That the Rain Promises and More: A Pocket Field Guide to Mushrooms by David Arora If you’re looking for a mushroom field guide filled with identification info, humor, and wit, this book is all that and more. Think of it as a tiny taste of David Arora’s more exhaustive work, Mushrooms Demystified. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer In this masterpiece, Kimmerer unravels Westernized understandings of plant medicine by probing the intersections of myth, history, science, and kindness. MycoMedicinals: An Informational Treatise on Mushrooms by Paul Stamets As one would expect from Paul Stamets, this book offers unparalleled insights into the health benefits, history, and cultural context behind 17 unique medicinal mushroom species. Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora Here it is — the ultimate tried-and-true resource for fungal fact-checking. Mushrooms Demystified belongs on the shelves of beginners and experts alike thanks to its thorough taxonomic detail and bright spots of humor. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake Like Tsing, Sheldrake connects the mushroom world to the modern age, daily life, and the future of human wellness. If you want to dive headfirst into the wondrous side of mushrooms, Entangled Life is a mighty fine place to start!
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