Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World (Paperback)

Contents
 
Foreword . . . . . viii
Preface . . . . . x
Acknowledgments . . . . . xi
 
PART I  THE MYCELIAL MIND . . . . . 1
   1   Mycelium as Nature’s Internet . . . . . 2
   2   The Mushroom Life Cycle . . . . . 12
   3   Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats . . . . . 19
   4   The Medicinal Mushroom Forest . . . . . 35
 
PART II  MYCORESTORATION . . . . . 55
   5    Mycofiltration . . . . . 58
   6    Mycoforestry . . . . . 69
   7    Mycoremediation . . . . . 86
   8    Mycopesticides . . . . . 114
 
PART III  GROWING MYCELIA AND MUSHROOMS . . . . . 125
   9    Inoculation Methods: Spores, Spawn, and Stem Butts . . . . . 126
   10    Cultivating Mushrooms on Straw and Leached Cow Manure . . . . . 161
   11    Cultivating Mushrooms on Logs and Stumps . . . . . 172
   12   Gardening with Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms . . . . . 187
   13    Nutritional Properties of Mushrooms . . . . . 201
   14    Magnificent Mushrooms: The Cast of Species . . . . . 210
 
Glossary . . . . . 305
Resources . . . . . 309
Bibliography . . . . . 311
Photography and Artwork Credits . . . . . 329
Index . . . . . 330