Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Stamets
Foreword by Andrew Weil
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenrePets and the Natural World
ISBN/Barcode 9780898158397
ClassificationsDewey:589.222
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Ten Speed Press
Publication Date 1 October 1996
Publication Country United States

Description

From the author of GROWING GOURMET AND MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS comes the only identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Detailed descriptions and color photographs for over 100 species are provided, as well as an exploration of their long-standing (and often religious) use by ancient peoples and their continued significance to modern-day culture. Some of the species included have just been discovered in the past year or two, and still others have never before been photographed in their natural habitats.

Author Biography

PAUL STAMETS is the founder of Fungi Perfecti and codirector and founder of the Rainforest Mushroom Genome and Mycodiversity Preservation Project. He is the author of two seminal textbooks, The Mushroom Cultivator and GROWING GOURMET AND MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS, has been published in numerous journals, and is presenting more lectures on mycology than he can keep track of. An advisor and consultant to the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical School and the 1998 recipient of the Collective Heritage Institute's Bioneers Award, Stamets lives in Kamilche Point, Washington with his collection of more than 250 medicinal mushroom cultures.