Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

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I”m pretty sure Stamets mentions somewhere in that book that decomposition by ’shrooms releases much of the involved biological carbon as gas, primarily as carbon dioxide.

The first 1/3 suffers from these common science-writing traps, while the rest read better though still with occasional flaws. If you look at mega-colony of mushroom spores, it is strikingly similar to images of cosmic nebula and galaxies.Other reviewers disagree, but I loved the anecdotal speculation about unusual ways to recruit mycelial tools for our own objectives. He lists only his company for this continent and they are moving away from kits and sold out of their catalog of spawn.

It felt excessive after a point, and I started to wonder if I shouldn't just read his other book(s) instead of this one.

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. But why not just preface or end a technical section with a reference to other works, instead of ending sentences with them? 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.

Stamets is not kidding - mushrooms really do have an important place in restoring a lot of damage we have done to the earth, and in keeping us alive and healthy on it!I won't be attempting truffle or chanterelle cultivation anytime soon, but I appreciated the warning that our regular button mushrooms should be sourced responsibly, since they can take up dangerous levels of heavy metals depending on their origin. But the fermentation introduced in that short article seems likely to be even better in circumstances where we can more precisely control the process.