MycoMedicinals: An Informational Treatise on Mushrooms

MycoMedicinals is a treatise by Stamets that offers information into the lives of the mushrooms that is not easily found anywhere else. I had become fascinated by a television program about the hill people in Tibet and how they managed to survive in their changing world by gathering and selling a mushroom called catapiller fungus. The first time the name was ever brought to my attention was a short mention of the fungus on another tv program a month before. The only information given was it was very rare and extremely costly.I purchased the MycoMedicinals book because I was hunting more information on the medicinal qualities of Hericium erinaceus, or Lion's Mane fungus. I was seeking information on its use in curing inflamation in the body. To my delght, the information found in MycoMedicinal supplied the additional info sought and the use in nerve repair. And further, this wonderful book also included the Catapiller fungus (Cordyceps sinensis). There were even more mushrooms not found in Stamet's other book, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms.For medicinal mushroom information,stay with Stamets, MycoMedicinal is a treasure trove. You will find that also his photographs are excellent and the writing enjoyable reading even to the layman with an interest in medicinal mycology.Burton Dale

Good read, lots of good info.

I have been reading all of Paul Stamets books. They are packed with information and all resources are acknowledged. He offers some very good information on how mushrooms and this fascinating world of fungi offer so many medicinal remedies and takes it even further in ecological repair on the highest levels. If you start reading his books, you will be engaged in a whole different world and will start to realize there is actually hope for our planet if we do care to heal it and ourselves.

Paul Stamets is an amazing and highly respected authority on mushrooms and fungi.. you can read about him and his work, at [...]I like this book as a brief introductory to the medical value of mushrooms and fungi. It's a great value for a newcomer to the world of mushrooms and fungi.There's a lot of information for the small price of the book. I highly recommend it, unless you prefer to pay a lot more money, probably for less information..

Provides detailed information on Medicinal fungi, with extensive biblography. The Reshi section alone has 6 pages of helpful information. This is a referance book, not a leisurly read. I recomend it for anyone interested in finding the truth behind claims that specific mushrooms are benificial to your health.

This is old news. I like to have to reference, but its practically just a catch up to what studies Paul Stamets knows about medicinal mushrooms in 2004. It is not necessary if you have any of his mushroom grower guides, they include the same information.Even the chart discussing mushroom's medicinal effects seems outdated, as Lions Maine isn't specified under "nerve tonic," which it certainly is.Overall, 4/5 star because it only covers so much about the mushrooms medicinal properties. It might be good in like a waiting room or something.

High quality science

It arrived very quickly and provided the information I was looking for so I could decide what mushrooms to buy.