Paul Stamets

A full-color guide to psilocybin mushrooms--how to forage, identify, grow, and use them--with detailed descriptions, 300 stunning photographs, tips for dosing safely, and more, from a world-renowned mycologist. The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin (aka psychoactive or "magic") mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. In this comprehensive, full-color reference, Paul Stamets offers descriptions and 300 photographs of more than 60 psilocybin varieties and their lookalikes common to North America, Europe, and Australasia. He outlines the history and cultural use of magic mushrooms in traditional rituals and ceremonies, their natural geographic distribution and habitats, and keys to growing your own mushroom patch. But perhaps most important, Stamets explains how to reliably distinguish between a non-poisonous, psychoactive mushroom and one of its highly toxic, even deadly, lookalikes. Packed with a lifetime of scientific and real-world research, Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats brings depth and understanding to an often-misunderstood topic. Revealing the potential of these powerful, mind-awakening fungi to help us live better, happier lives through micro- and macro-dosing, this handbook is an indispensable--and potentially lifesaving--addition to mushroom field guides from the biggest name in mycology.

Seened on salapärased - nad tulevad ootamatult eikusagilt oma imeliste vormide ja värvidega ning sama kiiresti kaovad taas. Seente jahmatav ilmumine ja mõistatuslikud kadumised on juba tuhandeid aastaid muutnud need keelatud viljadeks. Ainult mõned asjatundjad - shamaanid, nõiad, preestrid ja targad taimeteadlased - on saanud kübekese teadmistest, mida seened endas kannavad. Miks? On loomulik karta seda, mis on võimas, kuid tundmatu. Mõned seened võivad sind tappa. Mõned saavad sind ravida. Paljud toidavad sind. Vähesed suudavad sind saata spirituaalsele teekonnale. Nende võime järsku maast üles tõusta ja jälle maa alla taanduda muudab nende uurimise keeruliseks. Meil on olnud pikemaajalised kokkupuuted loomade ja taimedega ning tavaliselt teame, millised neist võivad meid aidata või kahjustada. Seened ei ole niisugused. Nad ilmuvad meie maastikutele ja kaovad sama kiiresti. Mälu tuhmub ruttu ja me jääme mõtisklema selle üle, mida nägime. Seened on toit kehale ja ravim hingele. See raamat on sinu värav üllatavate teadmiste juurde. Nendel lehekülgedel uurime avastusi, mis viitavad seeneniidistikule kui lahendusele meie kõige suuremate keskkonnaprobleemide jaoks, lahkame teadustöid, mis näitavad, et seened on mõistlik alternatiiv lääne farmakoloogiale, ja tutvume seente imelise, tõestatud võimega teadvust muuta. Tere tulemast seente maa-alusesse maailma. Me oleme kõik ühendatud!

Brian Blomerth first fused his singularly irreverent underground comix style with heavily-researched history in 2019’s Brian Blomerth’s Bicycle Day, a Technicolor retelling of the discovery of LSD. Now, the illustrator and graphic novelist continues his wild and woolly excursions into the history of mind expansion with Mycelium Wassonii, an account of the lives and trips of R. Gordon and Valentina Wasson, the pioneering scientist couple responsible for popularizing the use of psychedelic mushrooms. A globetrotting vision of hallucinatory science and religious mysticism with appearances by Life Magazine, the CIA, and the Buddha, Mycelium Wassonii is a visual history and a love story as only Blomerth’s Isograph pen can render it.

Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That's right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you'll find out how. The basic science goes like this: Microscopic cells called "mycelium"--the fruit of which are mushrooms--recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil. What Stamets has discovered is that we can capitalize on mycelium's digestive power and target it to decompose toxic wastes and pollutants (mycoremediation), catch and reduce silt from streambeds and pathogens from agricultural watersheds (mycofiltration), control insect populations (mycopesticides), and generally enhance the health of our forests and gardens (mycoforestry and myco-gardening). In this comprehensive guide, you'll find chapters detailing each of these four exciting branches of what Stamets has coined "mycorestoration," as well as chapters on the medicinal and nutritional properties of mushrooms, inoculation methods, log and stump culture, and species selection for various environmental purposes. Heavily referenced and beautifully illustrated, this book is destined to be a classic reference for bemushroomed generations to come.

After years of living in awe of the mysterious fungi known as mushrooms-chefs, health enthusiasts, and home cooks alike can't get enough of these rich, delicate morsels. With updated production techniques for home and commercial cultivation, detailed growth parameters for 31 mushroom species, a trouble-shooting guide, and handy gardening tips, this revised and updated handbook will make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood.

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.