PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS of the WORLD, an Identification Guide

Stamets, Paul; Andrew Weil (foreword)

ISBN 10: 0898158397 / ISBN 13: 9780898158397

Published by Ten Speed Press, 1996

About this Item

First edition, 1st prntg. color photo illus pb cover, no creases, bumps or tears, exc unread, as new, gift cond; no interior marks, color photo txt illus throughout, 245 pp. 6"x 9". 'accurate, comprehensive, entertaining'.

Seller Inventory # RB4915

Bibliographic Details

• Title: PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS of the WORLD, an Identification Guide
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898158397
• ISBN 13: 9780898158397
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Botany-Psychotropic-Mycology

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.