Página InicialGruposDiscussãoMaisZeitgeist
Pesquisar O Sítio Web
Este sítio web usa «cookies» para fornecer os seus serviços, para melhorar o desempenho, para analítica e (se não estiver autenticado) para publicidade. Ao usar o LibraryThing está a reconhecer que leu e compreende os nossos Termos de Serviço e Política de Privacidade. A sua utilização deste sítio e serviços está sujeita a essas políticas e termos.

Resultados dos Livros Google

Carregue numa fotografia para ir para os Livros Google.

Mycophilia : revelations from the weird…
A carregar...

Mycophilia : revelations from the weird world of mushrooms (original 2011; edição 2011)

por Eugenia Bone

MembrosCríticasPopularidadeAvaliação médiaMenções
24715107,563 (3.71)6
An incredibly versatile cooking ingredient containing an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and possiblycancer-fighting properties, mushrooms are among the most expensive and sought-after foods on theplanet. Yet when it comes to fungi, culinary uses are only the tip of the iceberg. Throughout history fungus has been prized for its diverse properties-medicinal, ecological, even recreational-and hasspawned its own quirky subculture dedicated to exploring the weird biology and celebrating the unique role it plays on earth. InMycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century. Engrossing, surprising, and packed with up-to-date science and cultural exploration,Mycophiliais part narrative and part primer for foodies, science buffs, environmental advocates, and anyone interested in learning a lot about one of the least understood and most curious organisms in nature.… (mais)
Membro:jshufelt
Título:Mycophilia : revelations from the weird world of mushrooms
Autores:Eugenia Bone
Informação:Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, 2011.
Coleções:A sua biblioteca
Avaliação:
Etiquetas:Nenhum(a)

Informação Sobre a Obra

Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms por Eugenia Bone (2011)

A carregar...

Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro.

Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.

» Ver também 6 menções

Mostrando 1-5 de 15 (seguinte | mostrar todos)
This was a good choice for a book club as it touched slightly on a lot of different aspects of mushrooms. It definitely made me want to learn more about the biology but I got all I needed about food and mushroom foraging culture. The chapter about mushroom foragers was weirdly racist. The chapter about using mushrooms to lose weight was very eating-disorder-y. Unexpectedly I got the most out of the chapter about psychedelics, because the author was a skeptic and her experience as described was interesting but not really life-changing. That’s much more interesting to me than people who are very enthusiastic. I wish there were more diagrams of mushrooms, instead of just blurry black-and-white photographs. I did learn some fun facts and I will definitely be seeking out more books about mushrooms, but not more books about this author (who I'm sure is a very good food writer). ( )
  norabelle414 | Jul 17, 2023 |
Chatty tour through mushrooms with a focus on edible mushrooms and the people who collect them. I would’ve appreciated a bit more science and a bit less about her mushroom collecting fandom/travels, though it was funny to distinguish the scientists from the “belly” fans, that is, those whose main interest was eating mushrooms. ( )
1 vote rivkat | Mar 16, 2023 |
The wonderful world of mushrooms. So much fun. Spans quite a lot of the fungus universe. The writer mentions how strange the people are in this world and then tells you all about it. I enjoyed the mix of data and anecdotes. ( )
  rickycatto | Sep 9, 2020 |
I've been reading single subject info books for a while (Salt! Feathers! Rust! etc). This book has lots of information on mushrooms, but feels like 50% mushroom memoir. The memoir parts are frequently interesting or funny. But I would really prefer more mushroom facts and less memoir. ( )
  gregrr | Oct 30, 2018 |
Part memoir, part mushroom science book and part insider view into the cult of mycophilia I found this book to be really informative if somewhat overblown in some places. Unlike some reviewers, I didn’t find Bone’s personal asides and insights annoying. A book like this is supposed to have that kind of thing in it, although after a while the litany of mushroom dishes and elbow-rubbing vignettes with mushroom “royalty” was a bit repetitive.

Bone begins her book by telling us that she’s not much of an outdoors woman (and boy does it show later), but that by finding, eating and loving some wild mushrooms she found (or maybe it was someone else) she bit the bullet and started sleeping in tents in the middle of nowhere so she could find more. I only hunt mushrooms for food casually. Most of my mushroom fascination goes into photography not my kitchen. But I admit I got a bit entranced by her description of candy caps and the fabled matsutake. Some of the chapters went on a bit too long, like truffles and her brush with the “magic mushroom people”, but overall it’s breezy, diverse and interesting.

So what did I learn from this book? That the reason I found so many varieties and specimens in an old growth forest is because of the symbiotic relationship mycorrhizal mushrooms and trees have. Older, established trees have had the time to accumulate a large and intricate network of fungus underground. Through this webbing and their own roots they can better do things like nutrient uptake. If a forest is logged heavily too many trees die and the mycorrhizal network is damaged or destroyed, leaving saplings to struggle and possibly die because of it. I already knew about the importance of fungi in soil from my connection to biodynamic farming and how many farmers are abandoning the traditional soil tillage methods for ones that don’t break up the fungus network. It’s more labor intensive, but the soil is a much better substrate for whatever they plant.

I also learned that mushrooms, the fruiting bodies of fungus, don’t grow so much as expand. The cells of a mushroom are fixed as soon as it forms. From button stage to disintegration, no cells are added to the structure. They merely fill with water and inflate, like balloons filling with air. Crazy huh?

Oh and there’s a type of fungus that invades the head of a certain caterpillar and when it sprouts it shoot straight up and basically hollows out the caterpillar; absorbing its entire insides replacing it with mycelium. In parts of Asia this is a delicacy and mushroom and worm are collected and sold for hundreds and thousands of dollars, proving once again that Asians will eat practically anything.

In America though, mushrooming is a fringe thing, practiced by lunatics. Indeed when I told some people that I’d found some gorgeous chanterelles they looked at me like I grew another head and said that wild mushrooms were scary. True, many are, but once you come to know certain species, it’s very hard to be fooled by impostors and while I probably won’t join local clubs or forays I will continue to pick from the groves of chanterelles I’ve already found and keep my eyes peeled for the glorious hen of the woods. ( )
1 vote Bookmarque | Sep 27, 2016 |
Mostrando 1-5 de 15 (seguinte | mostrar todos)
sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica

» Adicionar outros autores (1 possível)

Nome do autorPapelTipo de autorObra?Estado
Eugenia Boneautor principaltodas as ediçõescalculado
King, Amy C.Designer da capaautor secundárioalgumas ediçõesconfirmado
Rhoads, ChristopherDesignerautor secundárioalgumas ediçõesconfirmado
Tem de autenticar-se para poder editar dados do Conhecimento Comum.
Para mais ajuda veja a página de ajuda do Conhecimento Comum.
Título canónico
Título original
Títulos alternativos
Data da publicação original
Pessoas/Personagens
Locais importantes
Acontecimentos importantes
Filmes relacionados
Epígrafe
Dedicatória
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês. Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
To the members of the New York Mycological Society: my companions in the woods
Primeiras palavras
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês. Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
I have always loved to eat mushrooms.
Citações
Últimas palavras
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês. Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
(Carregue para mostrar. Atenção: Pode conter revelações sobre o enredo.)
Nota de desambiguação
Editores da Editora
Autores de citações elogiosas (normalmente na contracapa do livro)
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês. Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Língua original
DDC/MDS canónico
LCC Canónico

Referências a esta obra em recursos externos.

Wikipédia em inglês (2)

An incredibly versatile cooking ingredient containing an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and possiblycancer-fighting properties, mushrooms are among the most expensive and sought-after foods on theplanet. Yet when it comes to fungi, culinary uses are only the tip of the iceberg. Throughout history fungus has been prized for its diverse properties-medicinal, ecological, even recreational-and hasspawned its own quirky subculture dedicated to exploring the weird biology and celebrating the unique role it plays on earth. InMycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century. Engrossing, surprising, and packed with up-to-date science and cultural exploration,Mycophiliais part narrative and part primer for foodies, science buffs, environmental advocates, and anyone interested in learning a lot about one of the least understood and most curious organisms in nature.

Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas.

Descrição do livro
Resumo Haiku

Current Discussions

Nenhum(a)

Capas populares

Ligações Rápidas

Avaliação

Média: (3.71)
0.5
1
1.5
2 1
2.5 3
3 9
3.5 5
4 17
4.5 2
5 5

É você?

Torne-se num Autor LibraryThing.

 

Acerca | Contacto | LibraryThing.com | Privacidade/Termos | Ajuda/Perguntas Frequentes | Blogue | Loja | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliotecas Legadas | Primeiros Críticos | Conhecimento Comum | 203,234,430 livros! | Barra de topo: Sempre visível