In the Company of Mushrooms - A Biologist's Tale
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A Biologist's Tale
Author: Moselio Schaechter
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place of printing: London, England
Year of publication: 1997
In a style at once learned and quirky, personal and commanding, Elio Schaechter imparts the fascinating minutiae and the weighty implications of his subject - a primarily microscopic life form that nonetheless accounts for up to two tons of matter for every human on the planet. He shows us how fungi, the great decomposers, recycle most of the world's vegetable matter - from a blade of grass to a strapping tree - and thus prevent us from sinking under ever-accumulating masses of decaying matter. With the same expertise and contagious enthusiasm that he brings to the biology of mushrooms, Schaechter conveys the allure of the mushroom hunt. Drawing on his own experience as well as that of seasoned pickers and amateur mycologists, he explains when and where to find mushrooms, how they are cultivated, and how they are used in various cultures. From the delectable to the merely tolerable, from the hallucinogenic to the deadly, a wide variety of mushrooms are covered in this spirited presentation.
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Copy in good condition. Dust jacket with traces of dust and signs of wear. Yellowing of the pages, pen note on the front cover. Text in English. Book in good condition.
ISBN Code: 0674445546
EAN: 9780674445543
Pages: xvi,279
Format: Hardback with dust jacket
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 21
Width: 16
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Text in English. Book in good condition. Color images (ft) and black and white (nt).
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