Mushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi

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Down East Books, Oct 1, 2009 - Nature - 112 pages
There is a burgeoning interest in natural medicines in the United States. Among these natural health powerhouses are mushrooms, and here mycologist Greg Marley introduces ten species found in New England-and elsewhere, too, in many cases. Marley describes where to find and how to prepare these fungi and lists their health-supporting benefits. On a comforting note, Marley says there are no poisonous look-alikes for any of these beneficial fungi!
 

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Contents

Introduction
4
Chapter 1
7
Chapter 2
13
Chapter 3
19
Chapter 4
23
Chapter 5
30
Chapter 6
40
Medicinal Mushroom Species
43
Chapter 11
94
Chapter 12
102
Chapter 13
108
Chapter 14
112
Chapter 15
116
Chapter 16
120
Appendixes
125
Glossary
130

Chapter 7
46
Chapter 8
55
Chapter 9
64
Chapter 10
88
References
133
Index
140
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About the author (2009)

Greg Marley, of Rockland, Maine has studied mushrooms for more than 30 years. He has a B.S. in Botany with a minor in Chemistry and a focus on plant taxonomy and ecology, and he is a volunteer consultant for the Northern New England Poison Control Center and various hospital emergency rooms for cases involving mushroom ingestion and identification. He also cultivates edible and medicinal mushrooms and provides wild edible mushrooms to professional chefs.

Bibliographic information

TitleMushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi
AuthorGreg Marley
PublisherDown East Books, 2009
ISBN0892729015, 9780892729012
Length112 pages
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Health & Fitness / Healing
Nature / Plants / Mushrooms
  
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