Book Summary – Mycelium running

Usages

  • antibiotics
  • increasing immune system’s natural defense
    • potential cure for HIV
  • environment management
    • mycofiltration: reduce risk of infection from sewage and effects of oil spill
    • bioaccumulation: consolidates heavy metal
    • Pest management: Cordyceps Metarhizium versus termites

Substrates

  • Corn corbs

Insights

  • diversity in fungal population directly correlated with strength and health of any ecosystem
  • sensitive to dry contact. 1 layer of skin

References

  • Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, Paul Stamets
  • The mushroom cultivator, Paul Stamets
  • Medicinal mushrooms, Christopher Hobbs
  • MycoMedicinals, Paul Stamets
  • All the rain promises and more
  • Mushrooms demystified
  • Oyster mushroom cultivation, MushWorld
  • Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation, MushWorld
  • One Straw Revolution, Masanobu Fukuoka
  • Permaculture: A practical guide for sustainable future, Mollison

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