- Additional Authors
- Porter, Amy Jean.
- Found In
- Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765
- Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232
- Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2019 English 9783110610536
- Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2019 9783110606386
- Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110663365
- Description
- 1 online resource (200 p.) : 51 b/w illus.
- Summary
- An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage to Terrence McKenna and from mushroom sex to fairy ringsFungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries-on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Santa Claus, and waxy caps-this collection will transport both general readers and specialists into the remarkable universe of fungi.Combining ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge, author-mycologist Lawrence Millman discusses how mushrooms are much more closely related to humans than to plants, how they engage in sex, how insects farm them, and how certain species happily dine on leftover radiation, cockroach antennae, and dung. He explores the lives of individuals like African American scientist George Washington Carver, who specialized in crop diseases caused by fungi; Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, who was prevented from becoming a professional mycologist because she was a woman; and J. P. Morgan vice-president Gordon Wasson, who almost single-handedly introduced the world to magic mushrooms. Millman considers why fungi are among the most significant organisms on our planet and how they are currently being affected by destructive human behavior as well as by climate change.With charming drawings by artist and illustrator Amy Jean Porter, Fungipedia offers a treasure trove of scientific and cultural information. The world of mushrooms lies right at your door-be amazed!
- Series Statement
- "Pedia" Books
- Uniform Title
- Fungipedia (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Fungipedia (Online)
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Language (note)
- Contents
- Frontmatter -- Preface -- Agarikon (Laricifomes officinalis) -- Banning, Mary (1822- 1903) -- Cage, John (1912- 1992) -- Darwin's Fungus (Cyttaria darwinii) -- Earth Tongues -- Fairy Rings -- Gastrointestinal Tract -- Hair Ice -- Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) -- Jellies -- Keratinophiles -- Latex -- Magic Mushrooms -- Noble Polypore (Bridgeoporus nobilissimus) -- Parasites -- Red List -- Sabina, Maria (1894- 1985) -- Tar Spot (Rhytisma sp.) -- Umbo -- Valley Fever -- Wasson, Gordon (1897- 1986) -- Xerotolerant Fungi -- Yeasts -- Zombie Ants -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Useful References
- LCCN
- 10.1515/9780691195384
- OCLC
- ssj0002442406
- Author
Millman, Lawrence.
- Title
Fungipedia [electronic resource] : A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore / Lawrence Millman.
- Imprint
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
- Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
- Series
"Pedia" Books
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- System Details
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Language
In English.
- Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
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- Added Author
Porter, Amy Jean.
- Found In:
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2019 English 9783110610536
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2019 9783110606386 ZDB-23-DPM
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110663365
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1515/9780691195384 doi