01933cam a2200301 a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020003600069020003900105035002300144035003700167040001800204041000800222050002400230082001400254100002500268245007400293260005700367300004600424504006400470520101000534650001501544650002301559650001501582650001101597650002301608BJBSDDR20230410132814.0ta961009s1997    maua     b    001 0 eng    a0674445546 (cloth : alk. paper)  a9780674445543 (cloth : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm35750357  a(OCoLC)35750357z(OCoLC)37156910  aDLCcDLCbspa  aspa00aQK 617 bS293c 199700a579.62211 aSchaechter, Moselio.10aIn the company of mushrooms :ba biologist's tale /cElio Schaechter.  aCambridge, Mass. :bHarvard University Press,c1997.  axvi, 280 p. :bill. (some col.) ;c21 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.  aIn 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. 0aMushrooms. 0aMushrooms, Edible. 1aMushrooms. 4aHongos 4aHongos comestibles