02019cam a2200337 a 4500 88043 88043 BJBSDDR 20230410132814.0 ta 961009s1997 maua b 001 0 eng 0674445546 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674445543 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm35750357 (OCoLC)35750357 (OCoLC)37156910 DLC DLC spa spa GRAL QK 617 S293c 1997 579.6 21 Schaechter, Moselio. In the company of mushrooms : a biologist's tale / Elio Schaechter. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997. xvi, 280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index. 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. Mushrooms. Mushrooms, Edible. Mushrooms. Hongos 5883 Hongos comestibles 5884 lcc BK 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 QK 617 S293c 1997 00000069403 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK