a biologist's tale Schaechter, Moselio. creator text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass Harvard University Press 1997 monographic eng spa

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xvi, 280 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. 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. Elio Schaechter. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index. Mushrooms Mushrooms, Edible Mushrooms Hongos Hongos comestibles QK 617 S293c 1997 579.6 0674445546 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780674445543 (cloth : alk. paper) DLC 961009 20230410132814.0 spa