Nicholas P Money

Mushroom

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An illuminating look at the wonders of mushroom biology and an exploration of their enduring appeal

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 146mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9780199732562
• ISBN-10: 0199732566
• Artikelnr.: 33372732

Autorenporträt

Nicholas P. Money is Professor of Botany at Miami University and author of The Triumph of the Fungi, Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores, and Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Chapter 1: Angels on the Lawn: How Mushrooms Develop
* Chapter 2: Gill Gymnastics: The Beautiful Mechanism of Mushroom Spore
Release
* Chapter 3: Triumph of the Fungi: Diversity and Functions of Mushroom
* Chapter 4: Satan's Gourmand: Harvesting Wild Mushrooms
* Chapter 5: Snow White and Baby Bella: Global Industry of Mushroom
Cultivation
* Chapter 6: Death Caps: Poisonous Mushrooms and Mushroom Poisoning
* Chapter 7: Magic Mushrooms: The Culture and Science of Hallucinogenic
Mushrooms
* Chapter 8: Cures for Mortality?: The Medicinal Mushroom Fraud
* Notes
* Index