CHANTERELLE DREAMS AMANITA NIGHTMARES (PB)

Are fungi food or medicine? Beneficial decomposers or deadly "toadstools" ready to kill anyone foolhardy enough to eat them? In this book, author Greg Marley reveals some of the wonders and mysteries of mushrooms, and our conflicting human reactions to them. From useful descriptions of the most foolproof edible species to revealing stories about hallucinogenic or poisonous, yet often beautiful, fungi, Marley's long and passionate experience will inform and inspire readers with the stories of these dark and mysterious denizens of our forest floor.