Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds Mushrooms magically spew forth from the earth in the hours that follow a summer rain. And in thousands of other ways, members of the kingdom Fungi do their part…
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Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
Mushrooms magically spew forth from the earth in the hours that follow a summer rain. And in thousands of other ways, members of the kingdom Fungi do their part to make life on Earth the miracle that it is. Fuzzy brown molds mischievously turn forgotten peaches to slime in the kitchen fruit bowl.
Along the way the author stops to ponder the marvels of nature and the impact of mere microbes on the evolution of civilization. In this lively book, George Hudler leads us on a tour of an often-overlooked group of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. Nature's ultimate recyclers not only save us from drowning in a sea of organic waste, but also provide us with food, drink, and a wide array of valuable medicines and industrial chemicals.Some fungi make deadly poisons and psychedelic drugs that have interesting histories in and of themselves, and Hudler weaves