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Subject(s)

• Fungi [Browse]
• Materia medica, Vegetable [Browse]
• Molds (Fungi). [Browse]

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Contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Interacting: Encounters with Fungi from Birth to Death
• Part I. Inward
• 2. Touching: Fungi on the Skin
• 3. Breathing: Spores in the Lungs
• 4. Spreading: Opportunists in the Brain
• 5. Digestion: Yeasts in the Gut
• Part II. Outward
• 6. Nourishing: Molds and Mushrooms in Our Diets
• 7. Treating: Medicines from Fungi
• 8. Poisoning: Toxins in Mushrooms and Molds
• 9. Dreaming: Using Mushrooms to Treat Depression
• 10. Recycling: The Global Mycobiome
• Appendix: Ghost Gut Fungi
• Notes
• List of Illustrations
• Index.

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ISBN

0-691-23631-3

OCLC

1416189238

Doi

• 10.1515/9780691236315

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