MycoMedicinals: an Informational Treatise on Mushrooms

Written by a mycologist and mushroom cultivator with more than 20 years of experience in the field, this full-color resource guide describes and documents the health benefits of 17 different species of mushrooms:

• Agaricus blazei: Royal Sun Agaricus or Himematsutake
• Cordyceps sinensis: Cordyceps or Dong Chong Xia Cao
• Flammulina velutipes: Enokitake
• Fomes fomentarius: Ice Man Fungus or Amadou
• Fomitopsis officinalis: Agarikon
• Ganoderma applanatum: Artist Conk
• Ganoderma lucidum: Reishi or Ling Chi
• Grifola frondosa: Maitake
• Hericium erinaceus: Lion¹s Mane or Yamabushitake
• Inonotus obliquus: Chaga
• Lentinula edodes: Shiitake
• Phellinus linteus: Meshima
• Piptoporus betulinus: Birch Polypore
• Pleurotus ostreatus: Oyster
• Polyporus umbellatus: Zhu Ling
• Schizophyllum commune: Split Gill Polypore or Suehirotake
• Trametes versicolor: Turkey Tail or Yun Zhi

Newly updated and expanded, MycoMedicinals: an Informational Treatise on Mushrooms includes answers to frequently asked questions and an extensive bibliography.