Molds, mushrooms, and medicines : our lifelong relationship with fungi /

Molds, mushrooms, and medicines : our lifelong relationship with fungi /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Money, Nicholas P., author.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2024]
Description:	1 online resource ( vii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Fungi. Materia medica, Vegetable. Molds (Fungi)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13477250

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ISBN:	9780691236315 0691236313 9780691236308
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 21, 2024).
Other form:	Print version: Money, Nicholas P. Molds, mushrooms, and medicines Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2024] 9780691236308

Table of Contents:

1.
Interacting: encounters with fungi from birth to death
2.
Touching: fungi on the skin
3.
Breathing: spores in the lungs
4.
Spreading: opportunists in the brain
5.
Digestion: yeasts in the gut
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.