Wild Mushrooms

By Dr. Markho Rafael Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets has been the perpetual best-seller on popular mycology since published in 2005. It's an indispensible reference book for anybody working the land, especially foresters, farmers and environmental cleanup contractors. It's also a great book for anyone interested in growing their own food mushrooms. The book is filled to the brim with valuable information on how to improve soils for farming, gardening and forestry; create simple, low-cost biofilters for waste water ( mycofiltration ); and clean up toxic waste ( mycoremediation ). As an example, a method for building a mycofiltration bed to filter waste water ... Read Full Story

By Dr. Markho Rafael 5,300 years ago, an injured and starving man from Val Venosta, Italy, fled across an Alpine glacier to escape pursuers. But his enemies caught up with him and with a practiced arrow-shot penetrated his shoulder blade and subclavian artery. Before long, he was dead from blood loss. "Oetzi the Iceman" was found mummified in'91. On his person were pouches containing mushroom remedies, the oldest known proof in existence of medicinal mushrooms usage. One of the mushrooms he carried was a traditional de-wormer known as Birch polypore ( Piptoporus betulinus ), which makes sense because whipworm eggs were found in Oetzi's ... Read Full Story

Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets has been the perpetual best-seller on popular mycology since published in 2005. It’s an indispensible reference book for anybody working the land, especially foresters, farmers and environmental cleanup contractors. It’s also a great book for anyone interested in growing their own food mushrooms. Mycelium Running is filled to the brim with useful tips on things such as using mushrooms to improve soils and boost productivity in forestry and farming (gardening) with decreased use of expensive fertilizers and pesticides; filtering waste-water ( mycofiltration ); and clean up toxic waste from the land ( mycoremediation ). For example, an easy do-it-yourself ... Read Full Story

By Dr. Markho Rafael In 3,300 B.C., a tribal elder from Val Venosta, Italy, trekked across an Alpine glacier in an attempted getaway from enemies. But his foes got the better of him and with a well-aimed arrow pierced his subclavian artery, leaving him to bleed to death in a glacial cave where his mummified remains were discovered in'91. Among the belongings of Oetzi the Iceman were two medicinal mushrooms, the earliest evidence in existence of mushrooms used as remedies. There is good reason to believe he carried both of these mushrooms along as natural remedies. Whipworm parasite eggs were found in Oetzi's intestines. ... Read Full Story

Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets has been the perpetual best-seller on popular mycology since published in 2005. It’s an indispensible reference book for anybody working the land, especially foresters, farmers and environmental cleanup contractors. It’s also a great book for anyone interested in growing their own food mushrooms. The book is filled to the brim with valuable information on how to improve soils for farming, gardening and forestry; create simple, low-cost biofilters for waste water ( mycofiltration ); and clean up toxic waste ( mycoremediation ). As an example, a method for building a mycofiltration bed to filter waste water is described in exacting ... Read Full Story