MycoMedicinals: An Informational Treatise on Mushrooms

By Paul Stamets. 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: Lion s 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. 96 pages, softcover.