Mycophilia

Revelations From the Weird World of Mushrooms

By: Eugenia Bone

Narrated by: Aimee Jolson

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

In Mycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century. Engrossing, surprising, and packed with up-to-date science and cultural exploration, Mycophilia is part narrative and part primer for foodies, science buffs, environmental advocates, and anyone interested in learning a lot about one of the least understood and most curious organisms in nature.

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©2011 Eugenia Bone (P)2014 Audible Inc.

good book, many bizarre narration mistakes

this is a lovely journey into one woman’s hyperfixation on mushrooms and the places that takes her, but it has been done a disservice by the narrator who, among other strange errors, repeatedly pronounced illinois as “ill-annoys” and orchard as “orchid.” she referred to the newest version of something as the “latest incarceration of” x, and when north korean leader kim jung il appeared in the book gifting someone a box of expensive mushrooms, she called him “kim jung the second.” the editing could have been better as well, as many times the latin names of various mushrooms were preceded by a loooong pause. i’m not fussy, but all of these weird missteps distracted me from an excellent book that functioned well as both an intimate personal narrative, and as a thorough overview of the mushroom industry’s past and future.

wonderful

loved it, couldn't stop listening. it takes you on a journey as well as teaching you the whole way

good for beginners and the knowledgeable

Both entertainingly written and informative, Mycophilia discusses the specifics of morels, truffles, matsutake, and psilocybes and still finds time to cover mycology as a whole. From a morel hunting competition to a foraging tour with Paul Stamets, Jolson takes her topic head on and will have you buying candy cap mushrooms and scouring for fungi. A fully enjoyable listen.

Overall a fun and interesting educational adventur

Educational, mostly fun. Author seems frequently condescending in her descriptions of others which was a bit of a turn off, but the broad scope of interesting facts make it a good read.

Perfect!

I am so grateful that I came across this book when searching for a beginner's type book about fungi. I learned so much from Eugenia's experiences, and had many questions answered. If I wasn't obsessed before, I certainly am now! Thank you, Eugenia!

A Mind Opening Look Into Our World

The performance and pros are perfectly matched. A lovely set of stories with mind open revelation about our world, mushrooms, and life inside of each one. Highly recommend even if you are just a little intrigued.

Great book for those the uninitiated

A wealth of information for those who don't know much but want to learn more about mushrooms/funghi in general. This doesn't go into great detail about any particular mushroom(although there is a good amount about morels) or funghi, but serves as a good overall primer. Mushroom festivals, the mushrooms role in different cultures, potential non-culinary applications, the subculture around mushrooms in the US and much more are covered.

Educational and enjoyable

I have been into picking mushrooms for a few years as a food source. This book opened my eyes to a much bigger myco-world. I am a member of my local myco association but never participated in a foray, either time or location wasn’t convenient or I took the opportunity to hunt for my table rather than join the group. After reading this book I went on my first foray this past weekend and Eugenia was right.. mushroom people are a very interesting crowd. Friendly and fiercely devoted to fungus. So glad I read this!

fantastic fungal voyage

fantastic fungal voyage. would recommend this to any one wanting an introduction into the fungal world

Everything I never really wanted to know about edible mushrooms

I thought this book would provide me some insights into the fungus phylum but it’s really all about food and people - the name dropping is painful. If you’re interested in biology rather than food and people, don’t bother...