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.

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...

Informative and entertaining.

Most excellent book by Eugenia Bone and loved the reading by Aimee Jolsen! Listened to it during my work shift and completely forgot what I was doing. She covered every possible subject about mushrooms, from habitat, organizations, commercial picking, magic mushrooms, industrial uses for mushrooms and stories about the fly agaric, without getting boring. Her favorite word is indeed I believe ;)

Must listen!

I have read/ listened to many Mycology/mushroom based books. This one here was very informative and easy to listen to. The author does a good job of painting a picture for you with how she came to meet many people in the mycology field and their discussions. I fully enjoyed this book. I hope you enjoy it too.

Casual

Nice trivia story for leisure time for me. Wanders across many fields of knowledge and experience.

interesting and relatable

some of the science was too much on depth for me, but her telling of her experience was engaging and overall endearing.

Balanced and informative

I didn't know what to expect but I wanted to know more about the wonderful world of mushrooms and fungi and this book delivered. It was written by an author who shares her personal story and makes it relatable. The author does a great job of educating the reader and providing information and answers to questions we didn't even know to ask. I really loved the end of the book and am inspired enough to dive deeper into the subject and I recommend this book to anybody interested in a good starter book on the subject.