Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet (Fantastic Fungi)

Biographical Note:
EUGENIA BONE is a nationally known and award-winning nature and food writer. She has published over six books, and her work has appeared in many outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Saveur, and Food & Wine.

Join the Movement: Learn about the groundbreaking research that shows why mushrooms stand to provide a solution to environmental challenges, a viable alternative to traditional medicine, and a chance to radically shift consciousness.
Most Comprehensive Fungi book in the world: Admire the astounding, underappreciated beauty with over 400 gloriously-shot photographs of the mycelial world's most rare and beautiful species in their natural environment.
World's Leading Fungi Experts: Edited by preeminent mycologist Paul Stamets, who contributes original pieces, Fungi includes original contributions by bestselling author and activist Michael Pollan, alternative medicine expert Dr. Andrew Weil, award-winning nature and food writer Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and so many more. The book's roster of experts make this the most comprehensive survey of the diverse benefits and extraordinary potential of these amazing organisms.

Contributor Bio:Schwartzberg, Louie
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG is an award-winning producer, director, and cinematographer whose notable career spans more than three decades. Schwartzberg has earned myriad awards, including two Clio Awards, an Emmy nomination, and the NAAPC Pollinator Protector Award.

Contributor Bio:Bone, Eugenia
EUGENIA BONE is a nationally known and award-winning nature and food writer. She has published over six books, and her work has appeared in many outlets, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Saveur, and Food & Wine.

Contributor Bio:Simard, Suzanne
SUZANNE SIMARD is a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia's Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences in Vancouver, BC.

Contributor Bio:Griffiths, Roland
ROLAND GRIFFITHS, PHD, is a professor in the departments of psychiatry and neurosciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research focuses on the behavioral and subjective effects of mood-altering drugs.

Contributor Bio:Harman, Jay
JAY HARMAN is a scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur dedicated to creating breakthrough technologies through biomimicry. He continues to conduct field research leading to new biomimetic products.

Contributor Bio:Richards, William
WILLIAM (BILL) RICHARDS, PHD, is a clinical psychologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he and his colleagues have pursued groundbreaking research with entheogens or psychoactive substances. He is the author of one book and dozens of academic articles.

Contributor Bio:Weil, Andrew
ANDREW WEIL, MD, is a Harvard-educated world-renowned leader in the field of integrative medicine. Dr. Weil is the director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, has authored countless scientific articles, and has published over fourteen books.

Contributor Bio:Pollan, Michael
For more than thirty years, best-selling author MICHAEL POLLAN has been writing books and articles about the places where nature and culture intersect. Pollan currently teaches at both UC Berkeley and Harvard University and lectures constantly around the world.

Contributor Bio:Stamets, Paul
PAUL STAMETS is the preeminent mycologist in the United States. He has discovered several new species of mushrooms, pioneered countless new techniques, published several best-selling books, and won numerous awards throughout his forty-year career.