His Majesty the Fly Agaric

The new book by the famous mycologist-popularizer Mikhail Vishnevsky is dedicated to one of our most famous mushrooms - the red fly agaric. This mushroom has been mentioned in myths and legends, in ancient, medieval, and modern history, in medicine,... and in cooking.
The publication provides various information: scientific and popular, useful for mushroom pickers and simply fascinating. It examines the historical ("shamanic mushroom") and modern uses of the red fly agaric, its relationship with the law, the use of the fly agaric as a medicinal mushroom, and its chemical and pharmacological aspects.
At the end of the book, the fascinating question of the co-evolution of hosts and parasites is raised, and a hypothesis is put forward about humans managing a whole range of living organisms.
The book is intended for the widest possible audience.