All About Mushrooms. Popular Encyclopedia

The book "All About Mushrooms" is the result of more than twenty years of scientific, educational, lecturing, and literary work by the well-known mycologist and science popularizer Mikhail Vishnevsky. Primarily aimed at mushroom pickers, the publication contains fascinating information about... the origins of mushrooms and their structure, helper mushrooms and harmful mushrooms, the place of mushrooms in the myths and religions of the peoples of the world, culinary processing and preparation of mushrooms, and where, when, and how to collect them best across the vast expanses of our country. Edible, medicinal, and poisonous mushrooms and lichens of Russia are examined in detail.The reader will receive reasoned answers to the most pressing controversial questions: can you touch the death cap, how to grow mushrooms in your garden, how to protect nails and skin from fungi, are milk caps and green mushrooms poisonous, do mushrooms really treat cancer, and many others.The book includes more than 500 color photo collages created by the author for the convenience of identifying mushrooms in nature.For the broadest audience of readers.