Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

by Nicholas P. Money Narrated by Nicholas P. Money

Overview

From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts and molds inside and all around us.



Nicholas Money takes listeners on a guided tour of a marvelous unseen realm, describing how our immune systems are engaged in continuous conversation with the teeming mycobiome inside the body, and how we can fall prey to serious and even life-threatening infections when this peaceful coexistence is disturbed. He also sheds light on our complicated relationship with fungi outside the body, from wild mushrooms and cultivated molds that have been staples of the human diet for millennia to the controversial experimentation with magic mushrooms in the treatment of depression.



Drawing on the latest advances in mycology, Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines reveals what scientists are learning about the importance of fungi to our lives, from their vital role in supporting the ecosystems on which we depend to their emerging uses in lifesaving medicine.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"This book is everything any decent person would want to know about fungus, and by the time Money gets into full swing, even the most reluctant reader will want to know more."—-Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review

"What a fine book! . . . Nicholas Money writes with a fluid, easy style and like so many scientists today displays a superb ability to inject snippets of wry humour into serious discussion."—-David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds

"A fine introduction to a formidable form of life."—-Tony Miksanek, Booklist

"A very informative read."—-David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160457543
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	03/19/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged

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