Get Shroom for the Holidays

Do I know Andy Letcher? It seems I should, as I attended most mushroom festivals in Telluride during the 1990s, and I know half the people he talks about in his first book, Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom
In fact, I’ve read most of the books he mentions in this book, and I […]

Lockwood Produces New Book

Taylor Lockwood’s new book, Chasing the Rain: My Treasure Hunt for the World’s Most Beautiful Mushrooms, has just arrived. It’s loaded with new mushroom photos, photos of people and places, and stories of his mushroom-hunting expeditions around the world.
This book also includes the story about how Lockwood got his start as an international mushroom hunter, […]

Can You Tell that Truffles are in Season?

Award-winning author, journalist, and broadcaster, Elizabeth Luard, offers a mouthwatering collection of authentic regional and classic recipes and an eccentric account about truffle-hunting in her book, Truffles. Luard also includes a gazetteer of the places where you can find truffles, and she recommends the key markets where they are to be bought.
The photography is as […]

Ralph Metzner Speaks

Ralph Metzner will speak at the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz’s general meeting on 15 November at 7 pm at the Harvey West Scout House. The following comes from the FFSC’s Website, where you can find more information:
“Ralph Metzner is an American writer and researcher, who cowrote books on LSD with Timothy Leary. Dr. Metzner […]

Fungi Perfecti Seminars 2007

Fungi Perfecti offers a series of intensive, hands-on courses in the art and science of mushroom cultivation. These seminars are conducted personally by Paul Stamets, mycologist, author and founder of Fungi Perfecti, emphasizing a hands-on approach at their gourmet mushroom research station. Upcoming dates for the 2007 seminars include:

March 10 & 11, 2007 (SW-07-3)
May 19 […]

How To Love a Mushroom and Eat It, Too

A Cook’s Book of Mushrooms: With 100 Recipes for Common and Uncommon Varieties was written by Joe Czarnecki, who is the third-generation chief proprietor of Joe’s Restaurant in Reading, PA. He’s had a lifelong fascination with mushrooms, and it shows throughout his writing. He begins his cookbook with a bit of sage advice for all […]