Fabulous Fungi

Not really a plant, definitely not a flower, not grown from a seed - fungi are something special! Try one of these books and explore the mystery, magic, and earthy delights of mushrooms and fungi. Plant a seed, read!

Updated May 12, 2026
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Milwaukie Ledding Library
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All that the rain promises and more-- : a hip pocket guide to Western mushrooms
Arora, David.
Paper Book
A well-known, admired Soviet writer is brutally open about the Afghan adventure. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Blight : fungi and the coming pandemic
Monosson, Emily
Paper Book
Winner of the 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Award for Science A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 A prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi--and how to avert further loss across species, including our own. Fungi are everywhere. Most...
Cooking with mushrooms : a fungi lover's guide to the world's most versatile, flavorful, health-boosting ingredients
Gentl, Andrea
Paper Book
Named a Best Cookbook of 2022 by Bon Appetit In her extraordinary first cookbook, Andrea Gentl brings to her subject equal parts knowledge and technique, along with a unique passion and sensibility. From sprinkling adaptogenic powder over granola to reinventing schnitzel with king trumpets, Cooking...
Entangled life : how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures
Sheldrake, Merlin
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE A "brilliant [and] entrancing" (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi--the great connectors of the living world--and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with...
Fantastic fungi : how mushrooms can heal, shift consciousness & save the planet
Stamets, Paul
Paper Book
2020 IBPA Awards Winner! "Louie Schwartzberg's lightly informative, delightfully kooky documentary, "Fantastic Fungi," offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival." -Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times "Gorgeous photography! Time-lapse sequences of...
How to forage for mushrooms without dying : an absolute beginner's guide to identifying 29 wild, edible mushrooms
Hyman, Frank
Paper Book
In this accessible, photographic guide for the beginner forager, professional mushroom hunter Frank Hyman teaches how to definitively identify 29 of the most readily available, edible mushrooms. With the surging interest in foraging for mushrooms, those new to the...
Truth medicine : healing and living authentically through psychedelic psychotherapy
Sapiro, Michael Ryoshin
Paper Book
An accessible guide to psychedelic psychotherapy and its transformative healing abilities, by a clinical psychologist and psychedelics expert. Are you living the life you're meant to be living, or fulfilling somebody else's ideas of who you should be? <...
What moves the dead
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalist A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee A gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" from Hugo, Locus, &...

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