Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (915 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691028737 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds is full of information that will satisfy history buffs, science enthusiasts, and anyone interested in nature's miracles. And in thousands of other ways, members of the kingdom Fungi do their part to make life on Earth the miracle that it is. Everyone in Hudler's audience will develop a new appreciation of the debt they owe to the molds for such common products as penicillin, wine, and bread.. Fuzzy brown molds mischievously turn forgotten peaches to slime in the kitchen fruit bowl. Nature's ultimate recyclers not only save us from drowning in a sea of organic waste
Other fungal products are more upbeat: penicillin (Hudler tells a good story about British scientists who put its spores on their clothes in 1940, to preserve their research in case Germany invaded), cyclosporins, which permit such organ recipients as David Crosby not to reject their healthy new livers, and Beano, a derivative of alpha-d-galactosidase that suppresses flatulence in humans. No question about it--Dr. Oh, to be young and eligible to enroll in Professor George Hudler's "Plant Pathology 101" class at Cornell! For those of us who aren't, this book is the next best thing--a hugely entertaining introduction to spore lore. The Eleusinian Mysteries that so inspired Plato and Sophocles were probably caused by ergot, which Tim Leary and the CIA put to scarier use in its refined form, LSD. H
David B Richman said My Favorite Book on Fungi. Fungi are among the least understood and often most maligned organisms. The cast is huge and runs the gamut from ergot of rye through food plant pathogens, human and animal pathogens, molds, yeasts, mushrooms and rot fungi. All have complicated life cycles and are often only noticed when the put up fruiting bodies (as in mushrooms). While mushrooms have a certain following, most other fungi are not especially well liked. This is a bit of a pity, as many are quite interesting and some serve important functions from even our point of view.George W. Hudler, a professor of plant pathology at Cornell University, has produced in "Magical Mush. Very good text. H. Palmer The book was in excellent condition and it was mailed promptly. It was also packaged well.Thank you again for this lovely text at such a nice price.. Fun with Fungus A Customer In the lull after the holidays, I picked up, for light reading, Dr. George Hudler's Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds.You may question my correlating a book about fungus and light reading. Trust me it is informative and very interesting. There is a minimum of technical terminology. It is the text for a course Dr. Hudler teaches at The University. The course is one of the most popular on campus. It received national recognition for its popularity. It is a course, student rumor relates, that will not strain their brain too much. The book is similar.Several chapters are devoted to pathogens of plants (food crops, grains and trees). Edib