Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats: A Guide to the History, Identification and Use of Psychoactive Fungi
Jun 2025 · Random House
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About this ebook
'A rich hybrid of memoir, field guide and cultivation manual, Stamets offers a wide-ranging and unique perspective on these remarkable organisms.' - MERLIN SHELDRAKE, bestselling author of Entangled Life
'I highly recommend this epic book!' – DR ANDREW WEIL, Physician and bestselling author
A full-colour guide to psilocybin mushrooms – how to forage, identify, grow and use them – with 150 photographs, tips for dosing safely and much more, from the world-renowned mycologist Paul Stamets
The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin (aka psychoactive or 'magic') mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. In this comprehensive, full-colour reference, Paul Stamets offers descriptions and 150 photographs of more than 60 psilocybin varieties common to North America, Europe and Australasia.
He outlines the history and cultural use of magic mushrooms in traditional rituals and ceremonies, their natural distribution and habitats, and keys to growing your own mushroom patch. But perhaps most importantly, Stamets explains how to reliably distinguish between a non-poisionous, psychoactive mushroom and one of its highly toxic, even deadly, lookalikes.
Packed with a lifetime of scientific and real-world research, Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitat brings depth and understanding to an often-misunderstood topic. Revealing the potential of these powerful, mind-awakening fungi to help us live better, happier lives through micro- and macro-dosing, this handbook is an indispensable – and potentially lifesaving – addition to mushroom field guides from the biggest name in mycology.
'I highly recommend this epic book!' – DR ANDREW WEIL, Physician and bestselling author
A full-colour guide to psilocybin mushrooms – how to forage, identify, grow and use them – with 150 photographs, tips for dosing safely and much more, from the world-renowned mycologist Paul Stamets
The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in using psilocybin (aka psychoactive or 'magic') mushrooms for recreational and medicinal purposes. In this comprehensive, full-colour reference, Paul Stamets offers descriptions and 150 photographs of more than 60 psilocybin varieties common to North America, Europe and Australasia.
He outlines the history and cultural use of magic mushrooms in traditional rituals and ceremonies, their natural distribution and habitats, and keys to growing your own mushroom patch. But perhaps most importantly, Stamets explains how to reliably distinguish between a non-poisionous, psychoactive mushroom and one of its highly toxic, even deadly, lookalikes.
Packed with a lifetime of scientific and real-world research, Psilocybin Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitat brings depth and understanding to an often-misunderstood topic. Revealing the potential of these powerful, mind-awakening fungi to help us live better, happier lives through micro- and macro-dosing, this handbook is an indispensable – and potentially lifesaving – addition to mushroom field guides from the biggest name in mycology.
About the author
Paul Stamets is an American mycologist, inventor, author, medical researcher, and entrepreneur who is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi: habitat, medicinal use, and production. He sells various mushroom products through his company Fungi Perfect, founded in 1980 and has hosted courses with companies such as EcoVersity. Paul's philosophy is that "MycoDiversity is BioSecurity" and he is an advocate of medicinal fungi and mycoremediation. A dedicated hiker and explorer, his research is considered breakthrough by thought leaders for creating a paradigm shift for helping ecosystems worldwide.
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