Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World - Paperback

Mycelium Running is a book we return to again and again. Few works have done more to inspire the idea that fungi can be active participants in solving environmental challenges and building more regenerative systems.

Blending practical techniques with visionary thinking, Paul Stamets introduces readers to concepts such as mycoremediation, mycofiltration, mycoforestry, and ecological restoration through fungi. More importantly, he offers a framework for observing the natural world and asking, "What role could mushrooms play here?"

For anyone interested in mushroom cultivation, mycology, regenerative agriculture, soil health, ecosystem restoration, or environmental stewardship, this book remains an essential read. It is approachable, thought-provoking, and full of ideas that continue to influence growers, researchers, gardeners, and mushroom enthusiasts around the world.

At Mycoterra Farm, we appreciate books that combine practical knowledge with a sense of possibility. Mycelium Running offers both, providing readers with a foundation for understanding how fungi function within natural ecosystems while inspiring new ways to work alongside them.

Author Biography

PAUL STAMETS, founder of Fungi Perfecti (www.fungi.com), has been a dedicated mycologist for more than thirty years. He is the 1998 recipient of the Collective Heritage Institute's Bioneers Award and the 1999 recipient of the Founder of a New Northwest Award from the Pacific Rim Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils. Stamets has written five books on mushroom cultivation, use, and identification and numerous articles and scholarly papers on medicinal, culinary, and psycho-active mushrooms. His books Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms and The Mushroom Cultivator (co-author) have long been hailed as the definitive texts on mushroom cultivation.