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Publié par | Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd |
Date de parution | 22 février 2022 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9781760763534 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 13 Mo |
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THE FUTURE IS FUNGI
ILLUSTRA TI ON NOTE Scientists estima te that over 6 million fungal spec ies exist in na ture. To date, o nly 120, 000 species of fungi ha ve b een identifie d, which means that 98 per ce nt are still to be discov ered. We took crea tive licence with so me of the i llustratio ns to imagine the dive rsity of f orms that cou ld exist in th e fungi kingdom . The cove r image is an imagined mushr oom, reflecting fungi’ s role as crea tive architects a nd alchemists in the n atural wo rld. The chapter opener images po rtray organic landscapes t hat prop ose possible futures, o r alternat ive pres ents, i n whi ch fungi hav e con tinued to co lonise a nd thrive. Th ey depict a w orld w here fu ngi’ s indispensable role in ou r universe is seen and understood. The mushroom p rofile images ill ustrated o n black b ackgrounds ha ve b een modelled as scientifically accurate re presentati ons of kno wn fungal specie s. All illustratio ns in this boo k, exce pt two di agrams, w ere creat ed by J oana Huguenin as 3D artwo rks, using mathema tical mode ls to simulat e various f orms befo re app lying tex tures, c olours and lighting. Th e digital ap proach refl ects the marriage of na ture and tec hnology that’ s helping us di scove r, c atalogue and understand all of the fungal species in na ture. DISCLAIMER The content s of this book is fo r educat ional purp oses only an d is not intended to diagnose, t reat, c ure or prev ent any conditio n or dis ease. This book is not intended as a su bstitute f or c onsultat ion with a medical practit ioner . P lease seek the personalised advice of a licensed, p rofess ional prov ider fo r any advice on healthcare and we llbeing. As research in to fungi is on going, g uidance regarding the identificat ion of fungi and their edib ility and t oxicity is liable t o change. Wh ile the info rmati on provided in this book is acc urate to the best of the au thors’ k nowle dge at t he time of writing, i t is strong ly recom mended that prospectiv e fo ragers seek the advice of a n experien ced fo rager and/ or field guide. Add itionall y , it is the fo rager’ s responsibi lity to chec k with the re levant au thorities w hether an y permissio n or permit is required befo re fo raging f or a ny wild f ood s. Forag ing fo r and con suming found fungi can cause serio us harm and is unde rtaken a t the reader ’ s own risk. The authors and publis her accept neit her liability nor respon sibility wi th respect to loss, i njury , disruption or damage ca used, o r alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly to any party b y the inf orm ation c ontained in this book or from an y error s or omis sions therein. Dedicat ed to D ot
ILLUSTRA TE D BY JOANA HUGUENIN
THE
FUTURE
IS
FUNGI MICHAEL LIM YUN SHU
V E OUR WORLD
FUNGI CAN FEED US
FUNGI SHAPE OUR WORLD
FUNGI CAN SA V E OUR WORLD
FUNGI CAN HEAL US
FUNGI CAN FREE US
FOREWORD 9 DR GUNTHER M WEIL INTRODUCTION 14
1 THE KING DOM OF FU NGI 6 Fungi shape our wo rld Where did we all com e f rom ? 20 What are f ungi? 23 How do fu ngi f ee d? 25 The lif e cyc le o f fu ngi 3 Anato my of a m ushroo m 35 Myce lium int elli genc e 37 CLASSIF YING FUNGI 4 DR TOM M AY
2 FOOD 2 Fung i can f ee d us 5 Microf ungi in f oo d prod uction 6 Myce lium as fo od 50 Macrof ungi as fo od 53 How to mak e y our own vitamin D s upp lement s 56 For agin g 57 Too ls, cl othin g a nd equ ipme nt 60 SLOW M USHROOMING 4 DR ALISON P OULIOT Usi ng yo ur harv est 66 Cultiva tin g mu shrooms 67 MUSHROOM PROFILES Cantharellus cib arius 7 Lactarius delic iosus 73 Lentinula edodes 75 Morchella esculent a 77 Tri choloma matsuta ke 7 FUNGI A ND T HE FUTURE 198 ENDNOTES FURTHER READING 4 ACKNOWLE DGEMENTS INDEX ABOUT TH E A UTHORS 1
3 MEDI CIN E 0 Fung i can h eal us 3 The history of fungi in me dicine 5 Med icina l ben efit s 0 Rese arch and testin g 5 Cons uming med icinal mus hrooms and s upp lement s 00 How to make yo ur own s uppl ement s 02 CONSIDERA TI ONS WHEN BUYING SUPPLEMENTS 14 JEFF CHIL T ON MUSHROOM PROFILES Ganoderma lingzhi 07 Hericium erinaceus 0 Inonotus obliquus Ophiocordyceps sinensis 3 Tram etes v ersicolor 5
4 PSY CH EDE LIC S 6 Fung i can fr ee u s The history of fungi as a psy ched eli c 23 The scien tifi c re viva l 3 Psyc hoac tive fun gi 33 Yo ur bra in and psilocy bin 3 Psilocy bin -a ssi sted t herapy 37 THE TEACHINGS OF T HE PSILOCY BIN MUSHROOM 18 MARY C OSIMANO The psilocy bin exp erienc e 0 Prepa rin g f or a psyche deli c journe y The psyc hed eli c renai ssan ce 5 Decrimi nal isa tion and the road to le gali sat ion Red isco veri ng para dise 5 MUSHROOM PROFILES Amanita muscaria 55 Psilocybe cubensis 57 Psilocybe cyanescens 5 Psilocybe mexicana 6 Psilocybe semilanceata 63
5 ENV I RO NME NT 6 Fung i can s av e our w or ld 67 Myco restor atio n 6 How to cult ivate mushro oms with coff ee ground s 77 Myco design and myco fab ricat ion Cons erva tion of f ungi FLORA, F AUN A, FUNGA 19 GIULIANA FURCI MUSHROOM PROFILES Coprinus comatus 3 Irpex lacteus 5 Pleurotus os treatus 7
9 One of the c ore member s of the Harv ard Psilocy bin Project in 1960- 19 63, Dr Gunther W ei l work ed closely wit h Timothy L eary , Richard A lpert (a ka Ram Dass) , R alph Metz ner and George Litwin on p ioneering psychede lics researc h. He received his doctor ate from Harvard Univer sity in 1965. He was a F ulbr ight Sc holar in Europe and w as recruit ed by Abra ham Maslow to teach at Br andeis Univ ersity . He is the f ounder and CEO of V al ue Mentors and an internati onally re cognised organisa tional c onsultant, executi ve coach and educator that advise s leaders and their org anisation s on values-based le adership, innovati on, team building, and exe cutive w ellness .
Fore wor d I was twe nty-three when I h ad my first psilocybin ex perience in the a utumn of 1960. Th e setting was the pl ush living room of a mansion in N ewton , Massachusetts, l eased by m y Harv ard Universi ty faculty a dviser , D r Timothy Leary . Tim was f ort y years o ld, in his second ye ar of a faculty appoi ntment as a lecturer in clini cal psych ology in wha t was then t he Harva rd Department of Social Re lations. I n the first year of our Harv ard Psilocyb in Resea rch Project, t his living room , decorat ed with Indian p rints, i mages of the sacred art s and an audio phile- quality sound sy stem, was the hub f or near-we ekly psilocyb in session s that drew many in teresting chara cters. On the day of my vir gin psyched elic expe rience, I shared the compa ny of Mat thew Hux ley (Aldous H uxley ’ s son) , Al len Ginsberg and his partner Pe ter Orlo vsky , Dr Richard Alpert (later kno wn as Ram Dass ), R alph Metz ner , T im, and his close friend an d psycho logist colleague, F rank Barron . My fi rst psilocybin ex perience was d eeply transfo rmati onal and altered the trajectory of my life . The psilocybin sessio n was a deep expe rience of unit ive ( non- dual) consciousn ess: that is, t he quantum interconnec tedness of all ph enomena. I explor ed multipl e lay ers and lev els of this con sciousness. I realised that my lif e e xperiences up to that point were j ust a very small fraction of the range of possibi lities offe red by de eper lenses of con sciousness. I was able to disconnect fr om the ego- centre d, little-m e self and see mo re objecti vely , and with bemusement , the ‘ Gunther’ character and how he operat ed through his ethnic and culturall y inherited, condition ed wor ld view – w hich I define as the uncon scious lenses, beliefs or a ssumption s through w hich we look at lif e. These experie nces were a ma ssive turning point in m y worl d view . I observed t he unconsciou s framewor k of how my life was run, p rogrammed by a vari ety of life experien ces, including childh ood traumas. Everyt hing I had learned and bel ieved up to that point got turned inside ou t. In our first meeting, Ti m, nattily d ressed in a prof esso rial tweed spo rt coat , khaki pants and sneakers , e nthusiasticall y shared his transfo rmati onal epiph anies and revelati ons from his first psilocybin experience t he previous summ er in Cuernav aca, M exico. S ince then, h e had devoted himself to stud ying the role that psyched elics cou ld play in understanding con sciousness and the human brain, n ervous system and psycho logy . Tim was boy ishly handsome , seductivel y charming, w itty and ve ry smart. H e graciou sly said, ‘I f you ’re interested, t hen I’m happ y to be y our advisor . If yo u’re not, you’r e better off wor king with so meone el se. ’ I had an immediate , i ntuitive response. ‘C ount me in!’ With that declarati on I became o ne of the co re Harvard Psilocybin P roject team members. Th e team included Ralph Metzner and Geo rge Litw in, who were also gr aduate stude nts, and Dr Richard Alpert . To prepare my self for t his new adve nture, I started reading about the history of sacred DR GUNTHER M WEIL
10 FOREWO RD fungi and plant s, their use in ancient rituals, s uch as the Gree k Eleusinian Myster ies and Indigenou s shamanistic cultures from ar ound the wo rld, and early mescalin- based psyc hedelic explorati ons by E uropean arti sts. I later realis ed how m y upbringing, e ducation and life experiences primed me to meet Tim and j oin the Harv ard Psilocyb in Project team. M y p arents and I fled Nazi Germany in l ate 1939 on one of the last immigrat ion boat s. I was two years o ld. In the Unit ed States, I was raised in a midd le-c lass, academic and musicall y gifted Je wish family that suppor ted my intellectu al and creativ e interes ts. I was alwa ys highly curio us and inquisiti ve. In fact, to this day , one of m y cor e values centres on s earching fo r life ’ s meaning. I grew up in the bebo p era in the 19 50s, hanging out in j azz clubs in Milw aukee and Chicago in my mid and late teens. I was introduc ed to cannabi s by my jazz musician