A full-color guide to psilocybin mushrooms—how to forage, identify, grow, and use them—with detailed descriptions, 300 stunning photographs, tips for dosing safely, and more, from a world-renowned mycologist.

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-color reference, Paul Stamets offers descriptions and 300 photographs of more than 60 psilocybin varieties and their lookalikes common to North America, Europe, and Australasia. He outlines the history and cultural use of magic mushrooms in traditional rituals and ceremonies, their natural geographic distribution and habitats, and keys to growing your own mushroom patch. But perhaps most important, Stamets explains how to reliably distinguish between a non-poisonous, 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 Habitats 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.

Find out how to identify, where to spot, and what to know about common woodland mushrooms and rare fungal finds with this beautiful book.

Transportable in size and crammed with profiles of different mushrooms, An Anthology of Fungi covers toadstool species including fly agaric, porcelain fungus, velvet shank, wood blewit, and crimson waxcap, as well as lichens, brackets, and more.

Featuring photographs of striking specimens and illustrations by the artist behind DK’s celebrated Anthology series, as well as plenty of intriguing information, this book will be one to treasure for young nature enthusiasts.

☆ 神奇的红菇，美味的牛肝菌，童话故事中遍地可见的鹅膏菌，昂贵的松露……享受这场蘑菇盛宴吧！
☆ 既可以是令人兴奋不已的珍馐，又可以是放倒鲁莽之人的毒药！
☆ 传说故事，采集热爱，文化崇拜，生物科学……在诸多文化科学视线交汇处，生长着令人迷醉的蘑菇！
纵观历史，人类与蘑菇的关系是复杂和困惑的，美味珍馐，营养补品，有益的分解者，鲁莽食客的致命毒药，这些都没错。在本书中，作者讲述了蘑菇的区域文化，将蘑菇分为能吃、不能吃和最好别吃三类叙述其历史，并介绍了从古至今的蘑菇传说。