(Camden, Maine) Increasingly America is awakening to the health promoting potential of wild mushrooms, and in this new book, Mushrooms for Health: Medicinal Secrets of Northeastern Fungi, Maine mycologist Greg Marley discusses in great depth the world’s best researched and supported medicinal mushrooms commonly found throughout the northeast. In this detailed guidebook, readers will find the most in-depth coverage on mushroom identification and their intrinsic value for boosting the immune system and warding off diseases from bronchitis to cancer. Plus, readers will learn that these beneficial mushrooms can be really tasty.

Marley focuses on ten mushroom species found in New England and elsewhere, too. In each case, there are no poisonous look-alikes discussed in the book. It is an informational guide on regional mycology complete with 20 color photographs that will appeal to anyone who enjoys foraging and who has an interest in alternative, self-directed healthcare.

Greg Marley, of Rockland, Maine has studied mushrooms for more than 30 years. He has a B.S. in Botany with a minor in Chemistry and a focus on plant taxonomy and ecology, and he is a volunteer consultant for the Northern New England Poison Control Center and various hospital emergency rooms for cases involving mushroom ingestion and identification. He also cultivates edible and medicinal mushrooms and provides wild edible mushrooms to professional chefs.

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