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Medicinal Mushrooms (Herbs and Health Series)

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Hobbs brings forth great information that is not available elsewhere in English. Just the information about Schizopyllum commune and PSK is worth the price of the book. After reading this book, I no longer pass the medicinal mushrooms by on my forays.

As an herbalist who has had this book for several years, I find that I return to the book again and again. Chris Hobbs puts together research and his own clinical background on a wide variety of mushrooms. Highly recommended.

I originally heard about this book when seeing it appear in the bibliographies of other materials pertaining to edible and medicinal fungi. My intrigue lead me to purchase this book directly and read it cover to cover within a few days. Being someone who is studying holistic/traditional medicine with a scientific background, I was pleasantly surprised to come across this gem.

I was shocked to see that there are only five reviews for this book as of the time I am writing this one. Perhaps it is not as widely known as I thought it might be. It is rare to come across a piece of literature that seamlessly combines modern, cutting-edge scientific data on the biochemistry and medicinal actions of fungi with traditional knowledge gathered over the ages. Hobbs not only manages to do this consistently in this work, but he does so with keen enthusiasm and informative finesse.

This book is accessible to a wide range of audiences and there is something in it for anyone that has a relationship or curiosity with medicinal mushrooms. For these reasons I highly recommend it.

Where else where you find such a great work on medicinal mushrooms. Hobbs puts it all together here; read, learn and enjoy better health.

Every gardener should buy this book. The literature on mushrooms is vast, but this book is a perfect beginning and guide.

As a experience schroomer I found the book very informative on a subject that very little known in the US.