Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is terrific. It solidifies Paul Stamets' reputation as a mycological trailblazer. It is practical, comprehensive as well as inspirational—an absolute must for anyone who wants to grow their own mushrooms....

David Arora, author
Mushrooms Demystified
All the Rain Promises and More

Stamets draws on the collective experience of centuries of mushroom cultivation, creating a revolutionary model for the use of higher fungi. Not only does cover every aspect of cultivation, he also addresses the issues of environmentalism, health and business. For anyone who has ever wanted to grow mushrooms, this is "The Book".

Alan E. Bessette, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Utica College of Syracuse University

This book should help advance the cause of mycology, and mushroom biology worldwide. It will be an important reference for those who are interested in research as well as in the cultivation of mushrooms. Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is a unique book not only in its treatment of the technical aspects of growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, but also in its emphasis on the environmental importance in terms of world biological diversity.

S.T. Chang, Ph.D.
Dept. of Biology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is the most comprehensive treatment of the subject I have seen in my 30 years as a mycologist and mushroom specialist. It is an absolute must for the day-to-day activities of professional mushroom growers and an extremely valuable resource for amateur growers, agricultural extension personnel, researchers, teachers, students, marketers, and anyone with an interest in mushroom culture and its practical applications. I heartily recommend this book to mushroom aficionados everywhere.

S.C. Jong, Ph.D.
The American Type Culture Collection
Rockville, MD.

Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is an extremely informative text on all aspects of the mushroom growing industry and provides us the expertise of the author who has been cultivating mushrooms for over 20 years. This book adds to the extensive knowledge of the author's previous book, The Mushroom Cultivator, and thus will undoubtedly become a standard for those who would like to enter this field. It is written clearly, organized efficiently, and exhibits the love and enjoyment the author has for his chosen profession. It is a welcome addition to mycology in general.

David Largent, Ph.D.
Humboldt State University

Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is the best and most comprehensive guide to growing mushrooms ever published. But Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is much more than a grower's manual: it is a visionary quest—and Paul Stamets is your best possible guide—not just for informing you about growing mushrooms, but for transforming you into a myco-warrior, an active participant in a heroic, Gaian process of planetary healing through mushroom cultivation. Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is a sacred text for spiritual growth—an instruction manual for all those seeking a happier and healthier way of life...

Gary Lincoff, author
The Audubon Field Guide
to North American Mushrooms
New York Botanical Garden

For both commercial grower and the amateur, Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is a very complete approach to the subject and I highly recommend it.

Orson K. Miller, Ph.D.
Biology Dept.
Virginia State University

Paul Stamets is the most successful cultivator of a wide range of exotic mushrooms known to me. In this latest book he brings together history, folklore, scientific facts and his own extensive first hand experience—all presented in an entertaining and informative format. As with the earlier Mushroom Cultivator, Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms will certainly become a standard reference.

Scott Redhead, Ph.D.
Dept. of Botany
Research Branch
Agricultural Canada

This book, a true labor of love, makes a major contribution to our knowledge of the practical production of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.

Dan Royse, Ph.D.
College of Agricultural Sciences
Penn State University

This book should be on the library shelves of everyone interested in the cultivation of fleshy fungi....It is a mine of information and will be a source book for a good long time.

Roy Watling, Ph.D.
Senior Principal Scientific Officer
Royal Botanic Garden
Edinburgh, UK

Pick up this book and prepare to be swept away into the world of mushroom cultivation on the tide of Paul's contagious enthusiasm. He presents a wealth of ideas and detailed instructions for cultivation mushrooms in a book that is destined to join the ranks of mycological classics. Doers and dreamers, students and teachers will all find something to enjoy in this book.

Nancy Smith Weber, Ph.D.
Forest Sciences Dept.
Oregon State University

Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms is the most comprehensive and exciting book on the subject to be published. I hope it will make many of these useful species more available to more people throughout the world, because I believe these mushrooms can enrich our lives as well as improve our health.

Andrew Weil, M.D., author
Health and Healing
Natural Health Natural Medicine
Spontaneous Healing
Eating Well for Optimum Health