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Fungi in the ancient world : how mushrooms, mildews, molds, and yeast shaped the early civilizations of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East
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- Creator
- Frank Matthews Dugan
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- St, Paul, Minn. : APS Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xi, 140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0890543615, 9780890543610
- OCLC
- ocn193173263
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-136) and index.
- Fungi in baking and brewing -- Edible fungi -- Fungi as "entheogens" -- Poisonous fungi and mycotoxins -- Fungi used for medicinal purposes and other technologies -- Plant-pathogenic fungi -- Fungi as agents of rot on wood and fabric -- Human and animal pathogens -- Environmental and ecological roles of fungi -- Ancient fungi preserved in glacial ice or permafrost -- Ancient images of fungi -- Fungi in ancient European folklore -- Ideas of the ancients on fungal biology -- Some additional hypotheses regarding the impact of fungi in ancient times