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Vol. 2 No.2 : Spring 2009 : Special Issue: Ethnomycology

From the Editor
Welcome to Our Ethnomycology Issue

by Britt Bunyard

Some Spiritualistic Uses of Mushrooms

by Michael S. Nicholson

The Mushroom Cultivator: The Natural History and Cultivation of Huitlacoche Corn Truffles, Ustilago zeae, the Corn Smut of
Zea mays,

by Ken Litchfield

Notes from Underground: Ethnopoetics : Somapoetics,

by David Rose

Also in this Issue of FUNGI:

Editor’s Picks

Iqmik: Troubled Child of Phellinus and Nicotiana,
by Diane Brooks Pleninger

The Extreme Mingo!
by Barkha McDermith

Find Bob Second in our series of articles about getting lost and what to do.
by Isabelle Schmelzer and Shawn Street

Use of Calvatia gigantea to Treat Pack Animals in Nepal
by Sanjib Shrestha and Bradley R. Kropp

Succumbing to Cortinarius,
by Michael W. Beug

A Mycolegium of the Literature: Edible and Poisonous Fungi,
by Else C. Vellinga

Hazards of Field Mycology: Black Bear Encounters at a
Northern Labrador Biodiversity Camp,
by Michael Burzynski

Photography: Choosing the Right Digital Camera to Meet
Your Needs,
by John Plischke III

Webwatch: Useful References, Descriptions, and Keys,
by Michael Wood

Bookshelf Fungi—Reviews
- Fungi in the Ancient World, by Frank Dugan
- Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom,
  by Andy Letcher
- Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States
  by Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller
- Phytophthora, by Mannon E. Gallegly and Chuanxue Hong
- Compendium of Hop Diseases and Pests ( APS Press)
- H.G. Bronn, Ernst Haeckel, and the Origins of German Darwinism, by Sander Gliboff

The Day That Feeds a Year: Ethnography of Mushrooming
in the Russian Arctic,
by Sveta Yamin-Pasternak