Fantastic Fungi by Louie Schwartzberg

Fantastic Fungi by Louie Schwartzberg- 2020 IBPA Awards Winner!

“Louie Schwartzberg’s lightly informative, delightfully kooky documentary, “Fantastic Fungi,” offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival.” –Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times.

“Gorgeous photography! Time-lapse sequences of mushrooms blossoming forth could pass for studies of exotic flowers growing on another planet.”  –Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal.

The Life-Affirming, Mind-Bending Companion Book to the Smash Hit Documentary FANTASTIC FUNGI.

Viewed in over 100 countries and selling hundreds of thousands of tickets on the way to finishing 2019 with a rare 100% Tomato meter rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Schwartzberg’s documentary Fantastic Fungi has brought the mycological revolution to the world stage. This is the film’s official companion book, which expands on the documentary’s message: that mushrooms and fungi will change your life and save the planet.

Paul Stamets, the world’s preeminent mushroom and fungi expert, is joined by leading ecologists, doctors, and explorers such as Michael Pollan, Dr. Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and many more. Together, these luminaries show how fungi and mushrooms can restore the planet’s ecosystems, repair our physical health, and renew humanity’s symbiotic relationship with nature.

• Join the Movement: Learn about the groundbreaking research showing why mushrooms provide a solution to environmental challenges, a viable alternative to traditional medicine, and a chance to shift consciousness radically.
• Most Comprehensive Fungi book in the world: Admire the astounding, underappreciated beauty with over 400 gloriously shot photographs of the mycelial world’s most rare and beautiful species in their natural environment.
• World’s Leading Fungi Experts: Edited by preeminent mycologist Paul Stamets, who contributes original pieces, Fungi includes original contributions by bestselling author and activist Michael Pollan, alternative medicine expert Dr Andrew Weil, award-winning nature and food writer Eugenia Bone, Fantastic Fungi director Louie Schwartzberg, and so many more. The book’s roster of experts makes this the most comprehensive survey of the diverse benefits and extraordinary potential of these amazing organisms.

Check out our Mycology Books to learn more about this Fantastic Fungi World

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