Reishi, Shiitake, and the Medicinal Mushroom Fraud

Dr. Nicholas Money is a mycologist , Western Program Director and Professor of Botany at Miami University. He will speak on the culture and mythology surrounding medicinal mushrooms, and the irrational beliefs that lead to the use of fungi for everything from sexual impotence to keeping a dying patient alive. He will also be available to sign his book, "The Triumph of the Fungi: A Rotten History" .