Ten Best Books about Medicinal Mushrooms

01. Healing Mushrooms: A Practical and Culinary Guide to Using Mushrooms for Whole Body Health Spiral-bound
From Finnish author Tero Isokauppila, this beautiful book covers the many healing powers of mushrooms, from Tero's own experience as both a forager, then Chemist, specialising in plant-based nutrition.

If you feel like some extra reading on the use of mushrooms for health and wellbeing, we've compiled our top 10 list. These cover the history of medicinal mushroom use, to modern research, and the positive effects of magic mushrooms on PTSD.

03. The Rebel's Apothecary: A Practical Guide to the Healing Magic of Cannabis, CBD, and Mushrooms
From Finnish author Tero Isokauppila, this beautiful book covers the many healing powers of mushrooms, from Tero's own experience as both a forager, then Chemist, specialising in plant-based nutrition.

02. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

A beautiful book about the secret but immense underground life of fungi, and how it impacts us.

With more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before.

10. The Fungus Among Us
A delightful children's book introducing them to the wonders of mushrooms which live and thrive around them. It encourages kids to get outside and discover the fascinating world of the mycelium, with tips on foraging for safe mushrooms and fungi. It has lovely illustrations and introduces the complex world in a beautifully simple way.

04. Fantastic Fungi: Expanding Consciousness, Alternative Healing, Environmental Impact
It's hard to put in words how well the Fantastic Fungi documentary series on Netflix was put together. Paul's perfect mix of science, nature and storytelling brought the world of fungus to the masses for the 21st century. This book captures the series in book form and is a treasure trove of information, with the stunning photography you'd expect after watching the TV show.

05. Herbal Healing for Women
Men are from mars, and women need mushrooms! Simple, safe, and effective herbal home remedies for women of all ages! From menstruation to menopause, learn how to prepare natural treatments for acne, PMS, morning sickness, hot flashes, yeast infections, and more.

06. Master Recipes from the Herbal Apothecary: 375 Tinctures, Salves, Teas, Capsules, Oils, and Washes for Whole-Body Health and Wellness
With a title this long, you know it must be good :) A treasure trove of recipes to heal the body and mind. From simple teas to soothing salves, it has something to ease any ailment.

07. The Modern Herbal Dispensatory: A Medicine-Making Guide
Not strictly about mushrooms, but this overall guide to natural medicine covers the gamut of the healing powers of all living things.

08. Mushroom Cultivation: 12 Ways to Become the MacGyver of Mushrooms
Don't feel like foraging / stuck in the city? Grow your own! This book gives you all the tips you need to successfully grow your mushrooms at home. It will save you lots of money, and really appreciate the life cycle of these incredible natural wonders.

09. In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms
In Search of Mycotopia introduces us to an incredible, essential, and oft-overlooked kingdom of life―fungi―and all the potential it holds for our future, through the work and research being done by an unforgettable community of mushroom-mad citizen scientists and microbe devotees. This entertaining and mind-expanding book will captivate readers who are curious about the hidden worlds and networks that make up our planet.