<DIV></DIV><P>In <I>Mycophilia</I>, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing challenges of the 21st century.</P><P>Whether one’s interest in mushrooms is culinary, scientific, recreational, or entrepreneurial, <I>Mycophilia</I> will open a reader’s eyes to the vast and bizarre world of fungi and their role in the deeply complex yet profoundly graceful interplay of life on earth.