RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Eating mushrooms can only take you so far…
You must also learn how to GROW!
Mycology Books
Recommended books for learning mycology.
Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working With Fungi
by Peter McCoy
This book is the ultimate textbook on the science, art and history of mycology. Beginner and experienced mycologists alike will find much to learn from this comprehensive reference book..
Mushrooms of the Rocky Mountain Region
by Vera Stucky Evenson & Denver Botanic Gardens
With over 220 species of the most interesting and distinctive mushrooms, this is an essential guide to reference on your next hike or foraging adventure around Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and adjacent areas of Montana and Idaho. Color-coded layout provides helpful keys for identifying the region’s most fascinating, conspicuous and ecologically important mushroom species.
Personal Growth
A selection of books for self integrating and being the best you.
The Four Agreements
by Don Miguel Ruiz
This easy-to-read book reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that rapidly transforms our lives into a fresh experience of freedom, true happiness, and love. The Four Agreements are the foundation of The Colorado Myco League.
The Way To Love
by Anthony De Mello
A small book containing thirty-one short and digestible meditations that implore you to break through illusion, the great obstacle to love and acceptance. This book offers helpful insights for understanding and addressing personal emotional difficulties. You can also use it as the next logical stepping stone after completing and comprehending The Four Agreements.
How To Be Love(d): Simple Truths for Going Easier on Yourself, Embracing Imperfection & Loving Your Way to a Better Life
by Humble The Poet
Don’t pass over this book, which could easily be mistaken as just another relationship book. While the cover really tells you everything while revealing nothing, this book is certainly worth your while. The short chapters explore simple truths for going easier on yourself, embracing imperfections and loving your way to a better life through insightful stories and down-to-earth advice. This is another great stepping stone after completing The Four Agreements.
The Go-Giver
by Bob Burg and John David Mann
A short and digestible story outlining a series of laws that help you understand how to leverage your values and influence to achieve “stratospheric success” by changing your focus from what you can get to what you can give. This book was one influence in turning The Colorado Myco League into an NPO.