Icons of Medicinal Fungi from China. 1987. 272 color plates. 9 color photos. 14 plates(line drawings). XII,575 p. Lex8vo. Cloth.

Traditional Chinese medicine and its science have a longhistory.Poria cocos(Fr.)Wolf.,Tremella fuciformis Berk,Polyporusumbellatus(Pers.)Fr.,Cordyceps sinensis(Berk.)Sacc.,Ganoderma lucidum(Leys.ex Fr.)Karst.,etc. have been recognized as important components oftraditional Chinese herb drugs since ancient times.272 species of medicinal fungi are recorded in this book.Apart from old traditionalChinese medicinal fungi and the fungi that have been found to havespecial medical effects in folk remedies,there are new ones that havebeen found lately in research work to possess medicinal value such asArmillariella tabescens(Scop.ex Fr.)Sing.,Marasmius androsaceus(L.exFr.)Fr. and so forth included in the book.Species reported to haveantitumor activities on animals and in clinical applications,such asPolyporus umbellatus(Pers.)Fr.,Coriolus versicolor(L.ex Fr.)Quel.,Hericium erinaceus(Bull.)Pers.,etc. are also included.Morphologicalcharacteristics, habitus, distribution and medicinal effects for eachspecies are described in full.