Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
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"Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World" is a popular science book that explores how fungi and mycelial networks can be used for ecological restoration, pollution cleanup, and sustainable environmental solutions.
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| Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10194829 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Context triple: [Paul Stamets, notableWork, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World]
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The Half-Earth Project is a global conservation initiative, inspired by E.O. Wilson’s vision, that advocates protecting half of the planet’s land and seas to safeguard biodiversity and prevent mass extinction.
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Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Target entity description: "Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World" is a popular science book that explores how fungi and mycelial networks can be used for ecological restoration, pollution cleanup, and sustainable environmental solutions.
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A.
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants is a 1979 experimental concept album by Stevie Wonder, serving as the mostly instrumental soundtrack to the documentary film "The Secret Life of Plants."
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B.
The Private Life of Plants
The Private Life of Plants is a landmark BBC nature documentary series, presented by David Attenborough, that reveals the hidden, time-lapse world of plant life and their complex behaviors.
-
C.
Half-Earth Project
The Half-Earth Project is a global conservation initiative, inspired by E.O. Wilson’s vision, that advocates protecting half of the planet’s land and seas to safeguard biodiversity and prevent mass extinction.
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D.
The Tangled Bank
The Tangled Bank is a critical work of literary theory by Stanley Edgar Hyman that examines the structure and evolution of narrative using concepts drawn from science and anthropology.
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E.
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life is a popular science book by Carl Zimmer that uses the bacterium E. coli to explore fundamental principles of biology, evolution, and the nature of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Paul Stamets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discusses |
edible mushrooms
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fungal decomposition of toxins ⓘ medicinal mushrooms ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
mycelial networks
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role of fungi in ecosystems ⓘ using fungi for habitat restoration ⓘ using fungi for pollution cleanup ⓘ using fungi for sustainable environmental solutions ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental literature
ⓘ
science ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 350 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
pro-environmental
ⓘ
pro-fungi ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
environmentalists
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ mycologists ⓘ permaculture practitioners ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
mycofiltration
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mycoforestry ⓘ mycopesticides ⓘ mycoremediation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking fungal biology to environmental solutions
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popularizing mycoremediation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ten Speed Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
bioremediation
ⓘ
ecological restoration ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ forest ecology ⓘ fungi ⓘ mushroom cultivation ⓘ mycelium NERFINISHED ⓘ mycology ⓘ permaculture ⓘ soil health ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| workOf | Paul Stamets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Description of subject: "Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World" is a popular science book that explores how fungi and mycelial networks can be used for ecological restoration, pollution cleanup, and sustainable environmental solutions.
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