Michael Phillips shares green man ways to grow healthy through biological alchemy.

Mycorrhizal Planet

How Fungi and Plants Work Together
to Create Dynamic Soils
by Michael Phillips
$40 Hardcover Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction: Fungal Consciousness (read here)

Mycorrhizal Types

Fungal Adaptability

Propagules

Nutrient Dynamics

Hyphal Lysis (read here)

Phytochemical Progression

• Photosynthesis efficiency
• Protein synthesis
• Fat energy
• Biological reserves

Natural Plant Defenses

• Systemic Acquired Resistance
• Induced Systemic Resistance

Secondary Plant Metabolites and Human Health

Dancing in the Street

Mycorrhizal Networks

Innate intelligence

• Balanced nutrition
• Immune alerts

Nondisturbance Principle

The Glomalin Connection

Fungal Foods

• Soluble lignins
• Fatty acids
• Bacterial metabolites

Mineral Investment

Moisture for Every Plant

Inoculum Nuance

• Commercial products
• Homegrown methods

Carbon Pathways

Hugelkultur

Biochar

Phosphorous Addendum

Garden

• Seedling stage
• Incorporating organic matter
• Shallow cultivation
• Mycelium near and far
• Fatty acids in garden sprays
• Cover crop establishment
• Fun Guys do garlic

Landscape

• Planting a tree
• Meaningful mulch
• Outrageous diversity
• Trees for the duration
• Permaculture greenhouse

Orchard

• Soil prep for fruiting plants
• Ramial prunings
• Pulsing the spring root flush
• Fatty acids in orchard sprays
• Bridging the AM-EM divide
• Fungal compost pointers (read here)
• Leaf decomposition

Forest

• Healthy succession
• Understory connections
• Low-impact forestry
• Seeing the forest for the trees

Farm

• Farming with microbes
• Grazing
• Organic no-till
• Cover crop cocktails
• Agroforestry

Resources

Bibliography

Index

Mycorrhizal Planet:
How Fungi and Plants Work Together
hardcover  ::   8 x 10  ::   256 pages
photographs, artwork, tables, resources
ISBN 978-1-60358-658  ::   February 2017  ::   $40