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Poisonous Plants and Fatal Fungi: The Lore and Lure of Deadly Botanicals | Sandra Kynes

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Explore humanity's fascination with death through toxic flora and how they have affected history, magic, warfare, art, and more. Sandra Kynes shares sixty detailed profiles divided into five themes, from classic killers to frightful fungi. Each profile includes the plant's history, folklore, and medicinal uses, as well as how it may or may not be used today. Aconite � Birthwort � Buttercup � Daffodil � Deadly Nightshade � Death Cap � Ergot � Foxglove � Funeral Bell � Hemlock � Liberty Cap � Mandrake � Mistletoe � Oleander � Pokeweed � Poppy � Tobacco � Wormwood Dispatching people with poisonous plants isn't just an Agatha Christie plot�it began thousands of years ago and continues to this day. From penny-dreadful novels to true-crime television programs, we seem to have a penchant for ghoulishness. This book feeds our curiosity through detailed investigations of the murky roots of toxicology, witches and Indigenous healers, poisons in popular media, and much more. From datura to yew, deadly plants can attract you like a moth to a flame...but don't get too close.

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Poisonous Plants and Fatal Fungi: The Lore and Lure of Deadly Botanicals | Sandra Kynes

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Thanks to the publisher and Libro.fm for an ALC of this book. This was an entertaining and educational adventure. The author really worked hard to bring an enormous amount of history into every single entry! Did you know, for instance, that LSD came from a dude making an artificial chemical from ergot? Or that the Victorians made jewelry out of castor beans that took out children who sucked on it? You‘ll learn about it in this book! #bookspinbingo

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