The book is filled with plant intrigue. The stories of botanical adventure are globally significant, and the following extracts illustrate so well some of the reasons why plant adventure can be so appealing. The book reports on one plant fanatic who had studied mushrooms for over twenty-five years with his Russian wife,Valentina Pavlovna. The man was Gordon Wasson ,a banker and vice-president of J.P.Morgan &Co.of New York.