The mushroom at the end of the world: on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins

Prologue: Autumn aroma

Part I: What's left? Arts of noticing ; Contamination as collaboration ; Some problems with scale

Interlude: Smelling

Part II: After progress : salvage accumulation. Working the edge. Freedom ... ; Open ticket, Oregon ; War stories ; What happened to the state? : two kinds of Asian Americans. ... in translation ; Between the dollar and the yen ; From gifts to commodities- and back ; Salvage rhythms : business in disturbance

Interlude: Tracking

Part III: Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design. The life of the forest. Coming up among pines ... ; History ; Resurgence ; Serendipity ; Ruin. ... in gaps and patches ; Science as translation ; Flying spores

Interlude: Dancing

Part IV: In the middle of things. Matsutake crusaders : waiting for fungal action ; Ordinary assets ; Anti-ending : some people I met along the way

Spore trail : the further adventures of a mushroom.