The Mushroom at the End of the World

The Mushroom at the End of the World
AuthorAnna Tsing
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCapitalism, Commodity chain, Matsutake, Anthropocene
GenreAnthropology
Published2015
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages352
ISBN9781400873548

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins is a 2015 book by the Chinese American anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing. The book describes and analyzes the globalized commodity chains of matsutake mushrooms.