The mushroom at the end of the world : on the possibility of life in capitalist ruins Prologue: autumn aroma Whats left Arts of noticing Contamination as collaboration Some problems with scale Interlude: smelling 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 Disturbed beginnings : unintentional design The life of the forest : coming up among pines History Resurgence Serendipity Ruin in gaps and patches In science as translation Flying spores Interlude: dancing In the middle of things Matsutake crusaders Ordinary assets Anti ending : some people I met along the way Spore trail: the further adventures of a mushroom Notes Index