# Fungi from Yuggoth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431 "2003-02-20T23:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/1 "2003-02-20T23:50:58Z")
I’ve got **Fungi from Yuggoth**! (I know there’s a ointment available now to take care of that, but…) Seriously. I found a copy of the 1971 Arkham House paperback in damn good condition. First edition. And a copy of **The Survivor** by HPL and August Derleth. At my local Goodwill. For a quarter each. \ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/2 "2003-02-21T00:56:03Z")
Recently, Chaosium Press published _Nameless Cults_, Robert E. Howard’s contribution to the Cthuhlu Mythos. Howard & Lovecraft were friends, & Lovecraft approved of what Howard tried to do. I recomend _Nameless Cults_ very strongly. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/3 "2003-02-21T02:13:14Z")
Is there such an animal as ‘The Complete Lovecraft’? I only ever come across “Best of”-type compilations. A friend loaned me a book of his a few years back and I fell head-over-heels in love with HPL. I’d rather buy them all in one go then fiddle with a bunch of books that have doubles of stories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/4 "2003-02-21T03:12:03Z")
If you’re serious about it, buy the corrected Arkham House editions in hardcover: THE DUNWICH HORROR AND OTHERS, AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, DAGON AND OTHER TALES OF THE MACABRE. That’ll cover all the stories. THEN you’ll want MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS and SELECTED LETTERS, volumes one through five. The two annotated volumes are nice to have, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/5 "2003-02-21T03:12:56Z")
Oh, and, **DrFidelius**? I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/6 "2003-02-21T03:18:53Z")
You’ll probably also want _The Horror in the Museum_, also from Arkham House, which is all of the Lovecraft collaboration/rewrites. Also agree with **Ukulele Ike** that the annotated books are nice. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/7 "2003-02-21T03:23:46Z")
Thanks very muchly, **Ukulele Ike**. Titles duly noted. Now I just need to get to [Powell’s](http://www.powells.com/) ! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/8 "2003-02-21T15:41:21Z")
Ah, buy 'em straight from [Arkham House](http://www.arkhamhouse.com/); they’re right there on the front page. Small specialty publishers need all the support they can get. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/9 "2003-02-21T15:44:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \ I’m somehow imagining **DrFidelius** dancing like Walter Huston in **Treasure of Sierra Madre**. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fungi-from-yuggoth/156431/10 "2003-02-21T16:10:35Z")
Try Lotramine (clotrimazole), or Micatin, or Mycolox. They usually do a pretty good job of clearing that up.