The secret life of fungi : discoveries from a hidden world / Aliya Whiteley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiteley, Aliya, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fungi.

Mycology.

Physical Description:

xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2021.

Summary:

"Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected, world"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Erupt

1. To Name, To Know

2. A Small Field

3. The Common Mushroom

4. Forays and Feasts

5. Learn, Carry, Collect

6. Saviours

7. Fruiting Cities

8. Weak Seeds Need Strong Friends

9. Cryptic Clues

10. Blanket Coverage

11. Slow Dancers, Thrown High

Spread

1. Nosing

2. Spire

3. The Giant

4. Walking the Floor

5. Old Stones

6. Under Alice

7. Expansions

8. Once Upon a Beetle

9. Seven Ways to Survive

10. Stowaways of the Space Age

Decay

1. Gathering the Dead

2. The Big Stick

3. Fire, Faith and Gangrene

4. Where the Rule Bends

5. Killer Club

6. Underground Visions

7. To Live and Die in Fungi

8. Grasp

9. Onwards, Downwards, Upwards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.

ISBN:

9781643137858

1643137859

OCLC:

1265725557

Publisher Number:

99989176985