![]() ![]() This love for fungi is a love for life, from single-cell spores to the largest living organism on the planet a story stretching from Aliya's lawn into orbit and back again via every continent.įrom fields, feasts, and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs, and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of an extraordinary organism, one that we have barely begun to understand. ![]() ![]() But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected world.Īliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi-from her childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien beauty. No less scientific for its whimsicality, Whiteley's charming, informative survey of fungus reveals many little-known facts about a vast array of species, stressing that life as we know it would not be possible without the roles played by these unique organisms.'-Kirkus 'Whiteley ruminates whimsically on her. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. 'A seasoned British mycophile presents a feast of fungi, benign and malign. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. įungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. Fungi are unlike any other living thing-they're almost magically unique. ![]()
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