A whirlwind journey through fungus frontiers that underscores how
appreciating fungi is key to understanding our planet’s power and
fragility. What can we learn from the lives of fungi? Splitting
time between the northern and southern hemispheres, ecologist
Alison Pouliot ensures that she experiences two autumns per year in
the pursuit of fungi—from Australia’s deserts to Iceland’s
glaciers to America’s Cascade Mountains. In Meetings with
Remarkable Mushrooms, we journey alongside Pouliot, magnifiers in
hand, as she travels the world. With Pouliot as our guide, we smell
fire-loving truffles that transform their scent after burning to
lure mammals who eat them and, ultimately, spread their spores. We
spot the eerie glow of the ghost fungus, a deceptive entity that
looks like an edible oyster mushroom but will soon heave back
out—along with everything else in your stomach—if you take a
bite. And we crawl alongside vegetable caterpillars, which are
neither vegetable nor caterpillar but a fungus that devours insects
from the inside out. Featuring stunning color photographs of these
mycological miracles, Meetings with Remarkable Mushrooms shows that
understanding fungi is fundamental for harmonizing with the natural
world.
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Alison Pouliot
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-82963-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-226-82963-4 |
Barcode: |
9780226829630 |
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