Fungarium
Return to the Museum with exquisite, detailed images of some of the most fascinating living organisms on this planet--fungi. Exploring every sort of fungi, from the kinds we see on supermarket shelves to those like penicillium that have shaped human history, this collection is the definitive introdu...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Somerville, Massachusetts :
Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
| Series: | Welcome to the museum.
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Table of Contents:
- Entrance. Welcome to Fungarium
- The tree of life
- Gallery 1. Fungal biology
- What is a fungus?
- Sexual reproduction
- Asexual reproduction
- Spores
- Growth
- Ecosystem : mountains
- Gallery 2. Fungal diversity
- Cup fungi
- Mushrooms and toadstools
- Bracket fungi
- Gasteromycetes
- Foliicolous fungi
- Ecosystem : temperate forests
- Gallery 3. Fungal interactions
- Mycorrhizas
- Mycorrhizal networks
- Lichens
- Entomogenous fungi
- Ants and termites
- Gallery 4. Fungi and humans
- Early mycologists
- Plant pathogens
- Poisonous fungi
- Edible fungi
- Wonder drugs
- Ecosystem : tropical forests
- Library.
