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  • An Anthology of Fungi (DK Little Anthologies)

An Anthology of Fungi
(DK Little Anthologies)

Author
Illustrator
Angela Rizza
Publication Date
October 01, 2024
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Anthology
An Anthology of Fungi (DK Little Anthologies)

Description

Find out how to identify, where to spot, and what to know about common woodland mushrooms and rare fungal finds with this beautiful book.

Transportable in size and crammed with profiles of different mushrooms, An Anthology of Fungi covers toadstool species including fly agaric, porcelain fungus, velvet shank, wood blewit, and crimson waxcap, as well as lichens, brackets, and more.

Featuring photographs of striking specimens and illustrations by the artist behind DK's celebrated Anthology series, as well as plenty of intriguing information, this book will be one to treasure for young nature enthusiasts.

Publication date
October 01, 2024
Genre
Non-fiction
Page Count
128
ISBN-13
9780593846131
Publisher
DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Series
DK Little Anthologies
BISAC categories
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
JNF037030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Flowers & Plants
Lynne Boddy
Lynne Boddy is professor of fungal ecology at Cardiff University. She has authored two academic books and Humongous Fungus (DK, July 2021) for children. In 2019, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Mycology and science outreach, and in 2021, she won the Arboricultural Association Award for her achievements. Lynne has appeared on the BBC's Deep Down and Dirty: the Science of Soil, Saving Species, Great British Food Revival, and The One Show; BBC Radio 4's Life Scientifique, In Our Time, and The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry; and Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.

Ali Ashby is a fungal biologist and director of a life sciences consultancy company in Cambridge. She is a former Royal Society University Research Fellow and was based in the Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge, where she focused on fungal sexual development and fungal diseases of brassicas. Ali is a member of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the British Mycological Society (BMS), and she is a former member of BMS Council and former chair of the BMS Fungal Education and Outreach committee. She coordinated the national BMS UK Fungus Day in 2013 and is actively involved in fungal education. Ali recently wrote a book called Unravelling the Fungus Among Us (LR Price Publications, 2023).
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