Close encounters of the fungal kind : in pursuit of remarkable mushrooms / Richard Fortey.

London : William Collins, 2025.

336 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm

Originally published: 2024.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

There are three great kingdoms of life - Animals, Plants and Fungi - but the fungi always come in third place. This may be because fungi seem alien to many people: their strange forms, their rapid appearance and disappearance, their hidden means of feeding and propagation. In 'Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind', Richard Fortey acknowledges this otherworldliness, marvels at their unique charm and boots-up as a guide through this great, mysterious Kingdom of life. To Fortey, the strangeness of fungi is what makes them so exciting. Many people find them alien and threatening: the way so many toadstools appear so quickly and disappear with equal dispatch; their strange forms and colours; their reputation as poisoners. But for Fortey, the extraordinary nature of fungi makes him wonder, think and marvel.

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