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Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Fungi are everywhere! They live in the coldest corner of Antarctica and on hot, sandy desert dunes. They're in the air you breathe, the ground you walk on, and the food you eat. But fungi are more than pizza toppings. They form partnerships with plants and help us clean up our planet through bioremediation. Some fungi eat our crops; others protect them. Some fungi cause diseases; others cure them. Some are bigger than you; others are so tiny you...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there's still much to learn about the eruption, growth, and decay of their secret, interconnected, world"--
Author
Series
Comet cycle volume 2
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes the second novel in his grippingly original sci-fi series, The Comet Cycle, in which a passing comet has caused irreversible change to the growth of fungi, spawning a dangerous, invasive species in the Pacific Northwest that threatens to control the lives of humans and animals alike"--
5) Mushroom
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas Money offers a vibrant tour of the world of mushrooms, investigating the science behind these organisms as well as their enduring cultural and imaginative appeal."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Hoping to restore her father's good name and job, Maggie teams up with friend Nate to win a junior naturalist contest, but the rare bioluminescent fungus they find is big trouble. Includes facts about fungi.
7) Elatsoe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and...
Author
Publisher
Skipstone
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Earth Almanac presents the greatest hits of North American nature. Structured around phenology, the study of seasonal patterns in nature, these day-by-day descriptions offer insight into activities and connections throughout the natural world. Beginning with the Winter Solstice in December, Earth Almanac highlights a wide range of natural history, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, insects, intertidal and marine life, trees, plants, fungi,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Reveals what can be understood about the natural world through the author's year-long observation of a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest, explaining the scientific ties binding all life and how the ecosystem has cycled for millions of years.
Author
Publisher
TouchWood Editions
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Soil is a whole world under our feet, full of fun words you may have heard but never quite understood, like hard-pan, humus, loam, and tilth. In this fifth book in the Guides for the Prairie Gardener series, master gardeners Janet and Sheryl provide the basics of soil science so that you can apply it to your gardening endeavours. They answer your questions on things like How do I test the chemical composition of my garden soil? What's the difference...
12) The delicacy
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Farm to table...Dust to dust."-- cover page 4.
"Rare and delicious fungi spell trouble for an ambitious restaurateur in this sumptuously painted graphic novel from one of Scotland's most imaginative young cartoonists. Tulip and his brother Rowan have left the simple comforts of their remote Scottish island with a plan: to grow succulent, organic vegetables in an idyllic market garden, and to open a restaurant serving these wholesome culinary delights...
Author
Series
Publisher
Editoral Océano
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
¡Volvámonos virales juntos! Elena se encuentra en la peligrosísima misión de reclutar a does de las plagas más mortales de la historia: Peste Bubónica y Fiebre Amarilla. Si lo logra, podrá combatir otras enfermedades como el cáncer y la malria. Pero convencerias no será tarea fácil, y para ello tendrá que recorrer todo el sistema inmune con ellas y con la ayuda de uno de sus linfocitos más fuertes.
In gloriously gross detail, you'll meet...
Author
Series
California natural history guides volume 22
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
1968
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Meetings with remarkable mushrooms are an all-year event for Australian ecologist Alison Pouliot. Bifurcating her life between the northern and southern hemispheres, she ensures that she experiences two autumns per year and has double the chances to find fungi. In this book, she uses visits around the world to show readers the diversity of this life-and makes the case that appreciating fungi is a key to understanding the power and fragility of our...
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