An anthology of fungi / written by Ali Ashby and Lynne Boddy ; illustrated by Angela Rizza and Daniel Long.
"Learn the names and features of common fungi, and some more unusual specimens, with this beautiful book. With notes, photos, and illustrations of more than 100 species, you'll soon be able to tell waxcaps from wood ears and brackets from boletes, but be careful not to drop your book inside a fairy ring..."-- Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593846131
- ISBN: 0593846133
- Physical Description: 127 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 23 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : DK Publishing, 2024.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Welcome to the fungi kingdom -- Fruit body shapes -- How fungi live -- Grasslands and meadows. Field mushroom ; Yellow stainer ; St. George's mushroom ; Giant puffball ; White spindles ; Shaggy ink cap ; Black earth tongue ; Parrot waxcap ; Golden waxcap ; Blackening waxcap ; Field blewit ; Parasol mushroom ; Fairy-ring mushroom ; How do mushrooms grow? -- Among leaf litter. Orange peel fungus ; Fly agaric ; Death cap ; Earpick fungus ; Penny bun ; Chanterelle ; Clouded funnel ; Aniseed funnel ; Horn of plenty ; Skyblue pinkgill ; Collared earthstar ; White saddle fungus ; Bleeding tooth ; Wood hedgehog ; Amethyst deceiver ; Saffron milk cap ; Common puffball ; Bog beacon ; Yellow morel ; Veiled lady ; Stinkhorn ; Charcoal burner ; Common earthball ; Old man of the woods ; Dead moll's fingers -- Forest floor with wood. Lemon disco ; Yellow stagshorn ; Green elf cup ; Fluted bird's nest fungus ; Oak mazegill ; Witches' butter ; Ping-pong bat fungus ; Sulphur tuft ; Beech woodwart ; Marasmius tageticolor ; Burgundydrop bonnet ; Dyer's mazegill ; Upright coral ; Scarlet elf cap ; Common eyelash fungus ; Hairy curtain crust ; Turkey tail ; Yellow brain ; Plums and custard ; Candlesnuff fungus -- With trees. Dryad's saddle ; Darwin's golfball fungus ; King Alfred's cakes ; Beefsteak fungus ; Hoof fungus ; Birch polypore ; Southern bracket fungus ; Hen of the woods ; Lion's mane ; Chicken of the woods ; Giant polypore ; porcelain fungus ; Ghost fungus ; Shaggy scalycap ; Oyster mushroom ; Wood cauliflower ; Insect killers ; Plant pests -- Out and about. Honey fungus ; Jelly ear ; Gray mold ; Golden lichen ; Shaggy parasol ; Red pixie cup lichen ; Devil's fingers ; Firerug inkcap ; Common inkcap ; Enoki ; Velvet shank ; Ash dieback fungus ; Shiitake mushroom ; Stinking dapperling ; Plantpot dapperling ; Coral spot ; Common dog lichen ; Hat thrower ; Tropical pink oyster ; Chewing gum lichen ; Black truffle ; Old man's beard ; Common orange lichen ; Fungi and the changing climate.
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Available copies
- 2 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | JUV 579.5 ASH (Text) | 37810460005381 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
