We might savor them in a salad or a sauce, wonder at their power to intoxicate or poison, marvel at their multifarious presence in the forestbut few of us realize that mushrooms, humbly thriving on decay, are crucial to life on Earth as we know it. In this book a distinguished biologist reveals the power of these curious organismsnot quite animal, not quite plantto enchant and instruct, to nourish and make way for all sorts of superior forms of nature. 16 color illus. 18 b&w.
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We might savor them in a salad or a sauce, wonder at their power to intoxicate or poison, marvel at their multifarious presence in the forestbut few of us realize that mushrooms, humbly thriving on decay, are crucial to life on Earth as we know it. In this book a distinguished biologist reveals the power of these curious organismsnot quite animal, not quite plantto enchant and instruct, to nourish and make way for all sorts of superior forms of nature. 16 color illus. 18 b&w.
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