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The Book of Fungi : A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species From Around The World - A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species From Around the World

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext Takes 600 of the most remarkable fungi from around the world and reproduces each at its actual size! in full colour! and accompanied by a scientific explanation of its distribution! habitat! association! growth form! spore colour and edibility. Zusammenfassung The fifth order of the natural kingdom is made up of an estimated 1.5 million species of fungi! found in every habitat type worldwide. The Book of Fungi takes 600 of the most remarkable fleshy fungi from around the world and reproduces each at its actual size! in full colour! and accompanied by a scientific explanation of its distribution! habitat! association! abundance! growth form! spore colour and edibility. Location maps give at-a-glance indications of each species known global distribution! and specially commissioned engravings show different fruitbody forms and provide the vital statistics of height and diameter. Theres a place! too! for readers to discover the more bizarre habits of fungi from the predator that hunts its prey with lassos to the one that entices sows by releasing the pheromones of a wild boar. Mushrooms! morels! puffballs! toadstools! truffles! chanterelles fungi from habitats spanning the poles and the tropics! from the highest mountains to our own gardens are all on display in this definitive work.

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Authors Shelley E. Evans, Peter Roberts
Publisher Ivy Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.05.2013
 
EAN 9781908005854
ISBN 978-1-908005-85-4
No. of pages 656
Dimensions 180 mm x 270 mm x 40 mm
Weight 2300 g

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