Mushrooms magically spew forth from the earth in the hours that follow a summer rain. Fuzzy
brown molds mischievously turn forgotten peaches to slime in the kitchen fruit bowl. And in …

We applaud the call for mycologists and decision-makers to seize the opportunity to include
macrofungi in the post-2020 global biodiversity targets (“Include macrofungi in biodiversity …

Never before has the biosphere, the thin layer of life we call home, been under such
intensive and urgent threat. Deforestation rates have soared as we have cleared land to …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 Your body is teeming with tens of
trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain …

The mysterious world of fungi is once again unearthed in this expansive second edition. This
textbook provides readers with an all-embracing view of the kingdom fungi, ranging in scope …

This report provides an up-to-date synthesis of the current knowledge of the state of the
world's fungi and highlights just how important fungi are to all life on earth. It explores the …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Since the dawn of life on Earth, the world has been gradually transformed by living things
into a comfortable home for plants and animals, including human beings. But many harsh …

Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's preeminent biologists, has revolutionized scientific
thinking with his vision of a living, developing universe--one with its own inherent memory. In …