The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World
By: Aliya Whiteley
3.60
Format: 195 pages, Hardcover
Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with the wondrous and bizarre world of fungi - from a childh…
Want to Read $ 9.99"This particular orchid gets all its energy from fungi, sometimes from different kinds of fungi simultaneously. It never even begins to turn to the sun. No photosynthesis here. It relies utterly on its underground friends: the unseen, unsung fungi. Forgive me if this is a romantic vision. Orchids seem to have that effect on people. But since finding out that they are essentially reliant on fungi, I have a new perspective. They are not lone, rising, random gifts, like treasure. They are weak and desperate, and they are gamblers, hoping their luck holds and a good strong friend can be found close by to give them everything they lack. What do the fungi get out of the deal? The relationship of the orchid to the fungus is described as myco-heterotrophic, with the plant sometimes viewed as a sort of parasite, taking the carbon it needs and giving nothing back. Perhaps there’s more we need to learn here, to understand it fully. But, for now, I’ll anthropomorphise and romanticise it further by maintaining that a fungus can make a really good friend, especially if you’re a rare, weak seed with no energy of your own."-Aliya Whiteley, The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World
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Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
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2. Restoration Agriculture
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Format: 78 pages, Paperback
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3. The Living Planet
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Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
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By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Format: 272 pages, Paperback
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5. The Trees in My Forest
By: Bernd Heinrich
2.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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6. Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them
By: None
4.06
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
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7. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
By: Merlin Sheldrake
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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"Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom soup, or just eat it. When you go out gathering mushrooms, or buy them. When you ferm…"-Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
8. The Future is Fungi: How Fungi Can Feed Us, Heal Us, Free Us and Save Our World
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10. In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms
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3.87
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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12. The Secret Life of Fungi: Discoveries From A Hidden World
By: Aliya Whiteley
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Format: 195 pages, Hardcover
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13. Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors
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4.19
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4.07
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19. The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization
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20. The Magic of Mushrooms: Fungi in Folklore, Superstition and Traditional Medicine
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