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In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale
In the Company of Mushrooms A Biologist's Tale Author:Elio Schaechter We might slice them into a salad, savor them in a sauce, wonder at their power to intoxicate or poison, marvel at their multifarious presence in the forest--but few of us realize that mushrooms, humbly thriving on decay, are crucial to life on Earth. In this book a distinguished biologist reveals the power of these curious organisms--not qu... more »ite animal, not quite plant--to enchant and instruct, to nourish and make way for all sorts of superior forms of nature. From the biology of the mushroom to tales of the mushroom hunt, Schaechter brings contagious enthusiasm to the story of mushrooms.« less