Humongous Fungus (Underground and All Around)

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Picked this up in the library, very beautiful, lots of illustrations and packed with interesting facts.

Humongous Fungus by DK: 9780744033335 | PenguinRandomHouse

The discovery of this giant Armillaria ostoyae in 1998 heralded a new record holder for the title of the world's largest known organism, believed by most to be the 110-foot- (33. S. Forest Service (USFS), and Ken Russell, a forest pathologist at Washington State Department of Natural Resources, in 1992. A large mushroom farm can produce as much as one million pounds (454 metric tons) of them in a year. You know those mushroom rings 🍄🍄🍄 in folklore that say they’re formed by fairies dancing in a circle? It includes gross-out stories of fungal infections that kids will love, incredible facts about “bananageddon”, crop disease, epidemics, and zombified ants!But beware, some types of fungi can destroy crops through fungal diseases or even change animals' behavior. We were looking at the boundaries of [fungal] individuals using genetic tests and the first year we didn't find the edge. Table of contents lends to the ease of browsing; great layout of text, photos incorporated into the engaging illustrations. Fungal stories include the greening of the Earth, when fungi helped plants first grow on land, and the mass destruction of crops through fungal disease.

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These are very strange organisms to our anthropocentric way of thinking," says biochemist Myron Smith of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. This book explores the amazing and diverse world of fungi, mushrooms, mould on land and in the water. Sadly, they’re just as susceptible to changes in global temperature and we need to know this because they are the very foundation of life on earth. I did enjoy reading this book, although I am not super interested in informational texts as much as other books so I would probably not continue to read more of these.So does the 6,615-ton (six-million-kilogram) colony of a male quaking aspen tree and his clones that covers 107 acres (43 hectares) of a Utah mountainside. Lots to know and think about, not just for our young readers but anybody wanting a good look at the humongous job that fungus do in our lives.

Humongous Fungus by DK | Waterstones

Would probably work for kids who love to read those "1001 amazing facts about animals" books or whatever, but I had to pick one or two facts to try to remember and let the others go. Continuing from the gorgeous Under Your Feet, and touching on similar topics of conservation and the secret processes within ecosystems, this book of fabulous fungi will intrigue and amaze young readers. I didn't get this one to read to the babies, I got it for myself, but it is a fascinating and detailed intro to mushrooms for older kiddos or even adults. It gives children a perspective about all the different fungi in this world that we do not know about and how it affects out world.In fact the very first massive fungus discovered in 1992—a 37-acre (15-hectare) Armillaria bulbosa, which was later renamed Armillaria gallica—is annually celebrated at a "fungus fest" in the nearby town of Crystal Falls, Mich. This book is a fun book all about fungus, such as mushrooms, and the many purposes for these species. However (Nonetheless), we cannot overlook (underestimate) the indispensable role they play in our ecosystem. The major test compared fungal genes for telltale signs of inbreeding, where heterozygous strips of DNA become homozygous. It is a great book for children who are interested in learning about fungi, or even using it as part of a lesson in the classroom.