Find out how to identify, where to spot, and what to know about common woodland mushrooms and rare fungal finds with this beautiful book.
Transportable in size and crammed with profiles of different mushrooms, An Anthology of Fungi covers toadstool species including fly agaric, porcelain fungus, velvet shank, wood blewit, and crimson waxcap, as well as lichens, brackets, and more.
Featuring photographs of striking specimens and illustrations by the artist behind DK's celebrated Anthology series, as well as plenty of intriguing information, this book will be one to treasure for young nature enthusiasts.
Lynne Boddy is professor of fungal ecology at Cardiff University. She has authored two academic books and Humongous Fungus (DK, July 2021) for children. In 2019, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Mycology and science outreach, and in 2021, she won the Arboricultural Association Award for her achievements. Lynne has appeared on the BBC's Deep Down and Dirty: the Science of Soil, Saving Species, Great British Food Revival, and The One Show; BBC Radio 4's Life Scientifique, In Our Time, and The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry; and Channel 4's Sunday Brunch.
Ali Ashby is a fungal biologist and director of a life sciences consultancy company in Cambridge. She is a former Royal Society University Research Fellow and was based in the Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge, where she focused on fungal sexual development and fungal diseases of brassicas. Ali is a member of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and the British Mycological Society (BMS), and she is a former member of BMS Council and former chair of the BMS Fungal Education and Outreach committee. She coordinated the national BMS UK Fungus Day in 2013 and is actively involved in fungal education. Ali recently wrote a book called Unravelling the Fungus Among Us (LR Price Publications, 2023).
"I graduated from Norwich University of the Arts in 2014 and have been working as an illustrator in Norfolk since then.
My work is heavily influenced by mid century design, architecture and fashion which can be easily seen in my use of colour palettes and choice of subject matter. I create all my work digitally in Photoshop and Illustrator using vectors. I often add lots of textures and shading to add depth and intensity to an illustration. When not Illustrating I can be found procrastinating playing guitar or making things out of wood.
I am represented byThe Artworks in the United Kingdom and Europe and Mendola Artists in the United States." - Daniel Long
"I graduated from the Fashion Institute in New York City with my BFA in 2011. My technique combines traditional ink drawing with digital coloring to create a colorful and heavily rendered illustration in a practical and efficient amount of time. My favorite subject matter includes nature, birds, and a bit of fantasy and I love experimenting with fashion and patterns. My work has been used as set design, in book interiors, album art, merchandise such as bags and a skateboard, and recently I have been working on my favorite thing, children's books. I also teach kids over the summer art and run an after school program for a local elementary school." - Angela Rizza
Target Age: 8-12
Pub Date: October 01, 2024
0.7" H x 8.6" L x 6.9" W
hardcover