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Fungarium

David L. Hawksworth, Laura M. Suz, Pepijn W. Kooij, Kare Liimatainen, Tom Prescott, Lee Davies, and Ester Gaya

Illustrator: Katie Scott

Ages: 12+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Big Picture Press

ISBN: 978-1-5362-1709-4

Keywords: ecology, deforestation, conservation, endangered species, habitats, nature

How life on Earth depends on fungi, organisms more closely related to animals than to plants. Lush botanical illustrations, index, resources.