{"id":6394,"date":"2023-05-30T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&p=6394"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:11:39","slug":"humongous-fungus-the-weird-and-wonderful-kingdom-of-fungi","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/humongous-fungus-the-weird-and-wonderful-kingdom-of-fungi\/","title":{"rendered":"Humongous Fungus: The Weird and Wonderful Kingdom of Fungi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"All members of the plant kingdom are supported by members of the kingdom of fungi.\u00a0 To learn more about these sometimes very different lifeforms, read \u201cHumongous Fungus,\u201d illustrated by Wenjia Tang and written by Lynne Boddy.<\/p>\n

The illustrator and author\u2019s style uses the text in bursts of one or two sentences, with more numerous illustrations.\u00a0 This approach is effective, conveying a lot of information with very few words.\u00a0 Fungi are essential to plant life, and to animal life, but they can also be killers of both.\u00a0 The benefits and problems are well demonstrated.<\/p>\n

For example, a two-page spread on plant partners shows trees and fungi roots co-mingled.\u00a0 \u201cEach tree has a lot of fungus partners in the soil.\u00a0 They can be the same or different species.\u00a0 The mycelium can connect between roots on the same tree and on different trees.\u201d\u00a0 If you turn to the next page, you find examples of fungi plant killers: \u201csome kill their roots or leaves, or even the whole plant.\u00a0 They can kill garden flowers, food crops, and even tall trees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winner of the 2023 Award of Excellence for Literature for Young Adults from the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries<\/p>\n

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Excerpted from Brian Thompson’s article in the Summer 2023 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n

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All members of the plant kingdom are supported by members of the kingdom of fungi.\u00a0 To learn more about these sometimes very different lifeforms, read \u201cHumongous Fungus,\u201d illustrated by Wenjia Tang and written by Lynne Boddy. The illustrator and author\u2019s style uses the text in bursts of one or two sentences, with more numerous illustrations.\u00a0 This approach is effective, conveying a lot of information with very few words.\u00a0 Fungi are essential to plant life, and to animal life, but they…<\/p>\n

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