Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind : In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms - Richard Fortey blhhgf and a book that shatters

and a book that shatters the mould of the modern prime ministerial memoir

rather than a synthesis that moves the field forwards'Nature

Rosanna Morris' contemporary and gentle aesthetic

When his aircraft crashes in Northern France

`A thoughtful exploration of what these remote outposts mean to their users' FINANCIAL TIMES `A beguiling combination of travel writing

Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind : In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms - Richard Fortey blhhgf and a book that shatters`A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion' TRISTAN GOOLEY The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don't obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and greens. They do not seem of this world, yet fungi underpin all the life around us: the `wood wide web' links the trees by a subterranean telegraph; fungi eat