Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard

The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists

Nicholas P. Money (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2004
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-517158-7 (ISBN)

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Stinkhorns, puffballs, the "corpse finder," deadly Galerina, Satan's bolete, birch conks, black mold, the old man of the woods--the world of fungi is infinitely varied and not a little weird. Now, in Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard, Nicholas Money introduces readers to a dazzling array of fungi, from brewer's yeast and Penicillium to the highly lethal death cap. We learn of Madurella, which can erode bones until they look moth-eaten; Cordyceps, which wracks insects with convulsions, kills them, then sends a stalk out of the insect's head to release more infectious spores; and Claviceps, the poisonous ergot fungus, which causes hallucinations.
Money also showcases the lives of famed mycologists--including Reginald Buller who wore horse blinders as he walked to work, the better to study luminescent fungi in his dark lab, and Charles Tulasne, the Audubon of fungi, whose illustrations of specimens border on art. And he recounts his own childhood introduction to fungi in Mr. Bloomfield's orchard, where trees and fruit were devoured by a rogue's gallery of bitter rot, canker, rust, powdery mildew, rubbery wood, and scab. Replete with historical photographs and simple yet effective illustrations, told with a refreshing sense of humor,Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard will fascinate anyone interested in the natural world.

Nicholas P. Money is Professor of Botany and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has studied fungal growth and reproduction for more than 30 years and has authored six books, including Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists (OUP, 2002), Mushroom (OUP, 2011) described by Nature magazine as a 'brilliant scientific and cultural exploration', and The Amoeba in the Room: Lives of the Microbes (OUP, 2014).

1: Offensive Phalli and Frigid Caps
2: Insidious Killers
3: What Lies Beneath
4: Metamorphosis
5: The Odd Couple
6: Ingold's Jewels
7: Siren Songs
8: Angels of Death
9: Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard
Notes
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.4.2004
Zusatzinfo	41 halftones & line illus.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	225 x 149 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mykologie
ISBN-10	0-19-517158-6 / 0195171586
ISBN-13	978-0-19-517158-7 / 9780195171587
Zustand	Neuware