As ilustrações são belíssimas e o texto tb informativo amplia nosso olhar para esses fungos tão pequenos. Marvel at the beautiful colours and incredible shapes of mushrooms and lichens, and peer through microscopes at penicillin. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance. Find out how they evolved, how they reproduce and just how important they are to life on the planet.

Fungarium is part of the 'Welcome to the Museum' series - a collection of beautifully illustrated, stunningly curated, informative books for all ages. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Her work plays with the ideas of scientific uncertainty and speculation, fabricating the inner and outer workings of the world.Kids who love this will also love other books in the Welcome to the Museum series including Botanicum and Antatomicum. Her work draws influences from traditional medical and botanical illustration, both in aesthetic and subject matter.

She began her career in mycology in Spain and after some time in the USA decided to settle in the UK.

Kids who love this will also love other books in the Welcome to the Museum series including Botanicum and Antatomicum . From the fungi we see on supermarket shelves to fungi like penicillium that have shaped human history, this is the definitive introduction to what fungi are and just how vital they are to the world’s ecosystem. Our parcels are packed in cardboard boxes, cushioned with recyclable paper and closed with strong paper tape.

Fungi are sources of food and medicine for humans, but also vital for plant and animal life in most ecosystems. This museum houses an extraordinary collection of fungi, one of Earth's most fascinating life forms.Thanks to Katie Scott's artwork, this gorgeous book presents like the botanical specimens of old children's book form and includes the common and the uncommon, what fungi are, and how important they are to the world's ecosystem. This beautiful (and large-scale) book, full of exquisite illustrations by London-based artist Katie Scott, has been c reated in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.