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How a microbe moulded mankind
The Rise of Yeast: How the sugar fungus shaped civilization by Nicholas P. Money, 2018. Oxford University Press. I am a Botanist: All aspects of plants
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A life of trees sometimes hidden by lush verdant text
The review might have appeared a lot faster, if there wasn’t a problem with the language in Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees.
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Meet the meat-munching plants
Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology, and evolution edited by Aaron Ellison and Lubomír Adamec, 2017. Oxford University Press. Famously, Charles Darwin’s opinion of the Venus fly-
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All the world’s plants are in here (well, almost…)
Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants by Maarten JM Christenhusz, Michael F Fay and Mark W Chase, 2017. Kew Publishing/University of
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What do you know about leaves???
Nature’s Fabric: Leaves in Science and Culture by David Lee, 2017. University of Chicago Press. Ever so occasionally one comes across a book that makes
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Meet the real fungi…
Fungi: A Very Short Introduction, by Nicholas P. Money, 2016. Oxford University Press. As much as I would like to think that plants are the most
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Diving into the neglected world of seaweeds
Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland, 2nd edition by Francis StP. D. Bunker, Juliet A. Brodie, Christine A. Maggs and Anne R. Bunker, 2017. Wild Nature Press.
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Where there’s Mushrooms, there’s Money!
Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History, by Nicholas P. Money, 2017. Distributed by University of Chicago Press for Reaktion Books. Why does anybody review books? I
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What is the true language of plants?
The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature, by Monica Gagliano, John C. Ryan and Patrícia Vieira (Editors), 2017. University of Minnesota Press. Monica Gagliano et al’
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The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena
If you’re looking to explain to someone how botany can be exciting, then The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena is an excellent place to start.
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Brilliant Green by Stefano Mancuso and Alessandra Viola
Do plants possess intelligence? If you’re looking for a challenging book for your non-botanist friends, then Mancuso and Viola have something to interest you.
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Mabberley’s Plant-book, the book about plants
Mabberley’s Plant-Book A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses, 4th Edition by David J. Mabberley. Cambridge University Press, 2017. Some awe is