Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds by George W. Hudler birdsongs 11 Introduction

11 Introduction

" The New Yorker

coauthored

JANE HIRSHFIELD Like an Ant Carrying Her Bits of Leaf or Sand

LOUISE BOGAN The Dragonfly

Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds by George W. Hudler birdsongs 11 IntroductionMushrooms magically spew forth from the earth in the hours that follow a summer rain. Fuzzy brown molds mischievously turn forgotten peaches to slime in the kitchen fruit bowl. And in thousands of other ways, members of the kingdom Fungi do their part to make life on Earth the miracle that it is. In this lively book, George Hudler leads us on a tour of an often overlooked group of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. Along