A guide to plants which reproduce without bearing flowers, including a general introduction and suggested activities. Divided by type of plant: algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, liverworts, ferns, and gymnosperms.
Explains how fungi can help and harm people; discusses cases of deadly fungi found in Utah, Ohio, and British Columbia; and includes an interview with a mycologist.
Presents information on how cells combine to form plants and fungi and carry out processes such as photosynthesis, and how plants reproduce through pollination and fertilization, or through spores and cones. Includes color illustrations and a glossary.
Introduce, in brief text and illustrations, the characteristics of fungi, where they may be found, the many varieties that exist, and their relationship to animals and human beings.
Introduces some varieties of fungi that eat eel worms, describing the damage these tiny worms cause to both plants and animals and the different ways that the fungi trap their prey.
